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Washington City’s New Underage-Drinking Law Targets Parents
Dec 27 2011 // Starting next month, Mercer Island parents will be held responsible for underage drinking at their homes even if they are out of town and unaware it is happening. The recently passed “social host” ordinance is...
Washington’s Kreidler Fines GEICO for Overcharging
Dec 21 2011 // GEICO, an auto insurer based in Maryland, has been fined $100,000 for a computer database error that caused the company to overcharge thousands of its Washington state customers. GEICO is also refunding $7.5 million, plus...
New Liquor Laws Leave Washington Craft Distillers In Limbo
Dec 21 2011 // Some craft distillers say they’re struggling ever since Washington voters passed Initiative 1183 reforming how people buy and sell hard liquor in the state. Skip Rock Distillery owners Julie and Ryan Hembree in...
Arson At Washington Hair Salon
Dec 20 2011 // The Shoreline Fire Department in Washington says the fire that damaged a hair salon Sunday night was set. The fire was extinguished in minutes and no one was injured. The Seattle Times reports the hair salon is in a strip...
Washington Gridlock Continues Over Consumer Financial Protection Agency
Dec 8 2011 // The answer to the Final Jeopardy! question of who will be the first director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will not become known today. In fact, it may be a while before there is an answer. Senate Republicans...
Statewide Expands into Washington with Contractor Insurance Services
Dec 7 2011 // Statewide Insurance Brokers, a provider of contractors insurance for general liability, workers compensation, commercial vehicle coverage and bonds, has expanded its contractor insurance services into Washington. The...
Statewide Brings Contractors Coverage to Washington
Dec 7 2011 // Statewide Insurance Brokers has expanded its coverage for contractors into the state of Washington. The company plans to enter the state with very competitive rates. “Our growth is fueled by the demand that is...
Leading By Creating
Dec 5 2011 // Top 100 Agency Profile Agency Name: Confie Seguros, trading under Freeway Insurance Headquarters: New York, N.Y. Year Founded: 2008 Additional Locations: California, Arizona, Washington, Oregon, Texas, New York, New...
Bell-Anderson in Washington Acquires Cornelius Insurance
Dec 2 2011 // Renton, Wash.-based Insurance provider Bell-Anderson Agency Inc. has acquired Cornelius Insurance of Newman Lake, Wash. Cornelius’ owner, Rick Cornelius, joins the agency’s growing presence in the Spokane...
Lockton Hires Benefits Services Consultant in Washington, D.C.
Nov 17 2011 // Lockton Benefit Group of Lockton Companies appointed Nicholas Dobelbower as senior consultant for its international benefits services practice. Based in Washington, D.C., he will provide international employee benefits...
Dobelbower Joins Lockton’s International Benefits Practice in Washington, D.C.
Nov 17 2011 // Lockton Benefit Group of Lockton Companies announced the expansion of its International Benefits Services practice with the addition of Nicholas Dobelbower, Ph.D., as Senior Consultant. His primary role “is to...
Washington Casualty Names New Marketing Vice President
Nov 16 2011 // Washington Casualty Company (WCC), a provider of medical professional liability coverage and member company of Boston, Mass.-based Coverys, has promoted Cary Ecker to vice president of marketing. Cary will manage the WCC...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Washington MGA Mutual Insurance Services
Nov 14 2011 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. on Monday announced the acquisition of Mutual Insurance Services Inc. in Federal Way, Wash. Mutual Insurance Services Inc., which was founded in 1985, is a managing general agent and wholesale...
Medicus Now Selling Insurance in Washington
Oct 19 2011 // Medicus Insurance Co. is now offering medical professional liability coverage to physicians and surgeons in Washington. Medicus is an admitted insurer in 31 states from coast to coast. Medicus offers Medicus Advantage...
Washington Coast Oil and Fuel Spills Fully Contained
Oct 17 2011 // It was a busy weekend for oil and fuel spills around Washington’s coast. Containment efforts are wrapped up on three oil or fuel spills off the state’s coast. On Saturday, a barge carrying a 5-ton crane that...
D.C. Metro Sues Insurer Lexington Over Lost Revenue
Oct 17 2011 // Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority recently filed a lawsuit against its insurer Lexington Insurance Co. of Boston charging that that the insurer failed to indemnify for the revenue losses in the train...
Washington Insurance Agent Who Sold Fake Policies Sentenced
Oct 17 2011 // AWashington insurance agent who sold hundreds of thousands of dollars in fake business-insurance policies has been sentenced to more than two years in prison and ordered to pay back $532,659 in restitution. Brenda...
Bell-Anderson Agency in Washington Acquires Unico
Oct 11 2011 // Renton, Wash.-based Bell-Anderson Agency Inc. has acquired Unico Insurance of Woodinville, Wash. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. “Bell-Anderson will continue to pursue acquisition opportunities as they...
Washington Insurance Agent Who Sold Fake Policies Sentenced
Oct 7 2011 // An insurance agent who sold hundreds of thousands of dollars in fake business-insurance policies has been sentenced to more than two years in prison and ordered to pay back $532,659 in restitution. Brenda MacLaren-Beattie,...
People
Oct 3 2011 // Swett & Crawford has opened a satellite office in Redondo Beach, Calif. The office will be led by Brian Vassallo, who is joining the firm as a vice president. Vassallo, who has a decade of experience in wholesale...
