All the headlines from our District Of Columbia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 25 2023 // The recent data breach of personal information for thousands of users of Washington D.C.’s health insurance exchange, including members of Congress, was caused by basic human error, according to a top...
Apr 13 2023 // E-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc agreed on Wednesday to pay $462 million over eight years to settle claims by six U.S. states including New York and California, along with the District of Columbia, that it unlawfully...
Jan 4 2023 // District of Columbia Attorney General Karl A. Racine, in one of his last steps before leaving office, announced that Google will pay $9.5 million to resolve allegations that it deceived and manipulated consumers to gain...
Sep 21 2022 // The District of Columbia is withdrawing a proposal to boost the insurance requirement for sidewalk cafes, parklets, streateries and other dining and drinking businesses applying for public use permits.According to...
Jul 12 2022 // Agency partnership organization Ensurise announced the merger of the Washington. D.C.-based independent insurance agency Howard & Hoffman, Inc. The merger with Howard & Hoffman, which became effective June 1, 2022,...
May 24 2022 // The District of Columbia said it sued Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg for his alleged role in the data breach that allowed political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica to target Facebook users...
Mar 18 2022 // A request to depose Mark Zuckerberg as part of Washington, D.C.’s data-privacy lawsuit against Facebook drew a blistering denial from the judge overseeing the case, who called the attempt “frankly...
Mar 3 2022 // Gallaudet University and the District of Columbia Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking (DISB) announced that Gallaudet students will have expanded opportunities to gain practical work experience in municipal...
Feb 11 2022 // World Insurance Associates said it acquired Allied Partners Insurance Inc. of Gaithersburg, Maryland on February 1, 2022. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Allied Partners Insurance, Inc. was established in...
Jan 25 2022 // Texas, Indiana, Washington State and the District of Columbia sued Alphabet Inc.’s Google on Monday over what they called deceptive location-tracking practices that invade users’ privacy.“Google falsely...
Jan 3 2022 // Storms over the New Year’s Day weekend knocked out power, caused property damage, triggered flash flooding and snow and closed schools and government offices.In Kentucky, less than three weeks after tornadoes...
Oct 25 2021 // Berkley One has expanded its personal lines business to Tennessee, Indiana and the District of Columbia. Berkley One collector vehicle coverage is also launching in Idaho, Oregon and Washington, the company said in a news...
Jul 7 2021 // Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser is working alongside the district’s Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking (DISB) to increase opportunities for high school and college students to pursue careers in...
Feb 2 2021 // CRC Group, a national wholesale distributor of specialty insurance products, has acquired the assets of Washington D.C.-based Federal Employee Defense Services (FEDS), a niche managing general underwriter specializing in...
Dec 4 2020 // A District of Columbia appeals court held that a Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) worker cannot sue his employer after requesting compensation under the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Act for an...
Dec 1 2020 // The Washington D.C. Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking (DISB) issued a new insurance bulletin to notify all property and casualty insurers that for the duration of the coronavirus pandemic, all filed rate...
Sep 10 2020 // Ames & Gough, an insurance broker and risk management consultant specializing in serving design professionals, law firms, associations/nonprofits and other professional service organizations, has appointed equity...
Aug 17 2020 // Coalition, an online cyber insurance and security company, has expanded its admitted cyber insurance offering into Florida following approval from the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation. Businesses and organizations...
Aug 12 2020 // Lockton has promoted Ryan Duffy to president of its Washington D.C. and Northern Virginia offices.Duffy is responsible for the ongoing stewardship of new and existing clients in the region. He oversees new business...
Aug 10 2020 // A Kentucky teen and The Washington Post have settled a lawsuit over the newspaper’s coverage of his encounter with a Native American man at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington last year.The teen’s lawyers said...