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Wash. House And Senate Approve Bills Restricting Insurer Use of Credit Scores
Feb 21 2002 // Two measures approved over the weekend by the Washington State House and Senate restricting insurers’ use of credit scores could result in higher rates for the majority of policyholders, the American Insurance...
Wash. Files Amicus Brief in Support of Calif. Holocaust Victims Relief Act
Feb 20 2002 // In a show of solidarity with the California Department of Insurance, the Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner has filed an amicus brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in support of...
Wash. Committees Approve Bill Restricting Use of Credit-Based Scores
Feb 11 2002 // Washington State Senate and House committees have approved bills restricting insurers’ use of credit-based insurance scores. If enacted, the law would result in increases in auto and homeowners premiums for many...
Washington Man Ordered to Repay $59,600 in Benefits and Penalties
Feb 1 2002 // The Washington Department of Labor and Industries has ordered a 54-year-old Vashon man to repay workers’ compensation benefits he allegedly fraudulently collected by claiming he was injured and unable to...
Wash. State Program Aims to Reduce Teen Injuries
Jan 30 2002 // The Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) and the Washington Restaurant Association (WRA) have launched a joint program to reduce injuries to teen workers in fast-food restaurants throughout the state. It began in...
Wash. Court Reverses Ruling Regarding Drinks Sold to Intoxicated Customers
Jan 29 2002 // In reversing a lower court ruling, the Washington State Court of Appeals has agreed that liability insurance is not designed to cover each drink served to an already intoxicated customer as a separate incident. The...
Former Washington Resident Owes State $209,000
Jan 25 2002 // Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) ordered a former Yakima resident to pay back more than $209,000 for allegedly collecting workers’ compensation benefits illegally. Jesus Nunez Vargas,...
Bills Restricting Use of Credit-Based Insurance Scores Introduced in Wash.
Jan 24 2002 // According to the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII), companion bills severely restricting insurers’use of credit-based insurance scores have been introduced in the Washington State House and Senate....
Washington State Orders Wisconsin Woman To Pay $52,182
Jan 17 2002 // The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries has ordered a 43-year-old Wisconsin woman to repay the state $52,182 after an investigation showed she continued to collect workers’ compensation widow’s...
Washington State Worksites Continued Safety Trend in 2000
Jan 11 2002 // Continuing a trend begun almost 10 years ago, Washington workers suffered slightly fewer injuries and illnesses in 2000 than they did the previous year, according to survey results released by the Washington Department of...
Calif. Won’t Adopt Terror Exclusions
Jan 8 2002 // According to a Jan. 7 Los Angeles Times article, California has refused to allow insurers to adopt terrorism exclusion language, a move which has already been by approximately 20 other states in the wake of Sept. 11. The...
Woman Ordered to Repay Wash. State $434,851
Dec 31 2001 // In the largest fraud order ever issued against an individual, the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries has ordered a 52-year-old Minnesota woman to repay the state $434,851 after an investigation determined...
Wash. Workshops Detail New USDA Farm Insurance Program
Dec 28 2001 // Producers in 11 eastern Washington counties have until Jan. 31 to take advantage of a new insurance product that allows them to protect the gross revenue of their farms. The Adjusted Gross Revenue insurance plan is being...
Welcome to the 3rd Annual “Top Ten Stories of the Year”
Dec 24 2001 // In what became one of the most significant, traumatic and challenging years in U.S. history, the insurance industry, along with the rest of the nation, has had to come to terms with the terrorist attacks perpetrated...
Independent Agents, Brokers to Meet in Washington, D.C.
Dec 14 2001 // Nearly 800 independent insurance agents and brokers will come together in the nation’s capital April 10-12 for the 26th Annual Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) National Legislative Conference. The 2002...
IIAA, Future One Host Insurance Campaign Institute in Washington, D.C.
Dec 10 2001 // The Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) and Future One, an agent/company partnership, will host the third biennial Insurance Campaign Institute for agents and other insurance professionals interested in running...
Washington State Commissioner Calls for Bold Measures in Credit Scoring
Dec 5 2001 // Washington State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has called for bold measures to limit the use of credit scoring by the insurance industry, saying the increasingly common practice is likely hurting...
Law and Policy Internet Seminar To Take Place in Washington, D.C.
Nov 28 2001 // A new conference, “Law & Policy on the Internet: A Forum for the Insurance Industry,” is set for Jan. 7-8, 2002, in Washington, D.C. This event offers the latest analysis of online insurance...
NAII Asks Washington Court of Appeals to Reverse Lower Court Ruling
Nov 27 2001 // Liability insurance is not designed to cover each drink served to an already intoxicated customer as a separate incident, with maximum policy limits applying separately to each one, according to the National Association of...
Washington Democrats Face Challenge, According to NAII
Nov 15 2001 // Washington State Democrats apparently won two special House elections last week, breaking a three-year tie and giving them a 50-48 majority. Although absentee ballots will not be fully counted and certified until Nov. 21,...
