Latest Washington Headlines
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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...
Poll Shows Drivers Don’t Save Money Immediately By Owning a Hybrid Vehicle
Apr 17 2006 // Most new-car buyers in Washington who are likely to buy a hybrid share a common misconception that owning a hybrid car will save them money through better mileage, according to PEMCO’s Northwest Insurance poll. The...
Archdiocese uses reserves to settle sex-abuse claims, pays $5.25 million
Apr 17 2006 // News Currents The Seattle Archdiocese looked deep into its reserve funds to cover the cost of settling sex abuse claims, church officials said. Meanwhile, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Spokane, Wash., and one of its main...
Study says Hanford Workers’ Compensation System Meets Standards
Apr 11 2006 // A study commissioned by the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) has concluded that the Hanford Site’s workers’ compensation system meets state standards for self-insurers but could be...
Pemco Poll Shows Drivers Don’t Save Money Immediately with Hybrid Vehicle
Apr 10 2006 // Most new-car buyers in Washington who are likely to buy a hybrid share a common misconception that owning a hybrid car will save them money through better mileage, according to PEMCO’s Northwest Insurance Poll. The...
Washington Businesses Can Purchase Employee Benefits Insurance Online at Costco
Apr 6 2006 // Costco Executive Business Members in Washington will now be able to purchase and administer employee benefits insurance online. Concero Technology, a Portland, Ore.-based provider of employee benefits insurance portals,...
PIA of La. Goes to Washington
Apr 5 2006 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Louisiana (PIA) reported that several of the association’s members are set to meet with members of Congress in Washington, D.C. on April 6, 2006. Jared “Butsy” Martin,...
Washington Legislature moves quickly in election year
Apr 3 2006 // Washington’s legislature wrapped up a short session in March, addressing its budgets and tackling “many controversial issues,” including Columbia River water, medical malpractice and gay rights, according...
WHO TO CALL?
Apr 3 2006 // Multi-State Agencies IBA West (Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington). Web site: www.iba west.com PIA West (Alaska, Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington). Phone: (888)...
News Currents
Apr 3 2006 // Washington Legislature moves quickly in election year Washington’s legislature wrapped up a short session in March, addressing its budgets and tackling “many controversial issues,” including Columbia...
Fla. Delegation to Discuss Key Issues, Attend Washington, D.C. Summit
Mar 31 2006 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Florida has announced that a seven-member delegation including Mark O’Connell, president, will participate in PIA’s 2006 Federal Legislative Summit and voice their opinions...
Cant To Head Washington Workplace Safety and Health Division
Mar 29 2006 // Following a nationwide search, Steve Cant has been named to lead the workplace safety and health division of Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries (L&I). “I’m confident Steve is the right...
Washington Gains New Fraud Bureau
Mar 29 2006 // Washington State has approved the state’s first fraud bureau and added a fraud prosecutor. Gov. Christine Gregoire signed SB 6234 into law late Tuesday. The measure decisively passed the state House and Senate...
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON INSURANCE GOES INTO RECEIVERSHIP
Mar 20 2006 // Alabama-based Booker T. Washington Insurance Company has voluntarily submitted to being placed into receivership in Jefferson County Circuit Court, Commissioner Walter A. Bell announced. “I am pleased with the...
Audit shows Washington insurers over-billed
Mar 20 2006 // The Spokane, Wash., City Council will decide whether to terminate a contract with a private ambulance company that overbilled hundreds of patients and insurance companies more than $320,000. The fire department was...
