All the headlines from our Washington Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 11 2007 // Arrowhead General Insurance Agency, San Diego, is offering a homeowners (HO3) market in Arizona and Washington. Coverage is being provided by an admitted “A” rated carrier. Policy limits include maximum...
Jan 4 2007 // Geico ads to greet NJ commuters on George Washington Bridge Received by Newsfinder from AP Jan 3, 2007 20:27 Eastern Time Thousands of New Jersey motorists will drive past the Geico gecko next week on their way to New York...
Dec 28 2006 // Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries has increased the state’s minimum wage 30 cents to $7.93 per hour beginning Jan. 1, 2007. L&I recalculates the state’s minimum wage each year in...
Dec 25 2006 // In the era when cowboys and gold panners roamed, the West was characterized as a wild yet adventurous place to live. Judging by 2006’s insurance industry headlines, those sentiments don’t seem to have...
Dec 24 2006 // In the era when cowboys and gold panners roamed, the West was characterized as a wild yet adventurous place to live. Judging by 2006’s insurance industry headlines, those sentiments don’t seem to have...
Dec 24 2006 // National Atlantic, Commerce GroupNational Atlantic Holdings Corp. confirmed that preliminary discussions with The Commerce Group Inc. of Webster, Mass., regarding a potential business combination or other strategic...
Dec 20 2006 // The winter storm that struck the Pacific Northwest last week is responsible for 14 deaths and is receiving the unfortunate recognition of the worst winter storm in 13 years, according to catastrophe risk modeling company...
Dec 19 2006 // Trailers packed with cots and medical supplies are parked in secret locations around Colorado, ready for doctors to open makeshift hospitals in school gyms if a flu pandemic strikes.Parts of southeastern Washington are...
Dec 12 2006 // The Washington Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) will begin its hearings on a proposal to reduce to zero for six months the premiums employers and workers pay into one of the funds that supports the...
Dec 1 2006 // A new storm headed into the northwestern U.S. the region shivered in the aftermath of unusually heavy rain and snow that was blamed for at least eight deaths and has caused traffic nightmares and power outages.The stormy...
Nov 22 2006 // Washington’s Office of the Insurance Commissioner has scheduled a public hearing to consider a request to acquire three Washington domiciled insurers on Dec. 4. The companies are Unigard Insurance Co., Unigard...
Nov 20 2006 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has launched a new Web-based tool for insurance consumers, called the annual Complaint Comparison Guide. The Washington guide is designed to allow consumers to search online...
Nov 20 2006 // Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire announced that the state’s employers and workers could save an estimated $315 million in workers’ compensation premiums next year as the result of a six-month partial suspension...
Nov 19 2006 // Washington’s online complaint guide deemed helpful, but incompleteWashington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has launched a new Web-based tool for insurance consumers, called the annual Complaint Comparison...
Nov 19 2006 // Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire announced that the state’s employers and workers could save an estimated $315 million in workers’ compensation premiums next year as the result of a six-month partial suspension...
Nov 16 2006 // As Western Washington residents brace for another spate of storm-induced flooding, one of Washington’s auto insurers warns of another form of saturation that could cost consumers – a wave of used cars on the...
Nov 15 2006 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has fined Verizon Wireless Services LLC of Bedminster, N.J., $25,000 for failing to sell service contracts under its legal corporate name, a violation of state insurance...
Nov 10 2006 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has revoked the license of a Bellevue-based general insurance agency for improperly transferring and using trust funds belonging to insurers, clients and others.The Insurance...
Nov 9 2006 // Although she didn’t campaign as an anti-war candidate, Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell won over the vast majority of Washington voters most unhappy with the war in Iraq and displeased with President Bush’s job...
Nov 6 2006 // Motor vehicle crashes involving deer are up by about 19 percent in Washington and Idaho, judging by claims filed with one of the largest insurance companies in the two states. By June 30, 1,629 drivers in Washington and...