All the headlines from our Hawaii Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 2 2016 // The Hawaii Legislature has approved a bill that will enable Hawaii drivers to show proof of insurance with their cellphone in a traffic stop.House Bill 1705 will give consumers the choice to use a paper insurance card or...
Apr 25 2016 // A man who worked as an Uber driver is charged in the sexual assault of a 16-year-old passenger in Hawaii.Uber deactivated the driver, who was charged with two counts of first-degree sexual assault and one count of...
Apr 18 2016 // Hawaii lawmakers are considering a bill to close the gap in car insurance coverage for transportation network companies like Uber and Lyft.Supporters of the bill say that, right now, Uber and Lyft drivers might not be...
Mar 30 2016 // Hawaii lawmakers are asking how much marijuana a driver can safely consume before getting behind the wheel of a car.It’s an issue they want to tackle now that Hawaii is setting up medical marijuana dispensaries, so...
Mar 2 2016 // Hawaii lawmakers are considering a bill to ban employers from accessing employees’ personal social media accounts.So far, more than 20 states have banned employers from snooping in employees’ personal accounts....
Feb 16 2016 // A magnitude-4.1 earthquake jolted the southern flank of Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano.The U.S. Geological Survey the quake last week was centered about 26 miles south of Hilo on the Big Island. It hit at 9:23 a.m. There...
Jan 19 2016 // An early morning earthquake rattled Hawaii’s Big Island, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The USGS reported the magnitude 3.9 struck at 1:52 a.m. on Monday and was centered about 35 miles southwest of Hilo, near the...
Jan 15 2016 // Geologists in Alaska have found evidence that a 125-mile section of the eastern Aleutian Islands that was once considered unlikely to generate earthquakes may be a future source of temblors – as well as potentially...
Jan 8 2016 // Horsemen Inc. has named Mike Redman director of island operations.Redman will be responsible for successful business relationships and business development in Hawaii. Redman has 20 years of insurance experience. He comes...
Dec 22 2015 // Two Honolulu council members want ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft to operate more like taxi companies.The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported that the city bill includes a variety of changes. Among them, the measure...
Dec 1 2015 // A federal judge has approved a $1.3 million settlement in a lawsuit filed by a Hawaii motorcyclist who suffered permanent brain injury in a 2012 collision in Honolulu.The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports that Aaron Aloya...
Dec 1 2015 // Vermont, Utah, Iowa, Virginia and Kentucky get an “A” and North Carolina an “F” in one think tank’s annual grading of states on how they regulate the property/casualty insurance industry.The...
Oct 30 2015 // A homeowner at the Four Seasons Resort Hualalai in Hawaii is suing the resort and its developers, alleging he and others have been subjected to an unfair raise in prices and overcrowded facilities.The suit filed by...
Oct 20 2015 // The University of Hawaii Board of Regents has approved a $700,000 settlement over the firing of former basketball coach Gib Arnold.The regents voted Thursday to approve the settlement package, which includes a $500,000...
Oct 5 2015 // Summer is over and the kids are back in school. Many of us spent a week or two away from our business. It is not easy for business owners to walk away from running their business for any length of time. In this age of...
Sep 30 2015 // United Insurance Holdings Corp. (UPC Insurance) said it will pay $57 million for Interboro Insurance Co., a New York-based property/casualty insurer licensed to operate in four states and Washington, D.C.The deal involves...
Sep 29 2015 // Clearwtaer, Florida-based Heritage Insurance Holdings Inc. has agreed to acquire Zephyr Acquisition Co. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Zephyr Insurance Co., a specialty insurance provider in Hawaii.The acquisition will...
Sep 10 2015 // A Hawaii jury has awarded Ewa Beach homeowners about $27 million in a lawsuit against a developer trying to build a recreational lagoon instead of the marina it originally planned.The jury ruled Tuesday that Haseko must...
Aug 31 2015 // Greg Colden, a farmer on Hawaii’s Big Island, said he is most worried about the damage that more rain and sustained winds could do to the area as Hurricane Ignacio passes by this week.“I’m more worried...
Aug 31 2015 // Tropical Storm Erika, which killed at least 20 people on the small Caribbean island of Dominica, broke up in the waters off Cuba, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Saturday.All tropical storm warnings and watches...