All the headlines from our Washington Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 27 2007 // Detectives investigating the killing of a former state patrol sergeant last year say they learned that he was involved in an insurance scam with another trooper.That second trooper, Douglas Merino, 51 — who is also...
Aug 17 2007 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has fined an Ohio auto insurer a total of more than $150,000 after it unlawfully calculated and charged incorrect premiums to more than 62,700 Washington policyholders.During...
Aug 13 2007 // Todd Shipyards Corp. can’t be sued for a deceased worker’s asbestos exposure because the man missed a filing deadline in a 20-year-old bankruptcy proceeding, the Washington Supreme Court said.In a unanimous...
Aug 7 2007 // Regulations designed to provide guidance to insurers, providers, attorneys and claimants on complying with Washington’s new Health Care Liability Reform Law have been implemented, according to the Office of the...
Aug 6 2007 // In its latest attempt to block a Washington regulation that insurers say would drive up insurance rates, insurance industry associations have launched a public campaign to take their issue to the ballot box.A campaign...
Aug 6 2007 // SafecoSeattle-based Safeco has expanded its sales organization from five to nine regions, and has named executives to lead two of the territories. “Independent insurance agents have consistently told us they want...
Aug 6 2007 // The Main Street America Group named Gregg Effner assistant vice president of distribution management.Effner, who has 30 years of property/casualty industry experience, will be based at the company’s corporate...
Jul 24 2007 // In its latest attempt to block a Washington regulation that insurers say would drive up insurance rates, the insurance industry association has launched a public campaign to take their issue to the ballot box.A campaign...
Jul 23 2007 // Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna and the Office of the State Fire Marshal are warning Washington apartment homes and hotels that their fire sprinkler systems may be defective.The Washington State Fire...
Jul 16 2007 // Firefighters tried to contain several dozen lightning-caused fires in Washington state on Saturday, as more thunderstorms swept through the region.Close to 2,700 lightning strikes were reported in Washington and Oregon on...
Jul 13 2007 // The Idaho Department of Insurance has reinstated the license of Washington Casualty Co., a subsidiary of FinCor Holdings Inc., allowing it to underwrite insurance in the state. The reinstated license validates WCC’s...
Jul 11 2007 // Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna and the Office of the State Fire Marshal are warning Washington apartment homes and hotels that their fire sprinkler systems may be defective.The Washington State Fire...
Jul 11 2007 // Sharon Glass fought back tears after hearing she may not be able to return to her flood-damaged home.“I just wonder how a judgment call could be made before FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) officials have...
Jul 2 2007 // Washington drivers who earn a household income of more than $75,000 are more likely than their counterparts to speed and talk on a cell phone, according to data from a poll conducted by PEMCO Insurance Northwest.“The...
Jul 2 2007 // Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries announced that beginning July 1, employers can take a workers’ compensation premium partial rate holiday.The rate holiday means that most Washington employers...
Jul 2 2007 // Washington takes workers’ comp rate holidayWashington’s Department of Labor and Industries announced that beginning July 1, employers can take a workers’ compensation premium partial rate holiday. The...
Jun 29 2007 // Workers currently receiving Washington workers’ compensation wage-replacement or pension benefits will receive a 5.445 percent cost-of-living increase that went into effect July 1. State law requires that benefits be...
Jun 25 2007 // FinCor Holdings Inc. announced on Friday, June 22 that its Washington Casualty Co. (WCC) subsidiary has had its license to underwrite insurance fully reinstated in Idaho by the Idaho Department of Insurance. FinCor...
Jun 25 2007 // A Los Angeles insurer has been fined $100,000 for multiple violations of Washington insurance laws discovered during a market conduct examination of the company by the Washington Office of the Insurance...
Jun 22 2007 // Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries has announced that beginning July 1, and over the next six months, employers and workers in the state will save an estimated $315 million in workers’ compensation...