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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...
Wash. Worker Pleads Guilty in Workers’ Comp Case
Mar 11 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. L&I Suspends Registration of Contractors for Failure to Pay Workers’ Comp Premiums
Mar 10 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...
Tort Reformers Look to Score in States after Washington Strikes Out
Mar 8 2004 // Last fall at a University of Virginia Law School forum on tort reform, some of the nation’s top tort experts agreed there were no easy answers on how to solve the nation’s longstanding love-hate relationship...
Virginia: George Washington, Tobacco and the Pentagon
Mar 8 2004 // The United States Census Bureau’s Census 2000 estimated the population of the State of Virginia at 7,078,515. Approximately 82 percent of the adult residents had graduated from high school and about 30 percent had...
BIG ‘I’ CONFERENCE SCHOLARSHIPS:
Feb 23 2004 // A number of scholarships are available to help young agents and brokers attend the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s (IIABA) National Legislative Conference—taking place April 21-23, 2004 at...
Washington Commissioner Takes Med-Mal Crisis in Stride
Feb 23 2004 // Washington native Mike Kreidler was elected to the office of Insurance Commissioner in November 2000, taking office in January 2001. Before becoming Insurance Commissioner, Kreidler enjoyed a varied political career. He...
More than Evergreens, Apples, Mt. St. Helens and Starbucks
Feb 23 2004 // The United States Census Bureau’s Census 2000 estimated the population of the State of Washington at 5,894,121. Approximately 87 percent of the adult residents had graduated from high school and about 28 percent had...
Young Agents & Brokers Can Receive Scholarships to Attend National Legislative Conference
Feb 6 2004 // A number of scholarships are available to help young agents and brokers attend the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America’s (IIABA) National Legislative Conference—taking place April 21-23 at The...
Physicians Insurance Looks to Rate Reduction with Cap for Non-Economic Damages
Feb 5 2004 // Physicians Insurance A Mutual Company (PI), Washington’s largest professional liability insurer, announced in a letter to Washington state legislators that it will reduce its premiums by at least 10 percent effective...
Regulatory Reform Summit Set for Washington, D.C. Feb. 10-11
Jan 30 2004 // Leading figures in financial services will convene for a one-time Regulatory Reform Summit at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 10-11. Participants can take part in...
Wash. Physicians Meet with Legislators to Discuss Malpractice Crisis
Jan 29 2004 // Steve Woods, MD, Overlake Hospital OBGYN and partner in a private medical practice, along with several of his Overlake Hospital and Evergreen Hospital colleagues, met in Olympia, Wash., recently to talk to King County...
Cosette R. Simon to Head New Swiss Re Washington D.C. Office
Jan 28 2004 // International reinsurer Swiss Re announced the opening of a new branch office in Washington D.C., establishing a closer physical presence to policymakers and associations in the nation’s capitol. Cosette R. Simon, a...
Anonymous Tip, Employer Cooperation Solve Pair of Wash. L&I Fraud Cases
Jan 12 2004 // Washington has ordered a 62-year-old woman from Okanogan to pay back $117,004 after an investigation reportedly showed that she had collected survivor benefits illegally. And a 52-year-old Olympia man, Richard Sundblad,...
Wash. L&I Adopts 9.8 Percent Rate Increase for 2004
Jan 12 2004 // The Washington Department of Labor and Industries announced a 9.8 percent general rate increase in workers’ compensation premiums, effective Jan. 1, 2004. Even with this rate increase, next year’s average rates...
Wash. State Leaders Aim to Control Med-Mal Insurance Premiums
Jan 7 2004 // Washington Gov. Gary Locke, House Speaker Frank Chopp, Senate Democratic Leader Lisa Brown and state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler recently unveiled a proposal to help improve the safety of medical patients and...
