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Unigard introduces FlexAuto program in Washington
Jul 10 2006 // Unigard Insurance Group has introduced its FlexAuto auto insurance program to independent agents in Washington. The program provides agents direct access to its policy rating process and features Precise Pricing, a rating...
Washington Fines Geico $120,000 for Credit-Scoring Violations
Jul 5 2006 // Washington state’s insurance commissioner fined four Geico Inc. insurance companies $120,000, alleging they used an unapproved scoring model to evaluate and offer personal auto coverage to consumers two years...
Washington Workers’ Compensation Benefits to Increase 3.5 Percent
Jul 5 2006 // Workers currently receiving Washington workers’ compensation wage-replacement or pension benefits will receive a 3.5 percent cost-of-living increase. State law requires that benefits be recalculated each July 1 to...
Washington’s Ethel Adams legislation takes effect
Jul 3 2006 // Legislation changing the uninsured motorist law in Washington that is named in honor of accident victim Ethel Adams has taken effect. Adams was injured in an automobile accident in 2005 when her car was hit during an...
Things that should keep you awake at night
Jul 3 2006 // The integration of the U.S. insurance market and global financial market will have a profound impact on business, according to Dave Zwiener, president and chief operating officer of Property and Casualty Operations for The...
8 Washington policyholders to share in Aon settlement
Jul 3 2006 // 8 Federal insurance antitrust exemption: friend or foe? 9 California’s mandatory investment reporting unnecessary 10 Three insurers sue to recover claims paid in 2002 wildfire 10 Washington’s Ethel Adams...
News Currents
Jul 3 2006 // Washington policyholders to share in Aon settlement More than 9,500 insurance clients of Aon Corp. in Washington are qualified to share $2.4 million in restitution as part of an agreement signed by Insurance Commissioner...
Floods, Mudslides Alter Busy Routines in D.C.-Maryland Area
Jun 28 2006 // In Washington, D.C., a city that always seems to be in a hurry, this week’s soggy weather forced almost everyone to slow down. Water and mudslides blocked highways. Commuter rail lines sputtered. Some federal office...
Washington Policyholders to Share in Aon Settlement
Jun 26 2006 // More than 9,500 insurance clients of Aon Corp. in Washington are qualified to share $2.4 million in restitution as part of an agreement signed by Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler. Kreidler said the restitution is part...
Things that should keep you awake at night
Jun 19 2006 // The integration of the U.S. insurance market and global financial market will have a profound impact on business, according to Dave Zwiener, president and chief operating officer of Property and Casualty Operations for The...
Things that should keep you awake at night
Jun 19 2006 // The integration of the U.S. insurance market and global financial market will have a profound impact on business, according to Dave Zwiener, president and chief operating officer of Property and Casualty Operations for The...
Symington Tells Miss. Big ‘I’: Federal Charter a ‘Recipe for Disaster’
Jun 15 2006 // If a mandatory or even an optional federal charter is implemented in Washington, D.C., it will be a “recipe for disaster,” a top insurance agent lobbyist has warned. Charles E. Symington, Jr., told more than...
Washington’s Ethel Adams Legislation Takes Effect
Jun 15 2006 // Legislation changing the uninsured mootorist law in Washington that is named in honor of accident victim Ethel Adams has taken effect. Adams was injured in an automobile accident in 2005 when her car was hit during an...
Apple Fined for Selling Contracts Without Wash. License
Jun 15 2006 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler levied a $100,000 fine against Apple Computer Inc. for selling service contracts from 2000 to 2004 without registering as a service contract provider. “If a consumer...
Investigation Found No Evidence Wash. Sex Abuse Claim is True
Jun 12 2006 // Spokane, Wash., Catholic Bishop William Skylstad says his own investigation found no evidence to support a woman’s claim that he sexually abused her 40 years ago. Skylstad, president of the U.S. Conference of...
Washington Commissioner Hosts Summit on Climate Change
Jun 12 2006 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler will convene a summit on the impacts of climate change on the insurance industry and insurance consumers on Thursday, June 15 in Seattle. “Insurance is a $24 billion...
Washington Rental Cars May Not Need Collision Waiver
Jun 12 2006 // One out of five Washington drivers might be wasting money by purchasing the additional collision damage waiver (CDW) offered by rental car companies, according to PEMCO’s latest Northwest Insurance...
Wash. Trooper Accused of Taking Workers Comp While Off Fishing
Jun 9 2006 // A Washington state trooper accused of falsely claiming 20-thousand dollars worth of workers compensation benefits has been charged in Olympia with theft and perjury. Thirty-five-year-old James A. Long of Chinook, who is...
New Gay Civil Rights Law Takes Effect in Washington
Jun 8 2006 // A Washington gay civil rights law takes effect Wednesday, a day after foes of the measure failed to submit enough voter signatures to force a public vote this fall. The measure adds “sexual orientation” to a...
People
Jun 5 2006 // Boston-based insurance broker William Gallagher Associates has promoted Mary McMahon-Burke, Brian Kelleher and Diane Bradley to vice president. McMahon-Burke has 25 years experience in the insurance industry, and provides...
