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$6M Settlement for Men Abused at Washington Boys Home Being Paid by Insurers
May 17 2021 // Insurance companies are paying $6 million to settle a lawsuit brought against Kiwanis International and local Kiwanis clubs by seven men who were sexually abused at a Centralia group home for boys in Washington decades...
50-Plus Insurers Met Deadline to Comply With Washington’s Credit Rule
May 17 2021 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler announced that more than 50 insurance companies met the May 6 deadline to file rating plans that comply with his emergency rule to temporarily prohibit the use of...
Washington Commissioner’s Captive Insurer Bill Signed into Law
May 13 2021 // A bill to provide a framework to captive insurers doing business in Washington became law after Gov. Jay Inslee signed the legislation on Wednesday. Second Substitute SB 5315, which was requested by Insurance Commissioner...
50-Plus Insurers Met Deadline to Comply With Washington’s Credit Rule
May 7 2021 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler announced today that more than 50 insurance companies met the May 6 deadline to file rating plans that comply with his emergency rule to temporarily prohibit the use of...
Family Seeks $1M After Man Died in Custody in Washington
May 7 2021 // The son of a man who died while in Bellingham police custody has filed a precursor to a lawsuit with the city over his father’s death. Documents obtained by The Bellingham Herald say Joshua Eldard filed a claim in...
$6M Settlement for Men Abused at Washington Boys Home Being Paid by Insurers
May 5 2021 // Insurance companies are paying $6 million to settle a lawsuit brought against Kiwanis International and local Kiwanis clubs by seven men who were sexually abused at a Centralia group home for boys in Washington decades...
Hub Acquires Assets of Conover Insurance Services in Washington
May 5 2021 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Bellevue, Wash.-based Conover Insurance Services LLC and certain of its affiliates. Brad Green, CEO of Conover, Connie Morrow, COO, Kerri Record, senior vice president, and...
ShakeAlert Earthquake Warning System Goes Live in Washington
May 4 2021 // Washington residents will have new tool to help keep them safe when an earthquake strikes on Tuesday when the ShakeAlert Earthquake Early Warning System goes live. Once launched, ShakeAlert will be able to send residents...
Washington Deputy Allowed Homicide by Not Arresting Armed Man, Lawsuit Charges
May 3 2021 // The wife of a Spokane County, Wash., man killed by his neighbor is suing Spokane County, alleging a sheriff’s deputy’s negligence allowed the killing to happen. The lawsuit filed in March in Spokane County...
People Moves: InterWest Names Espinosa Senior Director in California, IMA Adds Washington to Executive Leadership
Apr 30 2021 // InterWest Insurance Services has named Brad Espinosa senior director in its surety division. He will be based in Sacramento, Calif., and report to Keith Schuler, president and CEO of InterWest Insurance Services. He has...
Insurers Don’t Like New New Credit Scoring Ban in Washington, But Say They’ll Follow the Law
Apr 28 2021 // The American Property Casualty Insurance Association said it insurers will following the law where it concerns Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s emergency regulation banning the use of credit-based...
Kraken Hockey Team in Washington Sued by Punk Bar for Name
Apr 28 2021 // A Seattle, Wash., punk rock bar is suing the city’s new NHL hockey team for $3.5 million, saying the Kraken’s choice of a name and plans to open a restaurant are harming the Kraken Bar & Lounge, which...
Washington Commissioner: Deadline for Insurers to Comply Credit Scoring Rule is May 6
Apr 27 2021 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is reminding insurance companies of the May 6 deadline to file rating plans that comply with his emergency rule to temporarily prohibit the use of consumers’ credit...
Insurers Warn Washington Court Ruling Will Raise Rates for a Million Consumers
Apr 26 2021 // Insurer groups expressed disappointment over a judge’s ruling denying an industry request to halt an emergency rule that temporarily bans the use of insurance credit scoring in Washington. The Independent Insurance...
Judged Rules for Washington Insurance Commissioner on Credit Scoring Ban
Apr 23 2021 // A Thurston County Superior Court judge on Friday denied an insurance industry request to halt an emergency rule that temporarily bans the use of insurance credit scoring in Washington. The ruling that rejected a request...
Suit Pitting Insurers Against Washington Commissioner Getting Heard
Apr 22 2021 // A case pitting several insurer groups against Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is set to be heard on Friday morning. The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Washington, the Professional Insurance...
Judge Dismisses Washington Wrongful Death Suit in Shooting
Apr 14 2021 // A judge has dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit brought against Pierce County, Wash., by the family of sheriff’s deputy Daniel McCartney, who was fatally shot while responding to a call. McCartney, 34, was shot Jan....
4 Washington Students Hurt in Bus Crash Awarded $1.4M
Apr 12 2021 // A jury has awarded four former marching band students at the University of Washington more than $1.4 million after they were injured in a bus crash on their way to a football competition with rival Washington State...
Nursing Home in Washington Paying $8M in Sexual Assault Suit
Apr 9 2021 // A Seattle nursing home’s insurer has agreed to pay $8 million to settle a lawsuit brought on behalf of a disabled woman who was sexually assaulted while in the facility’s care. Foss Home and Village agreed to...
Insurer Group Sues to Stop Washington Insurance Commissioner’s Credit Scoring Ban
Apr 7 2021 // The American Property Casualty Insurance Association is suing to halt emergency regulations recently filed by Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler to ban the use of credit-based insurance scores in the rating...
