Latest Washington Headlines
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Things that should keep you awake at night
Jun 19 2006 // The integration of the U.S. insurance market and global financial market will have a profound impact on business, according to Dave Zwiener, president and chief operating officer of Property and Casualty Operations for The...
Things that should keep you awake at night
Jun 19 2006 // The integration of the U.S. insurance market and global financial market will have a profound impact on business, according to Dave Zwiener, president and chief operating officer of Property and Casualty Operations for The...
Symington Tells Miss. Big ‘I’: Federal Charter a ‘Recipe for Disaster’
Jun 15 2006 // If a mandatory or even an optional federal charter is implemented in Washington, D.C., it will be a “recipe for disaster,” a top insurance agent lobbyist has warned. Charles E. Symington, Jr., told more than...
Washington’s Ethel Adams Legislation Takes Effect
Jun 15 2006 // Legislation changing the uninsured mootorist law in Washington that is named in honor of accident victim Ethel Adams has taken effect. Adams was injured in an automobile accident in 2005 when her car was hit during an...
Apple Fined for Selling Contracts Without Wash. License
Jun 15 2006 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler levied a $100,000 fine against Apple Computer Inc. for selling service contracts from 2000 to 2004 without registering as a service contract provider. “If a consumer...
Investigation Found No Evidence Wash. Sex Abuse Claim is True
Jun 12 2006 // Spokane, Wash., Catholic Bishop William Skylstad says his own investigation found no evidence to support a woman’s claim that he sexually abused her 40 years ago. Skylstad, president of the U.S. Conference of...
Washington Commissioner Hosts Summit on Climate Change
Jun 12 2006 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler will convene a summit on the impacts of climate change on the insurance industry and insurance consumers on Thursday, June 15 in Seattle. “Insurance is a $24 billion...
Washington Rental Cars May Not Need Collision Waiver
Jun 12 2006 // One out of five Washington drivers might be wasting money by purchasing the additional collision damage waiver (CDW) offered by rental car companies, according to PEMCO’s latest Northwest Insurance...
Wash. Trooper Accused of Taking Workers Comp While Off Fishing
Jun 9 2006 // A Washington state trooper accused of falsely claiming 20-thousand dollars worth of workers compensation benefits has been charged in Olympia with theft and perjury. Thirty-five-year-old James A. Long of Chinook, who is...
New Gay Civil Rights Law Takes Effect in Washington
Jun 8 2006 // A Washington gay civil rights law takes effect Wednesday, a day after foes of the measure failed to submit enough voter signatures to force a public vote this fall. The measure adds “sexual orientation” to a...
People
Jun 5 2006 // Boston-based insurance broker William Gallagher Associates has promoted Mary McMahon-Burke, Brian Kelleher and Diane Bradley to vice president. McMahon-Burke has 25 years experience in the insurance industry, and provides...
Professional Insurance Agents of Washington/Alaska Elects Officers
Jun 2 2006 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Washington/Alaska (PIA) recently held its 40th Annual Conference and Trade Show. Association members elected new officers and a board of directors. The new officers include:...
Russell Heads Plymouth Rock Marketing in Conn.; Reardon to N.H.
May 25 2006 // Plymouth Rock Assurance Corporation announced that John Russell has joined the firm as marketing manager and be responsible for all marketing and agency relations activities for the company in Connecticut. Russell will...
Case Law Watch
May 22 2006 // Additional InsuredsEquilon Enterprises, LLC v. Great American Alliance Insurance Company (Washington Court of Appeals, Apr. 3, 2006) (Unpublished) Ruling: A wholesale distributor of fuel had contracted with a supplier of...
Washington lowers fine, penalties against self-insured contractor Skanska
May 22 2006 // Upon further review of more detailed audit information, and as a result of Skanska’s improved handling of workers’ compensation claims, the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I), Tumwater, Wash., has,...
Case Law Watch
May 22 2006 // Additional Insureds Equilon Enterprises, LLC v. Great American Alliance Insurance Company (Washington Court of Appeals, Apr. 3, 2006) (Unpublished) Ruling: A wholesale distributor of fuel had contracted with a supplier of...
Washington Insurance Commissioner Seeks Legal Redress for Failed Insurer
May 18 2006 // Editor’s Note, March 2009: In response to a complaint that the Insurance Journal reported only one side of the preceding story, and as a means of resolving Anthony Huff’s claims against the Insurance...
Middleton Named General Manager of Mt. Washington Assurance in N.H.
May 16 2006 // Mt. Washington Assurance Corporation announced that Richard Middleton has joined the company as its general manager. In this newly created role, he will be responsible for directing the insurer’s strategy for growth...
Washington Department of Labor and Industries Lowers Fine, Penalties Against Self-Insured Contractor
May 10 2006 // Upon further review of more detailed audit information, and as a result of Skanska’s improved handling of workers’ compensation claims, the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I), Tumwater, Wash., has,...
Fraud Roundup
May 8 2006 // Four Riverside, Calif., residents arrested for alleged fradulent auto theft claim Three Riverside, Calif., residents have been arrested on charges that they allegedly filed a fraudulent auto theft claim on a car that was...
