Latest Washington Headlines
All the headlines from our Washington Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Wash. issues emergency rule on heat illness
Jun 18 2007 // Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries has issued an emergency rule, requiring employers to take precautions to prevent heat-related illness for anyone working outdoors in hot weather. This is the second...
Washington Man Denies Killing Girl for Insurance Money
Jun 15 2007 // An Auburn-area, Wash., man accused of drowning his 3-year-old stepdaughter to collect on a $200,000 life insurance policy pleaded innocent in King County Superior Court and remained in jail on $5 million bail. Joel...
Construction Boom Leading to More Wash. Job-Site Accidents, Death
Jun 13 2007 // The number of workplace deaths and accidents is on the rise as construction continues its boom in King County, Wash., according to state statistics. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported that accidents and deaths on the...
Stoner Named Deputy Director for Washington L&I
Jun 11 2007 // Vernon Stoner, a former deputy chief executive officer for Sound Transit and formerly the city manager in Vancouver and Lacey, has been named deputy director for operations at the Washington Department of Labor and...
PIA Washington/Alaska Recognizes Officers, Award Winners
Jun 8 2007 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Washington/Alaska (PIA) recently elected Rich Biggs as its new president and elected a new board of directors at its 41st Annual Conference and Trade Show. New officers and directors...
Sale of Washington-Based Unigard Insurers Approved
Jun 6 2007 // Washington’s Office of the Insurance Commissioner has approved the sale of three Bellevue, Wash.-based property and casualty insurance companies to an Austrailian holding company. Officials said Unigard Insurance...
Washington Insurance Fair Conduct Act becomes law
Jun 4 2007 // Insurance industry associations are criticizing Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire for signing into law the Insurance Fair Conduct Act, a measure they say will raise insurance costs. The law, which will take effect on July 22,...
News Currents
Jun 4 2007 // Washington Insurance Fair Conduct Act becomes law Insurance industry associations are criticizing Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire for signing into law the Insurance Fair Conduct Act, a measure they say will raise insurance...
Washington seeks worker heroes, heroines
Jun 4 2007 // Washington’s Industrial Safety and Health Advisory Board is accepting nominations for the governor’s annual lifesaving awards. All Washington workers covered by the workers’ compensation system or a...
Washington Issues Emergency Rule on Heat-Related Illness
Jun 1 2007 // Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) has issued an emergency rule, requiring employers to take precautions to prevent heat-related illness for anyone working outdoors in hot weather. This is the...
Wash. Sets Hearing for Purchase of Unigard Insurers
May 23 2007 // Washington’s Office of the Insurance Commissioner has scheduled a May 29, 2007, hearing in Tumwater, Wash., to consider an Austrialian group’s request to purchase three Washington-based property and casualty...
Agent Association Says Wash. Fair Conduct Act Bad Idea
May 21 2007 // The Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) of Washington has issued a statement, noting it is discouraged by the decision of Governor Chris Gregoire to sign Washington’s ESSB 5726 into law. The law, which will take...
Wash. Seeks Worker Heroes, Heroines that Have Saved Lives
May 18 2007 // Washington’s Industrial Safety and Health Advisory Board is accepting nominations for the governor’s annual lifesaving awards. All Washington workers covered by the workers’ compensation system or a...
Washington Passes Credit Security Freeze Law
May 16 2007 // Washington has signed a credit security freeze law, designed to protect residents from identity thieves. According to the office of Attorney General Rob McKenna, the law should reduce the risk of unauthorized credit or...
Washington Insurance Fair Conduct Act Becomes Law
May 16 2007 // Insurance industry associations are criticizing Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire for signing into law the Insurance Fair Conduct Act, a measure they say will raise insurance costs for consumers. According to the American...
Anderson Named President of Safeco Insurance Foundation
May 15 2007 // Seattle community leader Virginia Anderson has been named president of the Safeco Insurance Foundation. Anderson, who has served as director of Seattle Center for the past 18 years, brings her background in public service,...
Wash. passes commissioner-backed market conduct program
May 7 2007 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has issued a statement lauding the 2007 Legislature for giving his office more efficient regulatory tools and for allowing more effective consumer protection. “This has...
Industry Associations Urge Wash. Governor to Veto Fair Conduct Act
Apr 27 2007 // Insurance industry associations are continuing to fight Washington’s Insurance Fair Conduct Act, asking Gov. Chris Gregoire to veto the legislation. ESSB 5726 is designed to provide insurance consumers with...
Declarations
Apr 23 2007 // Declarations Policy talk “The law holds insurance agents to accurately representing policy provisions and honestly answering consumer questions. Agents who are not trained to act with complete honesty and integrity...
Wash. lawmakers OK Insurance Fair Conduct Act
Apr 23 2007 // Washington senators have approved a proposed Insurance Fair Conduct Act, passing it 31-18 mostly along party lines. The bill, which would prohibit the practice of delaying or denying an insurance claim without proper...
