All the headlines from our Hawaii Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 18 2005 // The state of Hawaii Insurance Division has approved an 18.2 percent decrease in the cost of workers’ compensation claims, which likely will lower premiums for Hawaii companies beginning Jan. 1. According to the...
Sep 23 2005 // Hawaii’s insurance commissioner has approved another insurer to come into the Hawaii market offering flood insurance.The new insurer, internet-based Insurecat, will provide “coverage for something as obscure as...
Sep 22 2005 // State of Hawaii officials say the number of workers’ compensation claims filed in the state is on the decline.Preliminary figures show 2004 saw 2,347 fewer workers’ comp claims filed than in 2003, a drop of 8.2...
Sep 19 2005 // With the horrors from Hurricane Katrina still flashing on live television, Connecticut emergency officials and Gov. M. Jodi Rell (R) met on Sept. 7 to decide how to evacuate 100,000 coastal residents if a Category 4...
Sep 19 2005 // With the horrors from Hurricane Katrina still flashing on live television, Connecticut emergency officials and Gov. M. Jodi Rell (R) met on Sept. 7 to decide how to evacuate 100,000 coastal residents if a Category 4...
Sep 19 2005 // Mark K. MatthewsWith the horrors from Hurricane Katrina still flashing on live TV, Connecticut emergency officials and Gov. M. Jodi Rell (R) met recently to decide how to evacuate 100,000 coastal residents if a Category 4...
Sep 12 2005 // Toronto-based Kingsway Financial Services Inc. has reached a definitive agreement to acquire HI Holdings Inc. (Hawaii).The transaction includes HI’s wholly owned Zephyr Insurance Company Inc. (Zephyr). HI and Zephyr...
Aug 16 2005 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies has told a Hawaii legislative committee that passage of rate modernization laws would benefit state commerce and insurance consumers.In written comments filed last...
Aug 15 2005 // The Industry’s Premier High Value Residential Insurance Inspection Company Offers Full Nationwide CoverageSalt Lake City, Utah – Castle Inspection Service, a division of Overland Solutions, Inc., announced...
Jun 8 2005 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) praised Gov. Linda Lindle for signing into law legislation that will establish a graduated driver’s license program designed to save lives and reduce...
Jun 6 2005 // “Hawaii’s legislative decision to conduct a study of the NCOIL Property/Casualty Insurance Modernization Act suggests that the state legislature is committed to making strides toward rate modernization, which...
Jun 6 2005 // AIA OPPOSES CALIF. BILL TO LIMIT HOME INVENTORIES: A bill approved by the California Senate May 25 that prevents insurers from requiring claimants to itemize personal property lost in a disaster is well intended, but will...
Jun 6 2005 // AIA OPPOSES CALIF. BILL TO LIMIT HOME INVENTORIES: A bill approved by the California Senate May 25 that prevents insurers from requiring claimants to itemize personal property lost in a disaster is well intended, but will...
May 27 2005 // The federal government is giving $2.7 million to help the University of Hawaii recover from October’s flooding in Manoa Valley.The money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency will cover the deductible portion...
May 23 2005 // Hawaii faces doctor shortages in at least two fields, obstetrics and orthopedics, because fears of lawsuits and the rising cost of medical malpractice insurance premiums are forcing some to quit.Premiums for physicians who...
May 16 2005 // “Hawaii’s legislative decision to conduct a study of the NCOIL Property/Casualty Insurance Modernization Act suggests that the state legislature is committed to making strides toward rate modernization, which...
May 11 2005 // Hawaii faces doctor shortages in at least two fields – obstetrics and orthopedics – because fears of lawsuits and the rising cost of medical malpractice insurance premiums are forcing some to quit.Premiums for...
May 9 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: Avon, Conn.-based Target Insurance Services has available new markets for home inspectors professional liability, including optional general liability; professional liability for large law firms (50-plus...
May 9 2005 // Gov. Linda Lingle signed legislation making an emergency appropriation of $47 million for losses suffered by the University of Hawaii from the October flooding of Manoa Valley.A little more than half of the money came from...
Apr 25 2005 // A Bank of Hawaii insurance executive who was fired for cheating has resigned from the state Judicial Selection Commission.Wes Imamura has notified Senate President Robert Bunda of his decision to step down. He was...