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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...
Washington School District Agrees to $4.25M Sex Assault Settlement
Mar 30 2021 // A suburban Seattle, Wash., school district this week agreed to pay $4.25 million to settle a lawsuit that accuses a former middle school teacher of sexually assaulting his student for nearly a decade. According to the...
Former Student Accuses Washington Teacher of Sex Abuse
Mar 26 2021 // A woman has accused her former teacher of sexual abuse in a lawsuit filed against the Marysville School District. The lawsuit accuses longtime art teacher Kurt Hollstein of sexually abusing her around 1985, when the woman...
Washington Commissioner Asking Insurers to Craft Consent Policies with Tribes
Mar 24 2021 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is urging the insurance industry in his state to work with Native Americans on adopting policies of consent on environmental projects that affect Tribal nations. According to...
Washington Insurance Commissioner’s Move to Ban Credit Scoring Getting Mixed Reviews
Mar 24 2021 // An order to ban insurers to use credit scores from Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is getting praise as well as drawing fire. Kreidler recently issued an emergency order prohibiting insurers from using a...
Bill to Create Fund to Battle Washington Wildfires Moving Through Legislature
Mar 17 2021 // A bill to create a dedicated fund to prevent and fight wildfires in Washington easily passed the state House of Representatives and will be sent to the state Senate. The bill, promoted by Commissioner of Public Lands...
Lockton Names Tran Senior Vice President in Washington
Mar 17 2021 // Lockton Cos. has named Peter Tran a senior vice president in its Washington practice. Tran was most recently a vice president and real estate practice group lead with Seattle brokerage Parker, Smith & Feek. He has 20...
Washington Ticketing Firm to Pay $9M in Restitution
Mar 16 2021 // Seattle, Wash., ticketing company Brown Paper Tickets has agreed to pay $9 million in restitution to an estimated 45,000 customers. The Seattle Times reported the payments will go to ticket buyers owed refunds and event...
Former Washington Attorney Charged in $1.8M Theft of Settlements
Mar 11 2021 // Former Washington attorney Patrick Kim was charged in King County Superior Court with three counts of first-degree theft and 10 counts of second-degree theft, all felonies, involving clients’ insurance...
Washington Restaurant Paying $600K To Settle Suit
Mar 8 2021 // The Willows Inn, a nationally acclaimed restaurant on Lummi Island in Washington that has been accused of underpaying its employees, has agreed to pay $600,000 to settle a class-action lawsuit over wage theft...
Earthquake Warning System Rolling Out in Oregon, Washington
Mar 8 2021 // The earthquake early warning system known as ShakeAlert will be capable of delivering alerts directly to wireless devices in Oregon on March 11 and to Washington state in May, completing the West Coast rollout, the U.S....
Washington Port Commissioner Faces Suit over Helicopter Crash
Mar 8 2021 // Three people have filed a personal injury lawsuit against a Port of Skagit commissioner over alleged injuries sustained in a helicopter crash near Cypress Island. Helicopter passengers Christopher Neibauer and Ashley...
Washington Insurance Commissioner-Backed Bill to Ban Use of Credit Scores Amended
Mar 8 2021 // A Washington bill to ban insurers from using consumers’ credit scores to determine auto and homeowner insurance premiums was gutted by an insurance industry amendment in the Senate Business, Financial Services &...
