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Mintz Adds Five to Insurance and Reinsurance Practice in Washington D.C., New York
Jul 20 2020 // Law firm Mintz has added a group of five practitioners to its Insurance and Reinsurance Practice. Deirdre G. Johnson, Paul W. Kalish, Suman Chakraborty and Ellen MacDonald Farrell joined as members, and Elaine Panagakos...
NFL’s Washington Redskins Team Hires Law Firm to Review Harassment Claims
Jul 20 2020 // The Washington Redskins hired a law firm to review allegations of misconduct after 15 female ex-employees told the Washington Post they were sexually harassed. The NFL team hired D.C. lawyer Beth Wilkinson and her firm,...
Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Adds Missouri, Washington, Wisconsin for Home Coverage
Jul 17 2020 // Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies has added Missouri, Washington and Wisconsin to the list of states where the insurer offers its homeowners insurance product. With the expansion to the three new states, the...
Washington Commissioner Tells Insurers It’s Time to Ban Credit Scoring
Jul 15 2020 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler reached out to insurance company CEOs in a letter and urged them to stand behind their recent pledges to end discrimination and racial inequities by supporting his proposal...
U.S. Pressures Insurers, Certifiers, Shippers in Enforcing Tougher Sanctions on Venezuela
Jul 14 2020 // Several companies that certify vessels are seaworthy and ship insurers have withdrawn services to tankers involved in the Venezuelan oil trade as the United States targets the maritime industry to tighten sanctions on the...
U.S. Targets Ship Insurers, Maritime Industry to Strengthen Venezuela Sanctions
Jul 13 2020 // Several companies that certify vessels are seaworthy and ship insurers have withdrawn services to tankers involved in the Venezuelan oil trade as the United States targets the maritime industry to tighten sanctions on the...
Climate Change Litigants Argue Human Rights, Consumer Harm in Suing Oil Firms
Jul 6 2020 // LONDON/WASHINGTON/GENEVA — Climate change may be having its day in court. With the slow pace of international climate negotiations, lawyers from Switzerland to San Francisco are increasingly filing lawsuits demanding...
Washington Insurance Commissioner Wants to Ban Credit Scoring
Jul 6 2020 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is calling on the insurance industry to end its use of credit scoring in auto, property, renters and life insurance, citing the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and...
First Washington Employer Cited for Ignoring Governor’s Safe Start Order
Jul 1 2020 // A fitness center near Yakima, Wash. is facing nearly $10,000 in fines for operating in violation of Gov. Jay Inslee’s Safe Start order. The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries cited company owner...
2 Washington Tribes Sue Insurance Group for Virus Coverage
Jul 1 2020 // Two Washington state Native tribes sued a group of insurance providers they said have not covered claims for business losses resulting from the coronavirus. The Suquamish and Port Gamble S’Klallam tribes and their...
Washington Firefighters Prep for Wildfire Season Amid Pandemic
Jun 26 2020 // Washington state firefighters are preparing for a season of potential summer wildfires while adopting new health safety measures amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has added a new layer of...
Family of Man Killed During Washington Traffic Stop Files $25M Claim
Jun 26 2020 // The family of a North Carolina man killed by a police officer during a traffic stop in Washington state filed a $28 million wrongful-death claim. The family of 26-year-old Said Joquin filed the claim against the city of...
Washington D.C.’s Incapsulate Hires Siegel to Insurance Industry Team
Jun 25 2020 // Incapsulate has hired insurance veteran Stephen Siegel to its insurance industry team. For more than 25 years, Siegel has worked with companies in all segments of insurance including life, property and casualty, group,...
Washington Insurance Commissioner Wants to Ban Credit Scoring
Jun 17 2020 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is calling on the insurance industry to end its use of credit scoring in auto, property, renters and life insurance, citing the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and...
Coronavirus Spreading Among U.S. Fruit, Vegetable Packers Raising Concern
Jun 11 2020 // From apple packing houses in Washington state to farm workers in Florida and a California county known as “the world’s salad bowl,” outbreaks of the novel coronavirus are emerging at U.S. fruit and...
PEMCO Insurance in Washington Adds Hoell to Communications Team
Jun 10 2020 // PEMCO Mutual Insurance has named Chris Hoell a marketing automation manager in the company’s brand and communications team. Hoell will support PEMCO’s communications team, focusing on customer and candidate...
Trade Credit Insurers Seek $60B from U.S. Towards Pandemic Payouts
Jun 8 2020 // U.S. trade credit insurers have approached the U.S. Treasury Department and Federal Reserve seeking financial backing for claims payments to support business supply chains hit by the novel coronavirus pandemic, three...
Washington State Issues Workplace Mask Guidance
Jun 5 2020 // Most workers in Washington will be required to wear a mask or face covering at work under new coronavirus workplace safety and health requirements that take effect June 8. With few exceptions, workers must wear some type...
Insurers Prepare for Claims as East States See Property Damage from Civil Unrest
Jun 4 2020 // Scenes that played out over the past few days in several East region states are serving as a stark reminder for the insurance industry of civil unrest that took place in New York and other U.S. states more than 50 years...
Washington Commissioner Urges Firms Damaged During Riots to File Claims ASAP
Jun 3 2020 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is advising Washington state business owners who have experienced damage during protests to contact their insurance companies as soon as possible. Damage to businesses and...
