All the headlines from our Hawaii Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 24 2008 // In her State of the State address to state legislators this week, Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle outlined 180 proposals she is urging lawmakers to support, including a number of measures that would affect the insurance industry...
Jan 16 2008 // Gary M. Slovin will serve as legislative advocate in the State of Hawaii for the American Insurance Association. AIA advocates on behalf of property and casualty insurers at the state and federal level and has local...
Jan 3 2008 // The Mauna Kea Beach Hotel on the Big Island of Hawaii has sued one of its insurance carriers for denying a $20 million claim stemming from last year’s earthquakes.The hotel has been closed for repairs and renovations...
Dec 28 2007 // Hawaii’s Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) Insurance Division has issued an order to authorize additional nonresident independent adjusters to help homeowners and businesses with their insurance...
Dec 2 2007 // Hawaii County has met a deadline to save Big Island residents’ federal flood insurance coverage, but at least one County Council member is not satisfied.The council voted unanimously to approve a bill that puts the...
Nov 26 2007 // Hawaii County has met a deadline to save Big Island residents’ federal flood insurance coverage, but at least one County Council member is not satisfied.The council voted unanimously this week to approve a bill that...
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Nov 4 2007 // Hawaii Insurance Commissioner J.P. Schmidt has approved a 19.3 percent decrease in loss costs for workers’ compensation insurance, based on a filing by the National Council on Compensation Insurance.NCCI originally...
Oct 26 2007 // Hawai’i Insurance Commissioner J.P. Schmidt has approved a 19.3 percent decrease in loss costs for workers’ compensation insurance, based on a filing by the National Council on Compensation Insurance...
Oct 16 2007 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency is quietly drawing up plans for a handful of disasters: devastating earthquakes beneath San Francisco and St. Louis and catastrophic storms in South Florida and Hawaii, FEMA’s...
Oct 3 2007 // Hawaii schools should adopt anti-bullying programs to protect students who are overweight, transgendered or from foreign countries, according to a 95-page report sent to the state Department of Education.The report by the...
Sep 24 2007 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance has filed a request to decrease workers’ compensation loss costs in Hawaii by 16.8 percent, beginning Jan. 1, 2008, according to the state Department of Commerce and...
Sep 24 2007 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance has filed a request to decrease workers’ compensation loss costs in Hawaii by 16.8 percent, beginning Jan. 1, 2008, according to the state Department of Commerce and...
Sep 18 2007 // Nobody can say how many hurricanes will hit Hawaii each year, according to a climate change expert, but there’s no doubt they’ll get worse.“I can’t tell you there will be more of them,”...
Sep 13 2007 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance has filed a request to decrease workers’ compensation loss costs in Hawaii by 16.8 percent, beginning Jan. 1, 2008, according to the state Department of Commerce and...
Sep 3 2007 // Hawaii, DTRIC Insurance UnderwritersHawai’i State Insurance Commissioner J.P. Schmidt announced the launch of DTRIC Insurance Underwriters Ltd. (DIU), an “A-” rated company and subsidiary of local...
Aug 16 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has assigned its ‘BBB+’ insurer financial strength rating to Dongbu Insurance Co. Ltd. (Hawaii Branch) with a stable outlook. “The rating reflects Dongbu...
Aug 16 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has assigned its ‘BBB+’ insurer financial strength rating to Dongbu Insurance Co. Ltd. – Hawaii Branch. The outlook on the rating is stable. S&P said the...
Aug 15 2007 // An earthquake on Monday jolted the Big Island of Hawaii, which is already under a hurricane watch and a tropical storm warning.The magnitude 5.3 temblor struck at 7:38 p.m. local time, about 25 miles south of Hilo,...
Aug 14 2007 // Hurricane Flossie roared toward Hawaii on Monday with its sustained wind increased to 140 mph, though forecasters said the Category 4 storm would weaken before passing by the islands.The hurricane was expected to pass...