Latest Washington Headlines
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World Trade Center Developer Challenges Airline’s ‘Act of War’ Defense for 9/11 Attacks
Feb 20 2013 // The leaseholder of the World Trade Center properties is asking a U.S. federal judge to reject arguments that American Airlines is not liable for damages stemming from the Sept. 11, 2001 hijackings because the attacks were...
Washington Senate Passes Workers’ Comp Bills
Feb 7 2013 // The Republican-controlled Washington state Senate passed three contentious measures intended to save businesses money by changing workers’ compensation rules. Senate Bill 5128 would overhaul the...
Washington City, University Sued Over Student Kayaking Death
Feb 6 2013 // The mother of a Gonzaga University student who died on a kayaking trip sponsored by the city of Spokane is suing the university and the city. The lawsuit was filed by Susan Gormley, the mother of 18-year-old Christopher...
S&P Expects Government Lawsuit Over Its Pre-Crisis Credit Ratings
Feb 4 2013 // Standard & Poor’s said it expects to be the target of a U.S. Department of Justice civil lawsuit over its mortgage bond ratings, the first federal enforcement action against a credit rating agency over alleged...
Former Hospital CEO in Washington State Wins $350K in Arbitration
Feb 4 2013 // The former CEO of Lake Chelan Community Hospital has won $350,000 in arbitration over a defamation lawsuit. The Wenatchee World reports an arbitration ruling has ended the legal battle over the hospital’s decision to...
Washington Insurance Department’s ‘Mobile-friendly’ Goal
Feb 1 2013 // The state agency that regulates Washington’s insurance industry has launched a revamped website designed to be easier to use for consumers and industry professionals. The site is www.insurance.wa.gov. “When...
Washington Senate Delays Vote On Workers’ Compensation Bills
Feb 1 2013 // The Washington state Senate on Wednesday passed its first bills of the 2013 legislative session, but put off a vote on a set of contentious measures intended to save businesses money by changing workers’ compensation...
Insurers Say Latest CFA Study Is Flawed; Marketplace Is Highly Competitive
Jan 29 2013 // The new auto insurance pricing study from the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) is getting roundly criticized by insurance industry representatives. The representatives say that states’ auto insurance marketplaces...
Fraud Concerns Linger Over Illinois Driver License Law
Jan 29 2013 // As Illinois becomes the fourth and most populous U.S. state to issue driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants, nagging concerns remain about whether there are enough safeguards to avoid the identity fraud and other...
People – West
Jan 28 2013 // San Diego, Calif.-based Barney & Barney LLC named four senior executives to principals of the firm in California. The new owners are: Dianne Wingfield and Todd Bennett, executives in the firm’s employee benefits...
Washington Senate Panel Considers Workers’ Compensation Bills
Jan 25 2013 // The GOP-led Washington state Senate Commerce and Labor Committee this week was scheduled to consider five bills intended to save businesses money by changing workers’ compensation rules. Proponents say the measures,...
A Future Without the Terrorism Insurance Backstop?
Jan 18 2013 // The federal backstop that is widely credited with establishing today’s robust terrorism insurance market may be gone in just 24 months. The consequences could be severe, from reduced availability of coverage to...
Judge Rules News Outlets’ Use of Photo on Twitter Violated Copyright
Jan 16 2013 // A U.S. judge has found that two news organizations improperly used images that a photojournalist had posted to Twitter in one of the first big tests of intellectual property law involving social media. Agence France-Presse...
Seattle Calculating, Preparing For Climate Change
Jan 15 2013 // Seattle officials predict that parts of Washington’s largest city will be under water as the shoreline creeps higher due to global climate change. City agencies are calculating the local effects of climate change and...
2013 Insurance Industry Meetings & Conventions Directory
Jan 14 2013 // JANUARY P/C Insurance Joint Industry Forum Jan 15 Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, NY Insurance Information Institute www.iii.org 2013 Big ‘I’ Winter Meeting Jan 16-20 The Westin Mission Hills Resort & Spa,...
Washington Company Suing Pro Sports Teams
Jan 7 2013 // A Spokane, Wash.-based company is suing several professional sports teams for breach of contract. Vizant Technologies LLC recently filed lawsuits in Spokane County Superior Court against teams including the Detroit Lions,...
Mississippi Governor, Insurance Chief At Odds Over Health Insurance Exchange
Jan 7 2013 // Mississippi’s proposed health insurance exchange is in limbo because of a dispute between the governor and the insurance commissioner. Gov. Phil Bryant and Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney, both Republicans,...
Four ‘Red’ States Get Health Exchange OK
Jan 7 2013 // Injecting a rare shot of bipartisanship in the nation’s contentious health care overhaul, the Obama administration Thursday cleared four Republican-led states to build their own consumer-friendly insurance...
Photo Now Part Of Washington Driver’s Breath Test
Dec 31 2012 // Drivers who are required to pass a breath test before they get behind the wheel won’t get away with having someone else blow in the ignition interlock device. Starting with the new year the devices will snap a...
Coast Guard: Large Dock Washes Ashore On Washington Coast
Dec 20 2012 // The Coast Guard on Tuesday spotted a large dock that has washed ashore in a remote section of Olympic National Park on the northwest Washington coast. Scientists are concerned it could be debris from the tsunami that...
