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Wash. Woman Files Bad Faith Lawsuit Against Farmers Ins.
May 16 2003 // A Redmond, Wash. woman filed a bad faith lawsuit against Farmers Insurance Company of Washington (Farmers) accusing the company of systematically using a computer program called “Colossus” to provide an...
Illegal Dental Plan Told to Cease and Desist in Wash.
May 9 2003 // Washington consumers of dental insurance plans should stay away from Benefit Plans of America, Inc. as sold by Daniel A. White, according to Washington’s Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC). The office has...
Wash. Waives License Renewal Procedures for Military Service
May 2 2003 // A Washington state resident insurance agent and/or broker who is unable to comply with the license renewal procedures due to activation to military service may request a waiver for the 32 hours of continuing education...
WASH. STATE WC TO INCLUDE ACTS OF TERRORISM
May 1 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 system....
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...
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...
