All the headlines from our Washington Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 14 2007 // The U.N. climate chief warned on Thursday that a deadlock between the United States and the European Union over pollution cuts threatened to derail talks aimed at launching negotiations for a new global warming...
Dec 14 2007 // Quirk & Co. has added two Bainbridge Island, Wash., underwriters. Pam Hollinshead has more than 30 year of commercial underwriting experience. She will focus on servicing new and renewal accounts for...
Dec 13 2007 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has released a new statewide report today that shows the costs of uncompensated health care continued to rise in 2006, posing a threat to the overall health security of all...
Dec 12 2007 // In storm-ravaged parts of the Northwest, home and business owners are beginning to file insurance claims — a process that could be complicated by whether severe winds or floods did the damage.Insurers say...
Dec 11 2007 // Health, prosperity, safety and security are all desirable aspects when it comes to seeking a place to live, work or raise a family. According to the fourth annual Most Secure U.S. Places to Live rankings from Farmers...
Dec 10 2007 // President George W. Bush has declared a major disaster exists in the State of Washington and ordered federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area struck by severe storms, flooding, landslides, and...
Dec 6 2007 // Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire has declared a state of emergency, to bring immediate support to areas in the Pacific Northwest affected by storms and flooding. Some media outlets are reporting that Gregoire estimates...
Dec 5 2007 // Drenching rain and howling winds that downed trees, cut electricity and caused widespread flooding have left two people dead and closed Interstate 5, the main north-south highway in Western Washington.Gov. Chris Gregoire...
Dec 2 2007 // While the position of California Insurance Commissioner is elected and there are already rumblings that he’d make a good gubernatorial candidate in 2010, current California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner says...
Dec 2 2007 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) represents 1,000 insurance companies that write about 40 percent of the business in the United States. They now have a new CEO and president. David Sampson comes...
Nov 28 2007 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has fined a New Jersey insurer and its affiliated companies $250,000 for multiple violations of Washington insurance laws discovered during a market conduct examination of...
Nov 18 2007 // Much to many insurance companies’ dismay, Washington voters approved Referendum 67, with 520,667 or 57 percent of voters in favor of the initiative to allow insureds to collect triple damages if their insurer...
Nov 12 2007 // Girl Scouts of Western Washington is recalling 10 ounce cans of Ashdon Farms cashews after small pieces of metal were found in some cans. Girls Scouts in Washington’s Pierce, Lewis, Thurston, Grays Harbor, Cowlitz,...
Nov 12 2007 // A federal judge has ordered jailed Ala. outdoorsman Edmond H. “Eddie” Smith IV to pay more than $1 million to an insurance firm that accused him of filing a bogus post-Hurricane Katrina damage claim for a...
Nov 7 2007 // Much to many insurance companies’ dismay, Washington voters approved Referendum 67 yesterday, with 520,667 or 57 percent of voters in favor of the initiative to allow insureds to collect triple damages if their...
Nov 6 2007 // Voters are heading to the polls today in Washington, where they will decide on one of this year’s loudest election campaigns, and also one of the most expensive ballot measure races in state history.New campaign...
Nov 6 2007 // The technology planned for an enhanced drivers’ license system that will allow Vermonters to return to the United States from Canada without a passport is insecure and a threat to privacy, according to some computer...
Nov 5 2007 // Washington’s King County prosecutor’s office has a new division to handle complex financial crimes. It will prosecute cases of identity theft, mortgage and insurance fraud and computer offenses. Prosecutor Norm...
Nov 4 2007 // More members of Congress hail from backgrounds as state legislators than any other occupation. This means that the exposure of these former state-turned-federal lawmakers to insurance issues typically involved auto...
Nov 4 2007 // More members of Congress hail from backgrounds as state legislators than any other occupation. This means that the exposure of these former state-turned-federal lawmakers to insurance issues typically involved auto...