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Insurers Advised Political Volatility, Economic Slowdown, Floods Among Top Risks
Jan 24 2019 // As insurers track both old and new risks heading into 2019, here’s one that carriers don’t typically consider: The White House. David Wessel, director of The Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy, cited...
M&T Insurance Agency Hires Batt in Washington D.C.
Jan 22 2019 // M&T Insurance Agency (MTIA) has hired Jeffrey Batt to its Washington, D.C., office as the cyber insurance practice leader. In this role, he will manage client relationships by providing cyber insurance and risk...
First States to Legalize Marijuana See Rise in Car Insurance Claims, Research Shows
Jan 7 2019 // Crashes are up by as much as six percent in Colorado, Nevada, Oregon and Washington, compared with neighboring states that haven’t legalized marijuana for recreational use, according to research from the Insurance...
20 Indicted in Washington for Staging Crashes to Defraud Auto Insurers
Jan 7 2019 // Twenty people have been indicted by a grand jury in Spokane, Wash., for allegedly staging vehicle crashes to defraud insurance companies. Defendants are accused of staging a series of automobile, boating,...
Workers’ Lawsuit Against Washington Farm Given Class-Action Status
Jan 7 2019 // A U.S. District Court judge in Seattle, Wash., has certified a class-action lawsuit on behalf of some 600 Mexican workers who have alleged labor abuses at a Whatcom County blueberry farm. The suit alleges the company...
2019 Insurance Industry Meetings & Conventions Directory
Jan 7 2019 // 2019 CIWA Industry Days Jan 6-8 Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines La Jolla, CA CIWA www.ciwa.net 2019 Big ‘I’ Winter Meeting Jan 9-12 Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch St. Louis, MO Independent Insurance Agents...
Maryland Warehouse Fire Causes Estimated $1.5M in Damage
Jan 2 2019 // A warehouse fire in a Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C., has caused damage to a business that supplies temporary bleachers and scaffolding. Prince George’s County fire department spokesman Mark E. Brady told the...
Data Show Car Accidents Up in States That First Legalized Marijuana
Dec 28 2018 // Crashes are up by as much as six percent in Colorado, Nevada, Oregon and Washington, compared with neighboring states that have not yet legalized marijuana for recreational use, according to research from the Insurance...
Workers’ Lawsuit Against Washington Farm Given Class-Action Status
Dec 27 2018 // A U.S. District Court judge in Seattle, Wash. has certified a class-action lawsuit on behalf of some 600 Mexican workers who have alleged labor abuses at a Whatcom County blueberry farm. The Seattle Times reported the...
Ineffective Anti-Drone Systems Leave U.S. Airports Facing Risks Like London’s
Dec 27 2018 // U.S. airports may be just as vulnerable as London’s Gatwick airport to the kind of illegal drone incursions that shut down the U.K.’s second-busiest hub this week. Counter- drone technology performed so poorly...
20 Indicted in Washington for Staging Crashes to Defraud Auto Insurers
Dec 21 2018 // Twenty people have been indicted by a grand jury in Spokane, Wash., for allegedly staging vehicle crashes to defraud insurance companies. Defendants are accused of deliberately staging a series of automobile, boating,...
Neon Underwriting Promotes Butt to CEO, Washington to Managing Director
Dec 21 2018 // Neon Underwriting Ltd. (NUL), Neon’s Lloyd’s managing agency, announced the promotions of Theo Butt to chief executive officer and Matthew Washington to managing director with immediate effect. The appointments...
Rare Tornado Touches Down in Washington, Damages Homes
Dec 20 2018 // A rare tornado touched down in a Seattle suburb on Tuesday, the National Weather Service confirmed. The tornado damaged several homes and toppled trees, authorities said. Based on radar imagery and video evidence, a...
Worldwide Facilities Adds Ives as Broker, Cannabis Specialist in Washington
Dec 18 2018 // Worldwide Facilities has named Norman Ives to the management and brokerage team in its NutraRisk division, which specializes in cannabis, nutraceuticals and dietary supplements insurance coverage. Ives, who is based out of...
Harassment Suit Against Washington Prosecutor Settled, $350K to be Paid Out of Insurance Pool
Dec 17 2018 // A former Clallam County employee’s sexual harassment lawsuit against a county prosecuting attorney has been settled for $350,000. The Peninsula Daily News reported Tina Hendrickson, and Prosecuting Attorney Mark...
Alliant Names Davidson Vice President in Washington
Dec 14 2018 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has named Megan Davidson vice president within the company’s real estate group. Davidson will be based in Alliant’s Seattle, Wash. office, and will provide insurance and risk...
G20 Skirts Taboos in Reaching Agreement on WTO Reforms
Dec 3 2018 // Many delegates from the world’s 20 largest economies arrived at a summit in Argentina this week determined to clinch an agreement to reform the global trade system, pushed to a breaking point by tensions between the...
How Taxpayers Subsidize Rebuilding Homes After Flooding… Repeatedly
Nov 28 2018 // Floodwaters rose about 15 inches (40 centimeters) into Danielle Rees’ home in September when Hurricane Florence drenched this tidewater city on the Pamlico River and overwhelmed a local creek and marshland. The first...
Valley Insurance Agency in Washington Joins Leavitt Group
Nov 27 2018 // Leavitt Group has made Valley Insurance Agency part of Leavitt Group Northwest. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Valley Insurance Agency’s Robert Bush, Sheila Siggins and Ginger Patton will remain with the...
Earthquake Confirmed in Washington’s Olympic Peninsula
Nov 21 2018 // A magnitude 4.1 earthquake has shaken an area beneath Olympic National Park south of Port Angeles, the U.S. Geological Survey has confirmed. The USGS reported the earthquake hit just after 3 a.m. Monday. There were no...
