All the headlines from our Hawaii Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 11 2009 // Jim Newberry, assistant vice president and risk control manager of Island Insurance in Honolulu, has received the Risk Management/Insurance Practice Specialty Safety Professional of the Year Award.The award is from the...
Sep 11 2009 // Workers’ compensation insurers in Hawaii have filed to reduce by 4.1 percent the loss cost factor that goes into the rates charged to employers.This marks the fifth year in a row that workers’ compensation loss...
Sep 11 2009 // Toronto-based Kingsway Financial Services Inc. has agreed to sell Zephyr Insurance Co., Inc. to Zephyr Acquisition Co., an acquisition vehicle of Ocean Harbor Holding Inc. and MP Holdings LLC, a Hawaiian based investor...
Aug 13 2009 // Living in Hawaii on the slope of one of the most active volcanos in the world can be expensive when it comes to homeowners insurance.Wendy Ford is losing her policy this month because her insurer, Liberty Mutual Fire...
Aug 6 2009 // In the eastern Pacific, Hurricane Felicia is moving towards Hawaii. As of the National Hurricane Center’s 11:00 EST advisory on Thursday, Hurricane Felicia — currently at category 4 strength — is in the...
Aug 3 2009 // SureTecHouston, Texas-based SureTec Insurance Co. announced that Greg Faulx has joined the company as vice president and will head its new regional office in Denver. Faulx was a key member of the original management team...
Jul 20 2009 // A Hawaii judge has blocked Gov. Linda Lingle from forcing thousands of public employees to take three unpaid days off per month, dealing her a setback in efforts to tame a huge state budget gap. Unions opposed to the...
Jul 10 2009 // A Hawaii judge has blocked Gov. Linda Lingle from forcing thousands of public employees to take three unpaid days off per month, dealing her a setback in efforts to tame a huge state budget gap. Unions opposed to the...
Jul 10 2009 // Hawai’i Insurance Commissioner J. P. Schmidt has approved Universal Insurance Holdings of North America’s (Universal North America) purchase of ICAT Specialty Insurance Co.(ISIC).Universal North America writes...
Jul 6 2009 // Wells Fargo Insurance Services, Grady & AssociatesWells Fargo Insurance Services Inc. signed a definitive agreement to acquire Grady & Associates, a retail broker in Las Vegas. The acquisition closed June 1,...
Jun 17 2009 // Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle is considering whether to sign into law a requirement for alcohol sellers to have at least $1 million in liquor liability insurance.The measure passed the Legislature this year after residents said...
Jun 12 2009 // Hawai Gov. Linda Lingle has signed legislation that prohibits harassing someone using electronic means, such as cell phone text messages or on social networking Web sites.The legislation was introduced by Democratic Rep....
Jun 8 2009 // Universal Insurance Holdings of North America and ICAT Holdings LLC of Boulder, Colo., have received regulatory approval that completes Universal North America’s purchase of ICAT Specialty Insurance Co. (ISIC).Under...
May 27 2009 // The Central Pacific Hurricane Center in Hawaii is forecasting three to five tropical cyclones forming in the central Pacific during the 2009 hurricane season, which begins June 1. An average season has four or...
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May 11 2009 // The Hawaii legislature has voted to expand the jurisdiction of the state’s insurance fraud unit. HB 262 will expand the authority of the insurance division’s insurance fraud investigations unit, rename the...
Apr 21 2009 // Officials say a strong earthquake shook parts of Hawaii’s Big Island but no damage has been reported.U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory says a temblor with a magnitude of 5.0 struck Tuesday,...
Apr 20 2009 // The University of Hawaii will conduct a feasibility study to determine the viability of establishing and operating an owner controlled insurance program.The study was approved by the UH Board of Regents. Such a program...
Apr 13 2009 // There’s a need for state-based insurance regulation, according to Hawaii Insurance Commissioner J. P. Schmidt. Speaking to professors and experts in finance from around the world in his keynote speech at the 16th...
Apr 6 2009 // The Hawaii Insurance Division is re-issuing license certificates to resident and nonresident insurance producers who sell personal lines insurance.The Homeowners-Personal Lines (HO-PL) and Vehicle-Personal Lines (VE-PL)...