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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...
Professional Insurance Agents of Washington/Alaska Elects Officers
Jun 2 2006 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Washington/Alaska (PIA) recently held its 40th Annual Conference and Trade Show. Association members elected new officers and a board of directors. The new officers include:...
Russell Heads Plymouth Rock Marketing in Conn.; Reardon to N.H.
May 25 2006 // Plymouth Rock Assurance Corporation announced that John Russell has joined the firm as marketing manager and be responsible for all marketing and agency relations activities for the company in Connecticut. Russell will...
Case Law Watch
May 22 2006 // Additional InsuredsEquilon Enterprises, LLC v. Great American Alliance Insurance Company (Washington Court of Appeals, Apr. 3, 2006) (Unpublished) Ruling: A wholesale distributor of fuel had contracted with a supplier of...
Washington lowers fine, penalties against self-insured contractor Skanska
May 22 2006 // Upon further review of more detailed audit information, and as a result of Skanska’s improved handling of workers’ compensation claims, the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I), Tumwater, Wash., has,...
Case Law Watch
May 22 2006 // Additional Insureds Equilon Enterprises, LLC v. Great American Alliance Insurance Company (Washington Court of Appeals, Apr. 3, 2006) (Unpublished) Ruling: A wholesale distributor of fuel had contracted with a supplier of...
Washington Insurance Commissioner Seeks Legal Redress for Failed Insurer
May 18 2006 // Editor’s Note, March 2009: In response to a complaint that the Insurance Journal reported only one side of the preceding story, and as a means of resolving Anthony Huff’s claims against the Insurance...
Middleton Named General Manager of Mt. Washington Assurance in N.H.
May 16 2006 // Mt. Washington Assurance Corporation announced that Richard Middleton has joined the company as its general manager. In this newly created role, he will be responsible for directing the insurer’s strategy for growth...
Washington Department of Labor and Industries Lowers Fine, Penalties Against Self-Insured Contractor
May 10 2006 // Upon further review of more detailed audit information, and as a result of Skanska’s improved handling of workers’ compensation claims, the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I), Tumwater, Wash., has,...
Fraud Roundup
May 8 2006 // Four Riverside, Calif., residents arrested for alleged fradulent auto theft claim Three Riverside, Calif., residents have been arrested on charges that they allegedly filed a fraudulent auto theft claim on a car that was...
Fraud Roundup
May 8 2006 // Four Riverside, Calif., residents arrested for alleged fradulent auto theft claim Three Riverside, Calif., residents have been arrested on charges that they allegedly filed a fraudulent auto theft claim on a car that was...
N.C. ‘Young Agents’ Meet Congressional Leaders in Washington
May 2 2006 // Members of the Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina traveled to Washington, DC last week for the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America’s April 26 to 28 National Legislative Conference. The...
Washington Democrats File Federal Complaint against Senate Contender
May 2 2006 // Washington Democrats have asked the Federal Elections Commission to investigate U.S. Senate challenger Mike McGavick’s $17 million “golden parachute” from Safeco Insurance Co. McGavick’s campaign...
Washington Renames Workplace Safety Program
Apr 25 2006 // Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) has changed the name of the division responsible for workplace safety and health from WISHA to the Division of Occupational Safety and Health – or...
Closer Look: Insurance Associations
Apr 17 2006 // Editor’s note: This is the second article in a series on Western insurance associations. Part I of this article appeared in the April 3, 2006, western region publication beginning on page 47. As people migrate to the...
John Niedernhofer
Apr 17 2006 // Bob Williford People Barney & Barney LLC, a San Diego-based risk management consulting and insurance brokerage firm, promoted John Niedernhofer and William Peartree to ownership status within the firm. Niedernhofer...
