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18 States Denied Bid for Emergency Order to Restore Obamacare Subsidies
Oct 26 2017 // A U.S. judge on Wednesday refused to block President Donald Trump’s decision to end subsidy payments to health insurers under Obamacare, handing Trump a victory against Democratic attorneys general who have regularly...
PEMCO in Washington Names Vigil to Executive Team, Barry as Vice President of Claims
Oct 17 2017 // Seattle, Wash.-based PEMCO Insurance has named M.J. Vigil to its executive team as the company’s new vice president of people and brand. PEMCO also named Paul Barry to its executive leadership team as vice president...
Trump Defends Killing Off Obamacare Subsidies; 18 States Sue in Uphill Battle
Oct 15 2017 // Eighteen U.S. states sued President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday to stop him from scrapping a key component of Obamacare, subsidies to insurers that help millions of low-income people pay medical expenses,...
Leavitt Group Acquires Group Services Northwest in Washington
Oct 11 2017 // Leavitt Group Northwest has acquired Group Services Northwest. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. This merger will not affect Group Services Northwest client policies and all staff remains with the agency at the same...
Is It Time to Say So Long to Social Security Numbers?
Oct 10 2017 // The Trump administration is exploring ways to replace the use of Social Security numbers as the main method of assuring people’s identities in the wake of consumer credit agency Equifax Inc.’s massive data...
Washington and Seattle Become Latest Governments to Sue Opioid Makers
Oct 3 2017 // Washington state and the city of Seattle on Thursday joined more than two dozen other government entities across the country suing to hold opioid makers accountable for an addiction crisis that has claimed thousands of...
Arkansas Officials Seek to Limit Liability in Duggar Privacy Lawsuit
Sep 28 2017 // Arkansas officials are seeking immunity from being sued for releasing decade-old information about a sexual abuse investigation involving Josh Duggar and four of his sisters. Jill Duggar Dillard, Jessa Duggar Seewald,...
$1.3M From Archdiocese in Washington to Settle Sex Abuse Case
Sep 27 2017 // The Seattle Archdiocese in Washington has paid $1.3 million to settle a sex-abuse lawsuit involving a former member of a religious order who taught in its schools. A man sued the archdiocese in 2015, alleging the church...
Report: Climate Change May Pose Threat to Nation’s Electric Grid
Sep 4 2017 // Climate change may pose a serious risk to the nation’s electric grid, according to a new report. The report was prepared by Johns Hopkins University with help from Swiss Re. “Lights out: The risks of climate...
Storm-Prone Cities Vie for Environmental Impact Bonds
Aug 17 2017 // As climate change pushes U.S. cities to build protections against stronger storms and more frequent floods, the Rockefeller Foundation is helping cities with a novel kind of financing, one that transfers some of the risk...
USGS Awards $4.9M to Boost Warnings for West Coast Quakes
Aug 16 2017 // The U.S. Geological Survey has awarded $4.9 million to six universities and a nonprofit to help advance an early warning system for earthquakes along the West Coast. The federal agency says the ShakeAlert system could give...
Brightway Insurance Opening Agencies in Washington and Colorado
Aug 11 2017 // Brightway Insurance on Monday will open new agencies in Washington and Colorado. Vays Sarwar will open Brightway, The Sarwar Agency. The agency will be located in Spokane, Wash. Rob Scheibe will open Brightway, The Scheibe...
Washington School District’s Insurer to Pay $18M in Shooting Settlement
Aug 2 2017 // The families of five Washington state high school students shot in a high school cafeteria in 2014 have settled a lawsuit against the school district’s insurance company for $18 million. Attorney Lincoln Beauregard,...
California Workers’ Comp Drug Formulary Would Reduce Costs, Study Shows
Aug 1 2017 // Roughly one-in-three prescription drugs currently dispensed to injured workers in California will be no longer require authorization prior to dispensing under the state’s proposed workers’ compensation...
EagleView in Washington Names Cook Senior Vice President
Aug 1 2017 // Bothell, Wash.-based EagleView Technologies has named Kenneth Cook senior vice president. Cook will lead field services while collaborating with engineering and product teams to develop solutions for claims and...
Former Postal Worker Sentenced in Texas for Federal Workers’ Comp Fraud
Aug 1 2017 // A U.S. district judge in Texas has sentenced a former postal employee to 21 months in federal prison for participating in a scheme to defraud the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Worker’s Compensation...
Heavy Rains Cause Widespread Flooding, Some Rescues in Pennsylvania
Jul 31 2017 // Heavy rains caused widespread flooding and prompted some evacuations and rescues in western Pennsylvania, but no major injuries were reported. Forecasters said a stalled system resulted in conditions more similar to winter...
Report: Climate Change May Pose Threat to Nation’s Electric Grid
Jul 27 2017 // Climate change may pose a serious risk to the nation’s electric grid, according to a new report. The report was prepared by Johns Hopkins University with help from Swiss Re. “Lights out: The risks of climate...
Verisk: Texas 2nd in Number of Households at Risk for Wildfire
Jul 20 2017 // The 2017 Verisk Wildfire Risk Analysis shows that Texas is ranked second behind California for the number of households at high or extreme risk from wildfire. The analysis determined the number and percentage of households...
Senate GOP Fails with Obamacare Repeal Effort
Jul 18 2017 // Republican efforts to overhaul or repeal Obamacare collapsed in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, dealing a sharp setback to President Donald Trump and the Republican Party’s seven-year quest to kill former President...
