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Lockton Combines D.C., Northeast Operations
Jun 17 2016 // Insurance broker Lockton announced that it will add its Washington, D.C., operations to a newly combined Lockton Northeast team. Michael Calabrese will remain as chairman and CEO of the expanded Lockton operations in the...
52 Workers at Washington Nuke Facility Checked for Vapor Exposure
Jun 17 2016 // Two more workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation have received medical evaluations for possible vapor exposure at the former nuclear weapons production site. The Tri-City Herald reported that the workers said they had...
Washington Doctor Charged with Stealing $359K In Disability, Unemployment Funds
Jun 15 2016 // A Washington physician faces charges in connection with insurance fraud following an investigation by the Washington Department of Insurance. Dr. Jian Xu, 59, faces felony charges in King County Superior Court of...
Washington-based Zillow to Settle Trade Secret Suit by Move Inc. for $130M
Jun 9 2016 // Seattle, Wash.-based real-estate information website Zillow is paying $130 million to settle a lawsuit brought by rival Move Inc. The Seattle Times reported that the settlement was disclosed in securities filings earlier...
Republican Plan Would Scrap Much of Dodd-Frank Financial Regulation
Jun 8 2016 // The chair of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee has proposed getting rid of much of the regulation put in place after the financial crisis, unveiling a plan on Tuesday that ignited fierce debate in the...
Travelers Sued Over Fair Housing Act
Jun 6 2016 // The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) has filed a federal lawsuit against Travelers Indemnity Company and Travelers Casualty Insurance Company of America, accusing the insurers of violating local and federal housing...
Financial Industry Files Suit Against Obama Fiduciary Standard for Retirement Plan Brokers
Jun 3 2016 // Wall Street and business lobbying groups have teamed up to fight the Obama administration’s new rules for U.S. brokers managing retirement accounts, saying the regulations include a ” deliberately...
Insurer Fossil Fuel Divestment Focus of Washington Climate Change Summit
Jun 2 2016 // Getting insurers to rid themselves of investments in fossil fuels, creating products to deal with climate change and helping the world better understand risk, were among the topics on Wednesday at a summit on the insurance...
What University of Washington’s Climate Risk and Insurance Summit Has in Common with Paris
May 26 2016 // It may not be a climate change summit for the ages like last year’s Paris meeting in which world leaders hashed out a historic agreement to reduce carbon emissions, but it does have two things in common with the 2015...
Washington Commissioner Fines Insurance Professionals $113K
May 23 2016 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler issued fines in April totaling $113,600 against insurance companies, agents and brokers who he said violated state insurance regulations. The list, which Kreidler’s...
Idaho Non-Resident Producer License Revoked
May 23 2016 // The Idaho Department of Insurance received notice from the Washington Office of Insurance Commissioner revoking the license of Randy W. Tate, a Washington resident. Idaho insurance code gives the director the right to...
Washington Judge OKs Mobile Home Lawsuit Settlement
May 23 2016 // A Grant County judge has given preliminary approval to a settlement in a class action lawsuit filed by mobile homeowners against their landlord in central Washington. The lawsuit alleges that Royal Coachman Mobile Home...
Business Moves
May 23 2016 // Confie, Automobile Insurance Specialists Inc., Trinity Insurance LLC, Whitehead Insurance Inc. Confie has acquired three insurance agencies in Las Vegas, South Florida, and Washington State. Confie acquired the assets of:...
Lawsuit Accuses Travelers of Violating Fair Housing Act in D.C.
May 18 2016 // The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) has filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against Travelers Indemnity Company and Travelers Casualty Insurance Company of America, accusing the insurers of engaging in actions that...
Washington Cyclist Gets $400K Payout After Being Struck by Councilwoman
May 16 2016 // A bicyclist who collided with former Seattle City Councilwoman Sally Clark as she drove to a speaking engagement is being paid $400,000 under the terms of a settlement. The Seattle Times reported that the city is on the...
Palomar Specialty Expands Residential Earthquake Product to Oregon, Washington
May 13 2016 // Palomar Specialty Insurance Co., in partnership with Arrowhead General Insurance Agency, Inc. and TriCoast Insurance Services, LLC, has expanded its Value Select Residential Earthquake Insurance Program into Oregon and...
Propel Insurance Hires McCormick in Washington for Construction Practice
May 3 2016 // Propel Insurance has named Michael McCormick a sales executive in the firm’s construction practice. McCormick will be working out of Propel’s Seattle, Wash. location. His prior experience includes sales at...
Utah Earthquake Country Examined
May 2 2016 // Signs of earthquakes are everywhere in the chaotically beautiful geology of southwest Utah and the region where the mile-high Colorado Plateau falls off into the corrugated Basin-and-Range landscape that dominates...
Washington Workplace Deaths in 2015 Fell to Near-Historic Low
May 2 2016 // Workplace deaths in Washington fell to a near-historic low in 2015, according to a Department of Labor & Industries report out in mid-April. Last year there were 58 work-related deaths in the state, 18 fewer than in...
EPA Nails Tesoro’s Washington Oil Refinery for Safety Violations
Apr 28 2016 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has fined the Tesoro oil refinery in Anacortes, Wash. nearly $720,000 for alleged safety violations. The EPA said last week it filed a complaint seeking penalties for violations...
