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Mr. And Mrs. Agent Go to Washington
Apr 21 2003 // Some might say the only way to get recognized in Washington, D.C. is to scale the White House fence. Believe me, after seeing the security there on my recent trip, no one is going to just walk up to the front door and...
CAS Members Hear Direction of Credit Scoring
Apr 15 2003 // The increasing use of credit scoring by insurers in underwriting and rating personal lines of insurance has reportedly brought on increased interest, oversight and even some action by insurance regulators and state...
Wash. L&I Name Judy Schurke Deputy Director for Operations
Apr 8 2003 // Judy Schurke has been appointed deputy director for operations at the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, L&I director Paul Trause announced. Schurke will direct the agency’s efforts in...
Agents, Brokers Gather in Washington, D.C.
Apr 2 2003 // Washington, D.C. – With 70 degree weather and cherry blossoms in full bloom as the backdrop, agents and brokers arrived Wednesday to kick-off the 27th Annual IIABA National Legislative Conference. The four-day event...
Wash. State Workers’ Comp to Include Acts of Terrorism
Mar 25 2003 // Washington taxpayers and the State Fund will get significant financial relief from the federal government in the event of an act of terrorism that results in catastrophic losses to the workers’ compensation...
Med Mal Fever: When Doctors Walk Out, Politicians Notice
Mar 24 2003 // They’re baaack. High-flying medical malpractice liability claims losses, that is. The availability crisis of the 1970s and the affordability crisis of the 1980s may be nothing compared to the crisis insurers and...
S&P’s Assigns Washington Casualty Co. ‘R’ FSR
Mar 14 2003 // Standard & Poor’s has assigned its ‘R’ financial strength rating to Washington Casualty Co. upon its placement into receivership by Thurston County Superior Court. “This rating action follows...
Mo. Young Agent Awarded IIABA Scholarship
Mar 7 2003 // Kevin B. Hutchinson, CIC, CRM , a producer with C. J. Thomas Company in St. Louis, is the inaugural recipient of the Maurice Herndon scholarship established by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America...
Ohio Housing Conference to Zero in On Scoring
Mar 4 2003 // An Ohio Civil Rights Commission (OCRC) housing conference will host several panel discussions about the impact of insurance scoring on access to homeownership in the state. Three sessions dealing with different issues...
Med Mal Fever: When Doctors Walk Out, Politicians Notice
Feb 24 2003 // They’re baaack. High-flying medical malpractice liability claims losses, that is. The availability crisis of the 1970s and the affordability crisis of the 1980s may be nothing compared to the crisis insurers and...
Sen. Majority Leader Bill Frist to Address IIABA Nat. Legislative Conf.
Feb 21 2003 // Sen. Bill Frist, M.D. (R-Tenn.), the majority leader of the U.S. Senate, will be a keynote speaker at the 27th Annual National Legislative Conference of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) in...
Wash. Study on Insurer Use of Credit Should be Used Cautiously
Feb 13 2003 // A recent study by the Washington state Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) about insurer use of credit history adds some interesting new pro-competitive angles to the public policy debate, according to American...
Wash. L&I Cracks Down on Unregistered Residential Wood Framers
Feb 12 2003 // Inspectors from the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) will be out in force in Pierce, Jefferson, Kitsap and Clallam counties this month, making sure residential wood framers are working safely and are...
Washington Physicians Urge Legislators for Medical Liability Reform
Feb 4 2003 // Nearly 300 physicians from across Washington state met in Olympia to urge legislators to pass medical liability reform recently. Washington physicians, reeling from rapidly increasing medical malpractice premiums, are...
Eric W. Neely Named President of Mt Washington Assurance Corp.
Feb 4 2003 // Eric W. Neely has been named president of Mt Washington Assurance Corporation, a member of the Plymouth Rock Companies, headquartered in Concord, NH. The company sells auto and homeowner insurance in New Hampshire through...
AIA Responds to Wash. Credit Scoring Report
Jan 28 2003 // American Insurance Association (AIA) vice president and assistant general counsel David Snyder responded to the release of effect of credit scoring on auto insurance underwriting and pricing, a study by the Washington...
Wash. Workplace Injuries Down in 2001
Jan 27 2003 // Washington’s job sites were safer in 2001, continuing a trend that began nearly a decade ago, according to survey results released by the Department of Labor and Industries. The survey showed that 7.6 out of every...
PIA Fed. Legislative Summit Set for Washington, D.C.
Jan 20 2003 // Members of the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) are set to converge on the nation’s capital on Thursday, April 3, for their annual Federal Legislative Summit. The 2003 PIA Federal...
IIABA’s 27th Annual National Legislative Conf. Set for Washington, D.C.
Jan 3 2003 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s (IIABA’s) 27th Annual National Legislative Conference will be held April 2-4 at The Capital Hilton in downtown Washington, D.C. The event will bring...
Wash. L&I Names Illinois Ins. Veteran to Head WC System
Dec 3 2002 // Robert Malooly, a 30-year veteran of the insurance industry, has been selected to run Washington State’s industrial insurance system. Malooly, 54, who rose from claims adjudicator to chairman and CEO of the...
