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Jun 20 2005 // WASH. CLIENTS ELIGIBLE FOR $14M FROM MARSH: More than 15,000 Washington businesses, associations, individuals and other organizations reportedly qualify for nearly $14 million in restitution offered by the nation’s...
Majority of Wash. Drivers Choose to Go With the Flow
Jun 7 2005 // While many Washington drivers admit to speeding, only a very small number say they speed to get where they’re going faster, according to PEMCO Insurance’s 2005 Northwest Insurance Poll. PEMCO’s poll...
Could Washington Be Listening to Small Business?
Jun 6 2005 // Many of the greatest problems small businesses face are government-related, particularly something they call ‘unreasonable government regulation.’ There probably are few American small business owners who could...
Wash. Clients Eligible for $14M from Marsh Settlement
Jun 3 2005 // More than 15,000 Washington businesses, associations, individuals and other organizations reportedly qualify for nearly $14 million in restitution offered by the nation’s largest insurance brokerage firm to settle...
PEMCO’s Northwest Insurance Poll Notes Trends in Cell Phone Usage
May 23 2005 // According to PEMCO’s 2005 Northwest Insurance Poll, four out of five Washington drivers believe that talking on cell phones while driving should be legal only with hands-free devices, or made illegal altogether, but...
Could Washington Be Listening to Small Business?
May 23 2005 // There probably are few American small business owners who could correctly identify the federal group whose primary job is to keep the president of the United States updated on the activities of government such as...
Could Washington Be Listening to Small Business?
May 23 2005 // Many of the greatest problems small businesses face are government-related, particularly something they call ‘unreasonable government regulation.’ There probably are few American small business owners who could...
Med-Mal in Washington – When Carriers and the Regulatory Body Cooperate
May 23 2005 // The medical malpractice market in Washington state has improved immensely in recent times, but the debate about tort reform is just getting started. Competing initiatives will be in front of voters this fall with the trial...
Nearly Half of Large and Mid-Sized U.S. Businesses Buy Terror Coverage
May 9 2005 // Nearly half of large and mid-sized U.S. businesses obtained insurance to cover property terrorism risks during 2004, a dramatic increase from the 2003 average of 27 percent. Businesses in Boston and Washington, D.C. led...
PCI: Collaborative Effort Yields Positive Results for Insurers in Washington
May 9 2005 // Despite early signs that the 2005 session of the Washington Legislature would impose a series of costly and burdensome measures on the insurance market, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America saw the most...
Majority of Washingtonians Want Changes in Cell Phone Laws
May 3 2005 // According to PEMCO’s 2005 Northwest Insurance Poll, four out of five Washington drivers believe that talking on cell phones while driving should be legal only with hands-free devices, or made illegal altogether, but...
Wash. Gov’t Takes Pro-Business Steps Toward Regulatory Modernization
May 3 2005 // In what may become a significant step toward regulatory modernization of property and casualty insurance in Washington state, the governor has signed into law legislation sought by the Office of Insurance Commissioner that...
PCI: Collaborative Effort Yields Positive Results for Insurers in Washington
Apr 29 2005 // Despite early signs that the 2005 session of the Washington Legislature would impose a series of costly and burdensome measures on the insurance market, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) saw the...
Failure of Bills to Ban or Restrict Credit Scoring in Wash. Critical to State Ins. Marketplace, Says NAMIC
Apr 26 2005 // The failure of four bills introduced during the Washington State legislative session that would have banned or added further restrictions to the use of credit-based insurance scoring as an underwriting tool may send the...
George Will to Address CPCU Class of 2005 in Atlanta
Apr 21 2005 // Insights on the Washington, D.C. scene and the current American political and economic landscape will be presented by columnist George F. Will, the featured speaker during the American Institute for Chartered Property...
Could Washington Be Listening to Small Business?
Apr 18 2005 // There probably are few American small business owners who could correctly identify the federal group whose primary job is to keep the president of the United States updated on the activities of government such as...
PIA Western Alliance Names First Board of Directors
Apr 14 2005 // The PIA Western Alliance Board of Directors has elected its first set of officers. Formed in October of 2004, the Board of Directors consists of two officers from each of the four affiliate chapters that make up the...
P/C Industry Says Treasury Study Inadequate Gauge of Terrorism Insurance Market
Apr 11 2005 // Two months before the study is expected to be done, the property casualty insurance industry is getting nervous about a study on terrorism insurance being conducted by the Treasury Department, a study some in Congress are...
Wash. DOL Fines Contractor over Workers’ Comp Violations
Apr 4 2005 // The Washington Department of Labor and Industries has put Skanska USA Building Inc. on notice that it will lose its certificate to self-insure if it doesn’t improve the way it manages workers’ compensation...
Washington Company Cited for Safety Violations in Death of Worker
Mar 24 2005 // The Washington Department of Labor and Industries has fined NW Forest Fibre Products of Concrete $76,960 for workplace safety violations that contributed to the death last September of one of its employees. Keith Cain, 28,...
