All the headlines from our Washington Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 2 2008 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) currently makes its home in America’s heartland, in Kansas City. In this age of telecommuting, videoconferencing and e-mail that works just fine. It even...
May 22 2008 // Washington Gov. Gregoire pronounced May 22 2008, Drive Nice Day throughout the state, challenging drivers to make a conscious effort to drive nice and help make it a collision-free day.Drive Nice Day, founded by SWERVE...
May 20 2008 // It’s time for the group representing the states’ insurance regulatory experts to pack up its bags, computers and name badges — and move to Washington, D.C.The National Association of Insurance Commissioners...
May 20 2008 // Washington’s Insurance Commissioner’s Office is currently seeking proposals from consultants in the areas of accounting and legal services to review the proposed sale of Safeco Insurance Companies to Liberty...
May 19 2008 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) currently makes its home in Kansas City. For most situations, this works well, particularly with telecommuting, videoconferencing and e-mail. It even worked well...
May 19 2008 // Olympia, Wash., and its metropolitan area are the safest places in the nation to live, work or raise a family, according to the fourth annual Most Secure U.S. Places to Live rankings from Farmers Insurance Group of...
May 19 2008 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) currently makes its home in Kansas City. For most situations, this works well, particularly with telecommuting, videoconferencing and e-mail. It even worked well...
May 9 2008 // Mt. Washington Assurance Corp. introduced its newest home insurance program in New Hampshire this week in a series of meetings with independent insurance agents who represent the company for home and auto insurance.The new...
May 8 2008 // PIA Western Alliance has named Amanda Washington the association’s junior vice president. She will take a greater role in the day-to-day operation of the Western Alliance’s nonprofit operation, including...
May 5 2008 // Just weeks after earthquakes rattled Nevada, the Midwest and the coast of Oregon, and on the heels of the 102nd anniversary of San Francisco’s 1906 earthquake, the public, government officials and insurance industry...
Apr 22 2008 // Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) have updated the USGS National Seismic Hazard Maps, and noted that earthquakes remain a serious threat in 46 of the United States. For some areas such as western Oregon and...
Apr 21 2008 // Agency Specialty Product Network, a unit of Aon Corp., has named five new regional vice presidents.Rob Romano will head the Northeast Region, which comprises Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island,...
Apr 21 2008 // Corporations, industries, labor unions, governments and other interests spent a record $2.79 billion in 2007 to lobby in Washington, the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics calculated.The total represents an...
Apr 21 2008 // 3M Co. will probably pay between $50 million and $56 million to clean up sites in the eastern Twin Cities that have been contaminated by chemicals that were once used in some of the company’s best-known products.The...
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Apr 11 2008 // Builders & Trademen’s Insurance Services Inc. of Washougal, Wash., has a new online artisan contractor program available in Washington. The admitted program has 44 eligable classes. New residential work is...
Apr 9 2008 // 3M Co. will probably pay between $50 million and $56 million to clean up sites in the eastern Twin Cities that have been contaminated by chemicals that were once used in some of the company’s best-known products.The...
Apr 7 2008 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has appointed Vernon E. Stoner as his chief deputy to replace Mike Watson, who retires at the end of the month. Before joining the Office of the Insurance Commissioner,...
Apr 7 2008 // The Governing Board of the California Earthquake Authority has hired Glenn A. Pomeroy as CEO. Pomeroy has extensive experience in public service positions, including former commissioner of insurance of North Dakota. In...
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