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IDP Holdings Acquires NSU’s Hospitality Program in Washington
Nov 6 2012 // IDP Holdings LLC acquired the hospitality business of National Specialty Underwriters Inc., a Bellevue, Wash.-based specialty commercial insurance program manager. As part of the transaction, IDP also purchased NSU’s...
State Elections to Decide Insurance Commissioner, Ballot Initiatives, Court Contests
Nov 5 2012 // For the insurance industry, there is more at stake in the Nov. 6 election than who goes to or stays in the White House and Congress. The insurance industry will be watching who wins the gubernatorial races in 11 states,...
Lawsuit Over Fatal Washington Goat Attack Dismissed
Nov 5 2012 // A judge has dismissed a widow’s lawsuit against the federal government over her husband’s death in a mountain goat attack at Olympic National Park in Washington two years ago. U.S. District Judge Robert Bryan...
Palmer Joins Griffin Underwriting Services in Washington
Nov 2 2012 // Griffin Underwriting Services named Merry Palmer a program broker. In this new position, Palmer will be responsible for program brokerage production and marketing as well as bringing depth and focus to Griffin’s...
New York, New Jersey Want Washington to Pay More Storm Costs
Nov 1 2012 // New York state on Wednesday asked the U.S. federal government to pay all the costs of cleaning up and repairing damage from massive storm Sandy that tore through the Northeast this week and crippled New York City. Governor...
Lawsuit Over Fatal Washington Ice Cave Collapse Dismissed
Oct 30 2012 // A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit over a Washington state ice cave collapse that killed an 11-year-old girl in 2010. Grace Tam was killed as she posed for a picture the Big Four Ice Caves in the Mount...
Hurricane Sandy Expected Ashore Monday Night; Could Be Biggest to Hit U.S. Mainland
Oct 29 2012 // • Hurricane expected ashore Monday evening in New Jersey • Could be biggest to hit U.S. mainland • New York, Philadelphia and Washington in its path • New York Stock Exchange closed Monday and Tuesday • Early...
BP Oil Spill Settlement Unlikely Before Election
Oct 29 2012 // For a president locked in a tough re-election fight, it may look like political gold: a settlement between the U.S. Justice Department and BP Plc over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill that could send billions of dollars to...
Hurricane Sandy Forces Evacuations, Shutdowns on East Coast
Oct 28 2012 // Tens of millions of East Coast residents scrambled on Sunday to prepare for Hurricane Sandy, which could make landfall as the largest storm to hit the United States, bringing battering winds, flooding and even heavy...
Update: Hurricane Sandy Could Affect 50 Million People on East Coast
Oct 28 2012 // Authorities shut transit systems and ordered some evacuations as tens of millions of people on the East Coast braced on Sunday for Hurricane Sandy, a gigantic storm forecast to deliver battering winds, dangerous flooding...
Washington Commissioner Fines Insurer $500,000
Oct 23 2012 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is fining Ohio-based BCS Insurance Co. $500,000 for issuing hundreds of thousands of policies using unapproved rates and policy language. BCS Insurance has agreed to pay the...
Lawsuit Over Fatal Washington Goat Attack Dismissed
Oct 18 2012 // A judge has dismissed a widow’s lawsuit against the federal government over her husband’s death in a mountain goat attack at Olympic National Park in Washington two years ago. U.S. District Judge Robert Bryan...
Washington Restaurant Involved in Salmonella Cases Reopens
Oct 17 2012 // A Vancouver, Wash., restaurant linked to several dozen cases of salmonella has reopened. Clark County public health officials gave On The Border the go-ahead to reopen Oct. 15 although they still don’t know the...
Fatal Washington Fire Started by Pinched Cord
Oct 16 2012 // The Seattle Fire Department says a fatal fire early Sunday was apparently caused by a pinched electrical cord in a bedroom. Firefighters found thick smoke coming from the apartment in the Greenwood neighborhood. The dead...
Consumers Learn High Cost of Being Poor in New Jersey
Oct 15 2012 // More than a decade ago, Joanne Jubert made six figures as an art director for a New York advertising agency. She pursued her passion of scuba diving. She joined film societies. She bought a modest home in upscale Little...
Uncertainty Marks Federal Regulation of Compounding Pharmacies
Oct 15 2012 // The deadly meningitis outbreak linked to contaminated pain injections has prompted calls for tighter federal regulation of compounding pharmacies, which have periodically been blamed for crippling and sometimes fatal...
Salmonella Outbreak Tied To Wash. Restaurant
Oct 12 2012 // A salmonella outbreak has led health officials to temporarily close a Vancouver, Wash., restaurant. Dr. Alan Melnick, the Clark County health officer, says there have been 11 confirmed and five probable cases linked to the...
Washington Jury Awards $1.4M to Family Of Molested Girl
Oct 2 2012 // A Washington jury has awarded $1.4 million to the family of a girl molested by a former Olympia School District bus driver. The Olympian reported that the jury found the school district negligent in not preventing abuse....
Penn. Commissioner: Washington Slow to Give Guidance on Healthcare Law
Sep 13 2012 // Testifying before Congress this week, Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Michael Consedine offered a blistering critique of the way the federal government is coordinating the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. In...
Washington Given $50,000 For Tsunami Debris Bags
Aug 31 2012 // The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has given the state of Washington $50,000 to help pay for trash bags and bins to collect debris washing ashore from the Japanese tsunami. The state Ecology Department...
