Latest Washington Headlines
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Washington L&I Appoints Dupre Assistant Director for Insurance
Nov 24 2010 // Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries has appointed Beth Dupre assistant director for insurance services. She will oversee approximately 1,000 employees involved with L&I’s State Fund...
Washington, Oregon Rank High in Promoting Roadway Safety
Nov 18 2010 // Many states are making progress toward making roads safer, but Oregon and Washington do the best of promoting roadway safety with traffic laws, according to a new report by the Emergency Nurses Association. The report...
Berkley: Economic Recovery Depends on Country’s State of Mind
Nov 14 2010 // Economic recovery in the United States is now very dependent on the state of mind of the American public and its business leaders, according to William R. Berkley, founder, chairman and CEO of W.R. Berkley Corp. “No...
Washington Voters Reject Privatization of Workers’ Compensation System
Nov 14 2010 // Voters in the state of Washington have rejected a measure to inject private insurer competition into the state’s workers’ compensation system. The insurance industry hoped to open up the state’s...
Guess Who’s Coming to Washington?
Nov 14 2010 // It’s a long way from Main Street America to Capitol Hill, a distance most small business owners prefer not to travel. But greater numbers of business owners than ever before will be packing up and moving to...
Outcome of G20 Summit in Seoul
Nov 12 2010 // World leaders said they would work to tackle global economic “tensions and vulnerabilities” that have raised fears of currency wars and trade protectionism as they wrapped up a Group of 20 summit in Seoul on...
Washington Wants to Raise Workers’ Comp Rates 12%
Nov 10 2010 // Washington’s Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) has announced a 12 percent average increase in workers’ compensation insurance premiums for 2011. Average premiums would go up by 6.5 cents per hour...
Chubb & Son Appeals Washington Enforcement Action
Nov 10 2010 // Chubb & Son announced its attorneys have filed an appeal with the Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner over enforcement action that would have prevented six of its companies from writing new policies for...
Washington Orders 6 Chubb & Son Insurers to Stop Writing Policies
Nov 9 2010 // Washington State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has issued an order to suspend the insurance certificates of six Chubb & Son companies, effective Nov. 18, 2010. The move — which does not affect existing...
Republicans Gain Control in State Houses
Nov 4 2010 // Republicans were not only victorious in the U.S. House but also in state houses across the country. Tuesday night’s GOP power will give the party its largest number of seats in state legislatures since the Great...
Washington Voters Reject Privatization of Workers’ Compensation System
Nov 3 2010 // Voters in the state of Washington have rejected a measure to inject private insurer competition into the state’s workers’ compensation system. The insurance industry hoped to open up the state’s...
Berkley: Economic Recovery Depends on Country’s State of Mind
Nov 1 2010 // Economic recovery in the United States is now very dependent on the state of mind of the American public and its business leaders, according to William R. Berkley, founder, chairman and CEO of W.R. Berkley Corp. “No...
Berkley: Economic Recovery Depends on Country’s State of Mind
Nov 1 2010 // Economic recovery in the United States is now very dependent on the state of mind of the American public and its business leaders, according to William R. Berkley, founder, chairman and CEO of W.R. Berkley...
Berkley: Economic Recovery Depends on Country’s State of Mind
Nov 1 2010 // Economic recovery in the United States is now very dependent on the state of mind of the American public and its business leaders, according to William R. Berkley, founder, chairman and CEO of W.R. Berkley Corp. “No...
Berkley: Country’s State of Mind Will Drive Economic Recovery
Oct 28 2010 // Economic recovery in the United States is now very dependent on the state of mind of the American public and its business leaders, according to William R. Berkley, founder, chairman and CEO of W.R. Berkley...
Business, Labor Battle Over Wash. Workers’ Comp Initiative
Oct 27 2010 // A seemingly dry topic that actually generates some of the most heated political battles in Washington state is on the ballot for voters this year: workers’ compensation insurance. Washington is one of four states...
Agents Put $300,000 Behind Wash. Workers’ Comp System Privatization
Oct 25 2010 // A recent poll shows that Washingtonians are divided over whether to open the state workers’ compensation system up to the private market. Elway Poll results indicate 31 percent of voters are in favor of passing voter...
Businesses Support/Fight Wash. Workers’ Comp Initiative
Oct 22 2010 // Supporters of Washington’s workers’ compensation initiative 1082 have raised more than $3.3 million to try to open the state’s workers’ compensation system to the private market and eliminate the...
Washington Regulator Calls Denying Insurance to Children Illegal
Oct 19 2010 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has ordered Regence BlueShield to stop illegally denying insurance to children. Last week, the company had announced it was going to stop selling insurance to...
Washington Fines Tesoro $2.38 Million for Deadly Refinery Blast
Oct 18 2010 // The Tesoro refinery in Anacortes, Wash., will be fined a record $2.38 million for an April 2, 2010, explosion that killed seven refinery workers. The Washington Department of Labor and Industries cited the company for 39...
