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Amid Heightened Security, Financial Firms Including Citigroup, AIG, MetLife and Pru Tend to Business
Aug 3 2004 // Police closed several streets in midtown Manhattan and banned trucks from bridges and tunnels leading to the city’s financial district Monday, Aug. 2, following a government warning that terrorists were planning to...
Sun, Sand and Deregulation Featured at Louisiana Agents’ Convention
Jul 19 2004 // It may have seemed like the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Louisiana (IIABL) were just out for fun in the sun when they met in Destin, Fla. last month for their 102nd annual convention. In reality, this...
Zurich Appoints Political Risk Underwriter for Washington
Jul 8 2004 // James Brache has joined the Zurich business unit providing insurance and risk management solutions in emerging markets as an underwriter. A provider of political risk and medium-term trade credit insurance, Zurich develops...
At NAMIC, The Door’s Wide Open to Companies of All Sizes
Jul 5 2004 // Chairman Tim Hegarty Explains How His Trade Group Serves Big and Small Alike What happens when you put giants like State Farm, AIG, Nationwide and Liberty Mutual in a room with tiny farm mutuals like Husbandsmans Mutual,...
PROVIDENT WASHINGTON CLOSES:
Jun 21 2004 // Providence Washington Insurance Companies is shutting down after more than two centuries, a victim of financial losses, an inability to raise capital and failure to find a buyer. The Providence, R.I.-based company’s...
Wash. L&I Enforces New Anti-Fraud Laws Effective June 10
Jun 9 2004 // Anti-fraud legislation passed in March takes effect Thursday, June 10, giving the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) broad new authority to combat fraud and abuse of the workers’ compensation insurance...
PEMCO Releases List of Top Distracting Activities for Washington Drivers
Jun 7 2004 // They may not think it’s safe, but most Washington drivers admit to keeping one eye and one hand on a meal while driving, according to a recently released PEMCO Insurance poll on driver distraction. Eating a meal...
OneBeacon Renewals of Providence Washington Small Busness Accounts to Begin Aug. 1
Jun 4 2004 // OneBeacon Insurance Group in Boston, a wholly owned subsidiary of White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd., has entered into a renewal rights agreement with Providence Washington Insurance Companies that will transfer...
After 205 Years, R.I.-Based Providence Washington to Close Its Doors
Jun 1 2004 // Providence Washington Insurance Companies is shutting down after more than two centuries, a victim of financial losses, an inability to raise capital and failure to find a buyer. The Providence, R.I.-based company’s...
PEMCO Releases List of Top Distracting Activities for Washington Drivers
May 10 2004 // They may not think it’s safe, but most Washington drivers admit to keeping one eye and one hand on a meal while driving, according to a PEMCO Insurance poll on driver distraction released today. Eating a meal turned...
Agents Will Blossom in Washington
Apr 19 2004 // They will descend on Washington, D.C. from all corners of the country. No, not John Kerry’s supporters or those looking to oust the current President, but independent insurance agents, who will gather for the the...
IIAT Group Goes to Washington
Apr 19 2004 // Twenty-one delegates from the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas, including all IIAT officers, are scheduled to attend the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s (IIABA) National Legislative...
Worker Pleads Guilty in Work Comp Case
Apr 19 2004 // A 25-year-old Central Washington man, Fernando Palestino, has pleaded guilty in Chelan County Superior Court to first-degree theft, second-degree perjury and first-degree identity theft after he was caught working at a...
Wash. Man Pleads Guilty to Theft
Apr 19 2004 // A 37-year-old former resident of Snohomish County, Timothy Smith, has pleaded guilty in Snohomish County Superior Court to first-degree theft after he was reportedly caught working for various employers while collecting...
Former Washington Redskin Sacked on Multiple Fraud Charges; Indictment Reaches 17 Counts
Apr 15 2004 // Thomas DiBiagio, United States Attorney for the District of Maryland, announced that a federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging Ozzie Clay, 61, of Silver Spring, Md., with mail fraud, wire fraud, bankruptcy...
Wash. L&I Suspends Registration of Contractors
Apr 5 2004 // Two Vancouver, Wash.-area construction companies and a Port Angeles contractor are the first to lose their registration as a result of action taken by the Wash. Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) for failure to...
Wash. Drivers with High Incomes, Degrees Speed More Often
Apr 5 2004 // According to a PEMCO Insurance survey, the person passing you on the highway well above the speed limit is more likely to have an advanced education and earn a higher income than those traveling at safer speeds. The...
A.M. Best Downgrades Providence Washington
Mar 31 2004 // A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating to B+ (Very Good) from A- (Excellent) of Providence Washington Insurance Companies (Providence, RI) and placed the rating under review with negative implications....
Wash. Drivers with High Incomes, Degrees Speed More Often
Mar 23 2004 // According to a PEMCO Insurance survey, the person passing you on the highway well above the speed limit is more likely to have an advanced education and earn a higher income than those traveling at safer speeds. The...
Wash. Man Pleads Guilty in Workers’ Comp Case
Mar 16 2004 // A 37-year-old former resident of Snohomish County, Timothy Smith, has pleaded guilty in Snohomish County Superior Court to first-degree theft after he was reportedly caught working for various employers while collecting...
