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People
Jun 16 2008 // Thomas F. Motamed has stepped down as vice chairman and chief operating officer for The Chubb Corp. to become chairman and chief executive officer of CNA Financial Corp., a position he will assume as of June 8,...
People
Jun 16 2008 // Golden Eagle Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, appointed Pete McPartland president and CEO. McPartland comes from General Casualty in Sun Prairie, Wis., where he led insurance operations for QBE...
Overlooked Heavy Construction Segment Includes Significant Small Firm Opportunity
Jun 16 2008 // Louisiana, Washington Rank High for Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction Business Within the broader construction industry sector, heavy and civil engineering construction (NAICS 237) is an often overlooked segment....
Washington Seeking Heroes, Heroines
Jun 11 2008 // Washington Governor’s Industrial Safety And Health Advisory Board is seeking real-life heroes and heroines whose quick thinking and fast actions saved a life during the past year for its 2007 Governor’s...
Kaine Joins Lockton in D.C. Office
Jun 4 2008 // Lockton Companies, LLC has added Chris Kaine to its Washington, D.C. brokerage team as vice president and producer for all property and casualty lines. The addition of Kaine expands Lockton’s Washington, D.C.-based...
Washington Police Traffic Cameras to Start Focusing on School Zones
Jun 3 2008 // Seattle police are about to turn the camera lens on drivers who speed in school zones. Two years ago, the city began using automatic cameras to catch motorists running red lights. The photos — plus tickets carrying...
NAIC: Don’t Pack Your Bags Just Yet
Jun 2 2008 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) currently makes its home in America’s heartland, in Kansas City. In this age of telecommuting, videoconferencing and e-mail that works just fine. It even...
Washington Drivers Challenged to Drive Nice for a Day
May 22 2008 // Washington Gov. Gregoire pronounced May 22 2008, Drive Nice Day throughout the state, challenging drivers to make a conscious effort to drive nice and help make it a collision-free day. Drive Nice Day, founded by SWERVE...
Memo to State Insurance Regulators: Pack Your Bags!
May 20 2008 // It’s time for the group representing the states’ insurance regulatory experts to pack up its bags, computers and name badges — and move to Washington, D.C. The National Association of Insurance Commissioners...
Washington Commissioner Seeking Contractors to Review Safeco Acquisition
May 20 2008 // Washington’s Insurance Commissioner’s Office is currently seeking proposals from consultants in the areas of accounting and legal services to review the proposed sale of Safeco Insurance Companies to Liberty...
NAIC: Pack Your Bags!
May 19 2008 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) currently makes its home in Kansas City. For most situations, this works well, particularly with telecommuting, videoconferencing and e-mail. It even worked well...
Survey: Washington Areas Most Secure Places to Live
May 19 2008 // Olympia, Wash., and its metropolitan area are the safest places in the nation to live, work or raise a family, according to the fourth annual Most Secure U.S. Places to Live rankings from Farmers Insurance Group of...
NAIC: Pack Your Bags!
May 19 2008 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) currently makes its home in Kansas City. For most situations, this works well, particularly with telecommuting, videoconferencing and e-mail. It even worked well...
Mt. Washington Expands Home Insurance Choices in N.H.
May 9 2008 // Mt. Washington Assurance Corp. introduced its newest home insurance program in New Hampshire this week in a series of meetings with independent insurance agents who represent the company for home and auto insurance. The...
PIA Western Alliance Names Washington Junior VP
May 8 2008 // PIA Western Alliance has named Amanda Washington the association’s junior vice president. She will take a greater role in the day-to-day operation of the Western Alliance’s nonprofit operation, including...
Earthquakes Raise Questions of Future Shocks, Public Readiness
May 5 2008 // Just weeks after earthquakes rattled Nevada, the Midwest and the coast of Oregon, and on the heels of the 102nd anniversary of San Francisco’s 1906 earthquake, the public, government officials and insurance industry...
USGS: Earthquakes Serious Threat in 46 States, Ups Risks in Washington, Oregon
Apr 22 2008 // Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) have updated the USGS National Seismic Hazard Maps, and noted that earthquakes remain a serious threat in 46 of the United States. For some areas such as western Oregon and...
People
Apr 21 2008 // Agency Specialty Product Network, a unit of Aon Corp., has named five new regional vice presidents. Rob Romano will head the Northeast Region, which comprises Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island,...
Insurance Sector Ranks Second in Federal Political Giving
Apr 21 2008 // The nation’s lobbyists spent $17 million for every day that Congress was in session, watchdog group says Corporations, industries, labor unions, governments and other interests spent a record $2.79 billion in 2007 to...
3M Could Pay $56M to Clean Up Twin Cities Sites
Apr 21 2008 // 3M Co. will probably pay between $50 million and $56 million to clean up sites in the eastern Twin Cities that have been contaminated by chemicals that were once used in some of the company’s best-known products. The...
