All the headlines from our District Of Columbia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 17 2016 // Insurance broker Lockton announced that it will add its Washington, D.C., operations to a newly combined Lockton Northeast team. Michael Calabrese will remain as chairman and CEO of the expanded Lockton operations in the...
Jun 1 2016 // More than 6.8 million homes on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts are in danger of hurricane storm surge damage. The total cost for reconstruction of the homes located in 19 states and the District of Columbia is more than $1.5...
May 18 2016 // The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) has filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against Travelers Indemnity Company and Travelers Casualty Insurance Company of America, accusing the insurers of engaging in actions that...
May 13 2016 // The District of Columbia Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking (DISB) said it has received 170 proposed health insurance plan rates for review from four major insurers in advance of the fourth year of open...
Mar 4 2016 // Lockton Companies has hired Brandon Luckett as vice president in its Washington, D.C., office., where he will help develop new business throughout the Mid-Atlantic Region. Luckett comes to Lockton with more than 12 years...
Feb 23 2016 // Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has hired Edith Quintrell as its U.S.-based underwriting development director for its Global Financial Risks division. Quintrell previously was...
Jan 27 2016 // Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser says a snow emergency will remain in effect for the nation’s capital until 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.The emergency means parking isn’t allowed on snow emergency routes. Vehicles...
Jan 26 2016 // The massive blizzard that swept through the East Coast over the weekend may result in hundreds of millions of dollars in insured losses.The blizzard, unofficially named “Winter Storm Jonas” by the Weather...
Sep 18 2015 // Risk Cooperative, a Washington, D.C.-based insurance brokerage and risk management firm, recently announced the launch of its Comprehensive Benefits practice. Risk Cooperative said the new practice aims to help small to...
Sep 14 2015 // The District of Columbia Department of Insurance, Securities & Banking (DISB) announced on Sept. 11 that it has launched city-wide surveys to study the barriers to banking services for District of Columbia residents...
Sep 7 2015 // The District of Columbia, Maine and Pennsylvania have recently joined a growing number of states and jurisdictions that issued directives prohibiting the use of price optimization.In Washington, D.C., the Department of...
Aug 28 2015 // The District of Columbia’s Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking (DISB) this week issued a bulletin notifying property/casualty insurers doing business in the District that price optimization is...
Aug 17 2015 // New research says the land under the Chesapeake Bay region is sinking and projects that Washington, D.C., could drop by six or more inches in the next century — adding to the problems of sea-level rise.The research...
Aug 3 2015 // Stephen Taylor The District of Columbia Department of Insurance, Securities & Banking (DISB) confirmed that former DISB senior official Stephen Taylor recently rejoined DISB as its new acting commissioner. Taylor...
Jul 30 2015 // New research says the land under the Chesapeake Bay region is sinking and projects that Washington, D.C., could drop by six or more inches in the next century — adding to the problems of sea-level rise.The research...
Jun 2 2015 // The federal excise tax does not apply to reinsurance or retrocession transactions between foreign insurers, even if the transaction covers U.S. risks, according to a May 26 decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...
Apr 28 2015 // Lockton Companies announced that David Callis has joined its Washington, DC office as Vice President and Producer. He will “work closely with Lockton’s clients and prospects on international risk issues,...
Feb 9 2015 // The top five states in which a person was most likely to file an auto claim last year were all on the East Coast.December had the lowest volume of all vehicle claims of any month. Those are just two of the facts mined by...
Jan 30 2015 // The top five states in which a person was most likely to file an auto claim last year were all on the East Coast.December had the lowest volume of all vehicle claims of any month. Those facts are just two of those mined by...
Nov 21 2014 // District of Columbia residents who don’t shovel their sidewalks after a snowstorm would face fines under a bill approved by the D.C. Council. The bill was approved Tuesday by a 10-3 vote. It calls for $25 fines for...