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Farmers Looks to Add 85 Agency Owners Across Washington
Jul 7 2014 // Farmers Insurance is looking to grow its presence in Washington by adding 85 agency owners throughout the state. Candidates with a record of previous sales success, those with experience in the financial sector, and those...
Cybersecurity Analysts Stress Need for Data Sharing by Companies
Jul 2 2014 // In an 11-story office building in the Washington suburbs, hundreds of U.S. cybersecurity analysts work around the clock to foil hackers. Possible breaches of government networks show up as red flashes on screens that line...
Small Businesses Lobby for Export-Import Bank
Jun 27 2014 // If the battle over the U.S. Export-Import Bank is Washington’s latest political tempest, then Don Nelson from Bakersfield, California is aiming at the eye of the storm. Nelson’s small oilfield equipment company...
The Political Battle Over Export-Import Bank
Jun 27 2014 // A day before U.S. House Republicans were to vote on a new majority leader, lawmakers aligned with the limited-government Tea Party movement delivered a message to the leading candidate, Kevin McCarthy of California. They...
U.S. Ambassador Presses China Over Cyber Theft, Investment Treaty
Jun 25 2014 // Cyber theft of trade secrets by China is a threat to U.S. national security, U.S. Ambassador to China Max Baucus said on Wednesday in the first major public address of his tenure, warning that Washington would continue to...
Armstrong Questioned Under Oath in Case Brought by Dallas Insurer
Jun 13 2014 // Lance Armstrong, stripped of seven Tour de France victories and banned from professional cycling in 2012, was questioned under oath for the first time since he admitted doping in an Oprah Winfrey interview last...
Financial Firms Fear Hensarling May Fill Gap Left by Cantor’s Exit
Jun 11 2014 // Wall Street could count on Eric Cantor to take its side in the U.S. Congress. It won’t have the same luck with a top lawmaker in line to replace him. House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling, who...
Washington Doctor Accused of Sexting During Surgery
Jun 11 2014 // The Washington state Medical Quality Assurance Commission says it has suspended the license of a Seattle anesthesiologist accused of frequently exchanging sexually explicit texts during surgeries. A statement issued Monday...
Washington Commissioner Disciplines Producers for Violations
Jun 10 2014 // Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler issued fines to several insurance companies, agents and brokers who violated state insurance regulations during May. The fines totaled $12,250. They are: Insurance companies Benefit...
Cyber Theft, Already a $445 Billion Business, to Grow Bigger
Jun 9 2014 // Cybercrime remains a growth industry. That’s the main message from former U.S. intelligence officials, who in a report today outlined scenarios for how $445 billion a year in trade theft due to computer hackers will...
S&P Loses Bid to Keep 16 States’ Lawsuits Over Ratings in Federal Court
Jun 5 2014 // Standard & Poor’s suffered a defeat on Tuesday in litigation accusing it of issuing misleading credit ratings prior to the 2008 financial crisis, as a federal judge ruled that lawsuits by 16 U.S. states and...
MetLife Unwavering in Battle Over Systemic Risk Rules
Jun 3 2014 // Steven Kandarian got MetLife Inc. out of banking to escape Federal Reserve oversight. Now, the insurer is fighting again to avoid the central bank’s reach. Kandarian, MetLife’s chief executive officer, has...
Oregon Crashed Caused by Man Holding Breath in Tunnel
May 28 2014 // A 19-year-old man caused a three-car crash when he fainted while holding his breath as he drove through a tunnel northwest of Portland, Oregon State Police said. Daniel J. Calhon, of Snohomish, Washington, told...
Tsunami Debris Skiff Found On Washington Coast
May 23 2014 // More than three years after the tsunami hit Japan, evidence of the disaster continues to haunt the West Coast where residents know they also are vulnerable. A skiff that was once used by someone near Sendai washed ashore...
Leavitt Group in Washington Hires Rutledge
May 23 2014 // Leavitt Group’s Tacoma, Wash. office has hired Sam Rutledge. Rutledge will focus on employee benefits. Prior to insurance, Rutledge managed the sales and marketing department for an enterprise resource planning...
Dodd-Frank, Flood Insurance Foe Hensarling Faces Test on TRIA Renewal
May 22 2014 // When Jeb Hensarling took over the congressional panel that spawned the Dodd-Frank Act, he vowed to roll back the landmark Wall Street law and eliminate government programs that backstop private markets. More than a year...
Chinese Hacking Raises Cyber Attack Disclosure Issue for Companies
May 21 2014 // Three U.S. public companies identified as Chinese hacking victims didn’t report the theft of trade secrets and other data to investors, despite rules designed to disclose significant events. Two of the companies...
More Money Sought For Landslide Research in Washington
May 19 2014 // Members of Washington’s congressional delegation are urging more money for landslide research and mapping following the deadly Oso mudslide. U.S. Reps. Suzan DelBene, Rick Larsen and Jim McDermott sent a letter to...
Court Exempts Airlines from Developer’s Sept. 11 Environmental Claim
May 7 2014 // American Airlines, United Airlines and the World Trade Center leaseholder do not have to pay a property developer environmental cleanup costs from the Sept. 11, 2001 hijacked plane attacks, a U.S. appeals court ruled on...
AG Comes Down On Washington Business For Asbestos Training
May 2 2014 // Two Tacoma business owners entered guilty pleas on Friday in Pierce County Superior Court after Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson leveled multiple charges against them for allegedly selling substandard asbestos...
