Latest Washington Headlines
All the headlines from our Washington Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Industry to Unite at Wash. Legislative Conference
Jan 14 2005 // On Feb. 10, the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of Washington, PIA, IBA West, Surplus Lines Association of Washington, WA Council of NAIW, Tacoma Pierce County Insurance Women, Greater Seattle Insurance...
U.S.I. Holdings Corp. Adding Patterson/Smith
Jan 11 2005 // U.S.I. Holdings Corporation announced its intent to acquire Falls Church, Virginia-based Patterson/Smith Associates. Patterson Smith is expected to contribute approximately $11 million of revenues to USI on an annual...
World Responds to Asia’s Aid Call
Dec 31 2004 // Just as the disaster that struck 12 countries around the Indian Ocean was unprecedented, so too has been the response from around the world to the calls for help. Private citizens, companies and the World Bank have already...
Worldwide Response to Asia’s Agony; Calls for Donations
Dec 30 2004 // As the scope of the disaster that struck 11 countries in the Indian Ocean continues to emerge, the world’s nations are beginning to gear up for what will undoubtedly be the largest collective relief effort ever...
Washington’s Workers’ Comp Rates Rank in Lowest One-Third in U.S.
Dec 30 2004 // A new rate-comparison study shows that workers’ compensation rates in Washington remain among the lowest in the nation. The 2004 “Workers’ Compensation Premium Rate Ranking” study by the Oregon...
‘Girly Men’ and the Real World: The Public Role in Extreme Risk-Sharing
Dec 20 2004 // The Wharton School professor argued that insurance companies are not “girly men” when it comes to providing coverage for extreme risks such as hurricanes and terror attacks. It’s the federal...
‘Girly Men’ and the Real World: The Public Role in Extreme Risk-Sharing
Dec 17 2004 // The Wharton School professor argued that insurance companies are not “girly men” when it comes to providing coverage for extreme risks such as hurricanes and terror attacks. It’s the federal...
Wash. Man Ordered to Stop Selling Fake Insurance
Dec 15 2004 // A Washington state man was ordered Monday to stop selling what officials characterized as phony insurance in Montana. Dr. Rev. Joseph-Michael Gardinier, of Puyallup, Wash., had no certificate of authority from Montana to...
Prime Authorized to Write Surplus Lines in Washington
Dec 7 2004 // Sandy, Utah-based Prime Insurance Syndicate Inc. announced that it has received approval to write surplus lines insurance business in the state of Washington effective as of Nov. 1, 2004. Prime, which offers solutions for...
People & Places
Dec 6 2004 // Camilla Marlowe Camilla A. Marlowe was appointed vice president of Irvine, Calif.-based SullivanCurt-isMonroe Insurance Brokerage. Marlowe specializes in employee benefits consulting. She has 23 years of experience in the...
Coalition Delivers Signatures for Wash. Med-Mal Initiative
Dec 3 2004 // Led by a father whose baby was badly injured during a botched delivery, a coalition of activists, labor leaders and lawyers has submitted about 200,000 signatures for an initiative to the Washington Legislature aimed at...
Wash. Insurer Ordered Into Receivership
Dec 3 2004 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has assumed control of Cascade National Insurance Company of Bellevue under authority of a Thurston County Superior Court order placing the company in receivership. The...
Wash. L&I Adopts 3.7% Workers’ Comp Rate Increase
Nov 23 2004 // The Washington Department of Labor and Industries finalized an average 3.7 percent rate increase for workers’ compensation insurance in 2005. The increase takes effect Jan. 1 and will raise an additional $52 million...
Coloring by Numbers
Nov 22 2004 // The vote tallies in the presidential and congressional races suggest this is a blue region (with the exception of Virginia) but that is probably not true of the insurance community here or elsewhere. Purple, maybe; blue,...
Insurers Pleased with Results of 2004 Federal and State Elections
Nov 22 2004 // While most folks are just happy the political advertisements are gone, Election Day 2004 did provide some results of interest to the insurance industry. President George W. Bush (R) was re-elected for a second term,...
In Washington Testimony on Broker Pay, Council Maintains Best Price Not Always Best Policy
Nov 16 2004 // The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers said today it is “misguided” to presume that brokers and insurance carriers must be in an adversarial relationship to best serve their commercial customers. In...
WASH. BUSINESS COSTS RISING:
Nov 8 2004 // The WashACE annual report that lists key indicators of the state’s business climate in relation to other states reportedly shows that, despite signs of the slowly recovering state economy, Washington has fallen in...
Republican Candidates Win ‘Big Time’ in Insurance Industry Political Giving in Federal Races
Nov 2 2004 // The late U.S. House Speaker Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill (D-Mass.) is famous for insisting, “All politics is local.” Apparently, O’Neill wasn’t counting the money. When it comes to...
Wash. Man, Woman, Ordered to Repay Benefits
Oct 25 2004 // A Gig Harbor woman has been ordered to repay $46,039 after an investigation by the Washington Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) determined that she had allegedly collected workers’ compensation benefits...
Wash. Business Costs Rising; Workers’ Comp Problems Among Items Singled Out
Oct 19 2004 // The WashACE annual report that lists key indicators of the state’s business climate in relation to other states reportedly shows that, despite signs of the slowly recovering state economy, Washington has fallen in...
