Latest Hawaii Headlines

All the headlines from our Hawaii Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Hawaii Insurance Division Approves 18.2 Percent Workers’ Comp Decrease

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...

Hawaii To Receive New Flood Insurer

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...

Hawaii Workers’ Comp Claims Declining

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...

Katrina Prompts States to Review Their Disaster Playbooks

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...

Katrina Prompts States to Review Their Disaster Playbooks

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...

States Reopen their Disaster Playbooks in Light of Hurricane Katrina

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...

Kingsway Financial Services Notes Purchase of HI Holdings

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...

NAMIC Encourages Hawaii Legislative Working Group to Adopt Rate Modernization

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...

Castle Extends Coverage to Hawaii

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...

PCI Praises Hawaii Governor on License Bill

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...

HAWAII LEGISLATURE TO STUDY NCOIL P/C MODERNIZATION ACT:

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...

News Briefs

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...

News Briefs

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...

Feds Chip in $2.7 Million in Wake of Hawaii Flooding

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...

Hawaii Faces Doctor Shortage Due to Rising Med-Mal Premiums

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...

Hawaii: Legislature to Study NCOIL P/C Modernization Act

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...

Hawaii Faces Doctor Shortage

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...

Home Inspectors, Law Firms and Accountants

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...

University of Hawaii Flood Appropriation Bill Signed by Governor Lingle

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...

Fired Exec Resigns from Hawaii’s State Commission

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...