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Lawyers Plead Guilty in SoCal Car Insurance Fraud Ring
Jul 25 2005 // Two attorneys pleaded guilty Friday in connection with a Southern California insurance fraud ring that allegedly staged vehicle collisions and filed false insurance company claims, officials said. Curtis Mitchell Shaw, 61,...
Wash. Contractor Cited for Fraud and Safety Violations
Jul 20 2005 // In a combined effort to combat fraud and protect workers from serious injury and death, the Washington Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) has cited a Tacoma roofing contractor for workers’ compensation...
Mt. Washington Offers N.H. Agents ISO’s Home Valuation Program
Jul 19 2005 // Independent agents of Mt. Washington Assurance Corporation can now use the Web-based ISO HomeValue to estimate the costs associated with rebuilding structures in the event of a total loss. Developed by ISO subsidiary AIR...
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Jul 18 2005 // WASH. WORK COMP BENEFITS SEE INCREASE OF 0.6%: Workers currently receiving Washington workers’ compensation time-loss or pension benefits will receive a 0.6 percent cost-of-living increase effective immediately....
No. Idaho Grass Growers Agree to Settle Field-Burning Lawsuit
Jul 18 2005 // Insurance companies for northern Idaho grass farmers have agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by area residents over pollution from growers’ annual field burning. The amount of the settlement hasn’t...
IRC Study Reports Auto Injury Medical Treatment Varies from State to State
Jul 11 2005 // Auto injury claimants from four states seek different types of medical treatment, even though they report similar injuries. A new study of insurance claims by the Insurance Research Council (IRC) examined auto injury...
Wash. L&I’s Anti-Fraud Effort Recovers $27M in First Three Mos. of 2005
Jul 7 2005 // The Washington Department of Labor and Industries’ fraud program recovered more than $27 million in the first three months of this year, according to a report sent to the state Legislature and the Office of Financial...
Wash. Workers’ Comp Benefits See an Increase of 0.6%
Jul 5 2005 // Workers currently receiving Washington workers’ compensation time-loss or pension benefits will receive a 0.6 percent cost-of-living increase effective immediately. State law requires that maximum time-loss benefits...
Survey Says Insurance Cost Increases Slow
Jul 4 2005 // Kibble & Prentice announced the results of its annual employee benefits survey. With nearly 250 Washington state companies reporting, the results showed two surprising trends: The rate of increase of health plan costs...
Survey Says Insurance Cost Increases Slow
Jul 4 2005 // Kibble & Prentice recently announced the results of its annual employee benefits survey. With nearly 250 Washington state companies reporting, the results showed two surprising trends: The rate of increase of health...
Wash. L&I Urging Contractors to Take Action Against Deadly Falls
Jun 28 2005 // In light of the continuing boom in construction, as well as two recent incidents where workers fell from rooftops, the Department of Labor and Industries urged contractors to take action to protect workers from deadly...
Kibble & Prentice Survey Shows Insurance Cost Increases Slow
Jun 23 2005 // Seattle-based Kibble & Prentice announced the results of its annual employee benefits survey. With nearly 250 Washington state companies reporting, the results showed two surprising trends: the rate of increase of...
WASH. CLIENTS ELIGIBLE FOR $14M FROM MARSH:
Jun 20 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...
News Briefs
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...
News Briefs
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...
