All the headlines from our Hawaii Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 7 2007 // A package passed by Hawaii lawmakers that would save businesses an estimated $151 million over the next three years has become law.The new law, which takes effect Jan. 1, 2008, will drastically cut the taxable wage base...
May 22 2007 // Hawaii State Insurance Commissioner J. P. Schmidt has revoked the insurance producer license of Amy Pohaiokalani Fernandez (aka Amy Pohaiokalani Waikiki and Pohai Waikiki) and fined her $20,000. Commissioner Schmidt...
May 21 2007 // Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle handed state employers a victory this month, when she vetoed House Bill 854.The bill would have required wage loss or temporary total disability payments continue to be paid even during a dispute,...
May 21 2007 // Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle handed state employers a victory this month, when she vetoed House Bill 854.The bill would have required wage loss or temporary total disability payments continue to be paid even during a dispute,...
May 7 2007 // AvivaThe U.K.-based Aviva Group announced plans to expand in Russia. One year ago, the company launched Aviva Russia, and it is now poised to enter the direct sales market with its Moscow-based direct sales force. The...
May 7 2007 // The Hawaii Legislature has passed a bill on temporary total disability benefits for workers’ compensation that the Chamber of Commerce is saying will increase business costs, because employers would not be able to...
May 7 2007 // My New MarketsCommercial Auto Nuts & Bolts: Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc. has a commercial auto liability and physical damage coverage program for the standard market. Extra heavy vehicles are accepted, and...
May 2 2007 // Hawaii lawmakers are prepared to approve a bill Tuesday that brings back government oversight of health insurance rates a year after they deregulated them.Members of both houses of the Legislature have agreed on a final...
Apr 20 2007 // Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle met with CEO Soon Hwan Kim of Dongbu Insurance Co. Ltd. this week today to celebrate its first year of operations in the state. Dongbu is the first “alien insurer” licensed in another...
Apr 20 2007 // The Hawaii Legislature has passed a bill on temporary total disability benefits for workers’ compensation that the Chamber of Commerce is saying will increase business costs, because employers would not be able to...
Mar 26 2007 // My New MarketsWedding Insurance Nuts & Bolts: Travelers launched Wedding Protector Plan, which covers with no deductible a variety of unfortunate occurrences associated with a wedding event. For example, coverage is...
Mar 26 2007 // Wedding Insurance Nuts & Bolts: Travelers launched Wedding Protector Plan, which covers with no deductible a variety of unfortunate occurrences associated with a wedding event. For example, coverage is provided if a...
Mar 12 2007 // Wedding InsuranceNuts & Bolts: Travelers recently announced the launch of the Wedding Protector Plan, an insurance policy covering weddings. The Wedding Protector Plan provides coverage, with no deductible, for a...
Mar 12 2007 // Wedding InsuranceNuts & Bolts: Travelers recently launched Wedding Protector Plan, which provides coverage with no deductible for a variety of unfortunate occurrences associated with a wedding event. For example,...
Feb 27 2007 // Hawaii’s Insurance Division, in its guidelines on supplemental rate filing requirements for property insurance, is advising that it will be reviewing the appropriateness of catastrophe models for hurricane exposure...
Feb 23 2007 // Burns & Wilcox announced it now will provide personal lines fire, earthquake and DIC coverage in Hawaii. Coverage includes owners of primary, secondary, tenant-occupied and seasonally rented homes on the Hawaiian...
Jan 29 2007 // Real Estate Appraisers Nuts & Bolts: San Diego-based AMIS (Alliance Marketing and Insurance Services) is offering broader package policies for real estate appraisers handling residential and commercial property. This...
Jan 29 2007 // More than 100 spots around Hawaii, from Oahu’s Sunset Beach to Kihei Commercial Center on Maui, lack emergency sires needed to warn people about tsunami and other natural disasters.A state Civil Defense Agency list...
Jan 28 2007 // Real Estate AppraisersNuts & Bolts: San Diego-based AMIS (Alliance Marketing and Insurance Services) is offering broader package policies for real estate appraisers handling residential and commercial property. This...
Jan 23 2007 // Hawaii State Insurance Commissioner J.P. Schmidt will be among the U.S. officials working with the governments of China and Japan to improve regulation in the financial services industries.According to the Hawaii...