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Risk of Cyber Attacks Escalation Rises as Technology Outpaces Policy
Jun 3 2011 // From the satellite pictures on Google Earth, Jinan looks like any other Chinese city — sprawling construction sites, massive factory blocks, apartment buildings, a university, dozens of railway lines and wide-open...
Wash. Seeks Comment on Workers’ Comp Policy on For-Hire Drivers
Jun 1 2011 // Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries is seeking comment on proposed rules to implement legislation requiring workers’ compensation coverage for certain for-hire vehicle operators such as taxi and...
Finally, Wash. Legislators Agree on Workers’ Comp Reform
May 23 2011 // Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire, Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown, House Speaker Frank Chopp, Senate Minority Leader Mike Hewitt and House Minority Leader Richard DeBolt announced the Legislature finally has come to an...
Wash. Lawmakers Continue to Struggle on Workers’ Comp Deal
May 20 2011 // Leading Washington lawmakers are struggling to find a compromise that would alter the state’s workers’ compensation system and help seal a budget agreement. Negotiators emerged from a 45-minute, closed-door...
Wash. Agents Can File Contractors’ Proof of Insurance Online
May 17 2011 // Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) has created an online system for insurance agents to create, cancel and reinstate general liability insurance certificates for contractors registered in the...
Washington Labor & Industries Dept. Closes Northeast Office
May 16 2011 // Citing a steady decline in workload due to the poor economy in Northeast Washington, the state Department of Labor & Industries announced that it will close its service location in Colville, Wash., on May 27. The...
Stalemate Over Workers’ Comp Stalls Washington Lawmakers
May 16 2011 // Washington state lawmakers grappling over how to fill a projected budget shortfall of $5 billion in a special legislative session may first have to end a stalemate on a more contentious issue: workers’...
Wash. Governor Proposes Workers’ Comp Settlement Option
May 13 2011 // In hopes of settling a stalemate in Washington’s special legislative session, Gov. Chris Gregoire has submitted a proposal that includes a claims settlement option for workers’ compensation claims. As part of...
Stalemate Over Workers’ Comp Stalls Wash. Lawmakers
May 9 2011 // Washington state lawmakers grappling over how to fill a projected budget shortfall of $5 billion in a special legislative session may first have to end a stalemate on a more contentious issue: workers’...
Wash. Judge Orders $129K in Damages for Boy Injured By Tree
May 6 2011 // A southwest Washington school district has been ordered to pay more than $129,000 in damages to the family of a teenage boy who suffered a skull fracture when he was hit by a falling tree at a school in 2009. The Columbian...
Washington Uninsured Motorist Rate Unchanged at 16%
May 4 2011 // The percentage of uninsured drivers in Washington has remained stable in spite of the economic downturn, according to the Insurance Research Council (IRC). A newly released IRC study, “Uninsured Motorists, 2011...
World on Alert after U.S. Kills bin Laden
May 2 2011 // Osama bin Laden was killed in a U.S. assault on his Pakistani compound Monday. He was then quickly buried at sea, in a dramatic end to the long manhunt for the al Qaeda leader who had become the most powerful symbol of...
Weather Service: Deadliest Year for Tornadoes in Virginia
May 2 2011 // Days after a series of tornadoes blew through Virginia, officials still are trying to determine exactly how much damage was done and what to do for those who have lost everything. Initial reports say more than 400 private...
Wash. Processing Producer Licenses Online
May 2 2011 // The Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner has adopted new online insurance licensing rules that affect licensed agents, brokers and insurance companies, and people who provide insurance continuing education and...
Washington Special Legislative Session to Address Workers’ Comp
Apr 26 2011 // Washington’s Legislature is being called into a special session that starts today at 9 a.m., with workers’ compensation insurance among the topics to be discussed, according to Gov. Chris Gregoire. “This...
2nd Wash. House Workers Comp Floor Motion Fails
Apr 25 2011 // Washington Republicans attempted again a procedural motion on the House floor that would have allowed a vote on a Senate bill establishing the option of settlements to workers compensation, but failed to get the votes...
Wash. Businesses Must Fix Hazards During Citation Appeal
Apr 19 2011 // Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire has signed a bill into law that will require businesses fighting a Department of Labor & Industries citation to fix hazards during an appeal appeal. Each year, hundreds of workplace...
Supreme Court Weighs Bid for Fast-Tracking Healthcare Law Challenges
Apr 15 2011 // The Supreme Court will likely reject a request to speed up a ruling on President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul law, legal and financial analysts said. The justices Friday are scheduled to consider...
Western Heritage Insurance Names Washington as Underwriting VP
Apr 13 2011 // Western Heritage Insurance Co., based in Scottsdale, Ariz., has appointed Anthony Washington as vice president of Underwriting. Washington will lead all underwriting operations, including the Contract and Programs teams,...
Report Tallies Economic Costs of Violence to States
Apr 6 2011 // States with the most violence are spending billions of dollars on medical care and prisons and recording lower productivity than more peaceful states, according to a new study on the effects of peace and violence on the...
