All the headlines from our Hawaii Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 2 2009 // Hawaii Insurance Commissioner J.P. Schmidt is warning property and casualty producers doing business in Hawaii not to modify certificates of insurance without the consent of the insurer.According to the Commissioner, it...
Jan 30 2009 // Dog lovers are concerned over a bill in the Hawaii Legislature that would ban ownership of pit pulls.The bill was introduced by Senate President Colleen Hanabusa in the wake of an attack on a police officer by a...
Jan 26 2009 // One out of eight Hawaii drivers is uninsured, and a new study says that is likely to increase as the economy crumbles.The study by the Insurance Research Council looks at data from 2007 of claims filed against uninsured...
Jan 14 2009 // The Insurance Fraud Investigation Unit of the Hawaii State Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs experienced a 61 percent increase in criminal convictions for motor vehicle insurance fraud in 2008 over the previous...
Jan 7 2009 // President George W. Bush has declared Oahu and Kauai disaster areas, an action that provides federal aid to individuals and businesses, and for repair of public facilities damaged by mid-December storms.The aid does not...
Dec 30 2008 // Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle is asking President Bush to declare Oahu and Kauai disaster areas to help the islands recover from recent heavy rains, flooding and high winds.Lingle said on Christmas Eve, more than 500 Oahu...
Dec 22 2008 // The rains have subsided and now residents of Oahu and Kauai are cleaning up and assessing the damage from last weekend’s downpours. Ray Lovell, state Civil Defense spokesman, said personal property damage on Oahu...
Dec 18 2008 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a” of First of Hawaii Group and its members. The outlook for all ratings is...
Dec 9 2008 // The Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Insurance Division has published motor vehicle insurance premium comparisons for all islands, as well as published customer complaint ratios for carriers in the...
Nov 30 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com.Waste Haulers Market Detail: ELM Insurance...
Nov 30 2008 // Willis Group Holdings appointed Phillip Ellis leader of a new division focused on growing the company’s Enterprise Risk Management business for Willis’ Global Retail and Specialty teams. He was most recently...
Nov 10 2008 // The National Weather Service’s Honolulu Forecast Office is getting a new director of operations.Richard Knabb is currently a hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Fla. He will manage the...
Oct 28 2008 // Honolulu-based Atlas Insurance Agency Inc. has appointed Shan Tsutsui as a business consultant in its Client Consulting Group. Tsutsui will be responsible for providing insurance program consultation to large commercial...
Oct 27 2008 // Best-of-Breed Solution Will Streamline Claims Operations, Enhance CommunicationHonolulu, HI – October 27, 2008 – BlueWave Technology™, a provider of property and casualty insurance solutions, today...
Oct 24 2008 // Hawaii is proposing a new $70 million emergency response center near Diamond Head to replace an aging and cramped facility in use for the past three decades.If state and federal funding is identified, the proposed center...
Oct 20 2008 // American International Group Inc. may sell its AIG Hawaii unit to pay off the emergency $85 billion federal loan. The unit is part of the AIG Personal Auto Group, which the New York-based insurer listed for sale.AIG Hawaii...
Oct 20 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com.Medi-Tourism Professional Liability Market...
Oct 13 2008 // American International Group Inc. may sell its AIG Hawaii unit to pay off an emergency $85 billion federal loan. The local unit is part of the AIG Personal Auto Group, which the New York-based insurer has listed for...
Oct 7 2008 // SUA Insurance Co. is now offering property/casualty insurance coverage to select customer groups in Hawaii, including general artisan contractors, roofing contractors, towing and recovery, trucking and transportation, and...
Oct 6 2008 // Hawaii’s Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs’ (DCCA) Insurance Division announced that the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) filed a request for a decrease of 11.6 percent in the...