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Alaska Committees Consider Two Very Different Scoring Bills
Apr 24 2002 // Two very different bills restricting insurers’ use of credit-based insurance scores are pending in Alaska House and Senate committees with no clear indication as to which is more likely to move. National Association...
Wash. LnI cracks down on unregistered residential wood framers
Apr 24 2002 // The Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) has stepped up its efforts to sign up residential wood framers in the Washington workers’ compensation program, appealing to homebuilders and general contractors to...
Wash. couple charged with fraud
Apr 15 2002 // A Washington couple faces an excess of criminal charges, including the alleged falsification of payroll records to avoid paying workers’ compensation premiums, among others. Clark County prosecutors have filed...
Wash. Gov. Signs Credit-Based Scoring Bill and Construction Defect Legislation
Apr 8 2002 // Gov. Gary Locke has signed House Bill 2544 restricting insurers’ use of credit-based insurance scores. Earlier in the week, he signed Senate Bill 6409, providing an opportunity for corrective action to be taken...
Wash. Man Ordered to Repay $114,000
Apr 5 2002 // A Washington man has been ordered to repay the state $114,000 for benefits and penalties after he allegedly collected disability payments while being employed at various jobs in Central Washington. A laborer and farm...
AAI Urges Wash. Gov. to Sign Construction
Mar 26 2002 // The Alliance of American Insurers is urging Washington Gov. Gary Locke (D) to sign SB 6409, which the organization believes will help reduce the rising costs of litigation faced by the state’s construction...
Wash. Couple Charged with Denying Workers’ Comp Payments
Mar 22 2002 // A Washington couple faces an excess of criminal charges, including the alleged falsification of payroll records to avoid paying workers’ compensation premiums, among others. Charges have been filed by Clark County...
Wash. Legislature Approves Bill That May Raise Mandatory Arbitration Settlements
Mar 13 2002 // The Washington State legislature has approved a bill that could lead to higher settlements in mandatory arbitration cases. The House passed Senate Bill 5373 last week, one week before the 2002 session is to adjourn, and...
PEMCO Insurance Ad Campaign Largest Undertaken by Wash. State Insurer
Mar 8 2002 // PEMCO Insurance has launched its largest advertising campaign to date this week in a series that focuses on the merits and challenges of personal responsibility. The campaign includes television commercials, print ads,...
Wash. Bill Restricting Credit-Based Scores Awaits Gov.’s Signature
Mar 7 2002 // The state Senate has passed legislation restricting insurers’ use of credit-based insurance scores in Washington. House Bill 2544 passed the Senate March 4 by a 36 to 11 vote and now goes to Gov. Gary Locke, a...
Wash. House And Senate Approve Bills Restricting Insurer Use of Credit Scores
Feb 21 2002 // Two measures approved over the weekend by the Washington State House and Senate restricting insurers’ use of credit scores could result in higher rates for the majority of policyholders, the American Insurance...
Wash. Files Amicus Brief in Support of Calif. Holocaust Victims Relief Act
Feb 20 2002 // In a show of solidarity with the California Department of Insurance, the Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner has filed an amicus brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in support of...
Wash. Committees Approve Bill Restricting Use of Credit-Based Scores
Feb 11 2002 // Washington State Senate and House committees have approved bills restricting insurers’ use of credit-based insurance scores. If enacted, the law would result in increases in auto and homeowners premiums for many...
Washington Man Ordered to Repay $59,600 in Benefits and Penalties
Feb 1 2002 // The Washington Department of Labor and Industries has ordered a 54-year-old Vashon man to repay workers’ compensation benefits he allegedly fraudulently collected by claiming he was injured and unable to...
Wash. State Program Aims to Reduce Teen Injuries
Jan 30 2002 // The Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) and the Washington Restaurant Association (WRA) have launched a joint program to reduce injuries to teen workers in fast-food restaurants throughout the state. It began in...
Wash. Court Reverses Ruling Regarding Drinks Sold to Intoxicated Customers
Jan 29 2002 // In reversing a lower court ruling, the Washington State Court of Appeals has agreed that liability insurance is not designed to cover each drink served to an already intoxicated customer as a separate incident. The...
Former Washington Resident Owes State $209,000
Jan 25 2002 // Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) ordered a former Yakima resident to pay back more than $209,000 for allegedly collecting workers’ compensation benefits illegally. Jesus Nunez Vargas,...
Bills Restricting Use of Credit-Based Insurance Scores Introduced in Wash.
Jan 24 2002 // According to the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII), companion bills severely restricting insurers’use of credit-based insurance scores have been introduced in the Washington State House and Senate....
Washington State Orders Wisconsin Woman To Pay $52,182
Jan 17 2002 // The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries has ordered a 43-year-old Wisconsin woman to repay the state $52,182 after an investigation showed she continued to collect workers’ compensation widow’s...
Washington State Worksites Continued Safety Trend in 2000
Jan 11 2002 // Continuing a trend begun almost 10 years ago, Washington workers suffered slightly fewer injuries and illnesses in 2000 than they did the previous year, according to survey results released by the Washington Department of...
