All the headlines from our Washington Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 15 2006 // If a mandatory or even an optional federal charter is implemented in Washington, D.C., it will be a “recipe for disaster,” a top insurance agent lobbyist has warned.Charles E. Symington, Jr., told more than 500...
Jun 15 2006 // Legislation changing the uninsured mootorist law in Washington that is named in honor of accident victim Ethel Adams has taken effect.Adams was injured in an automobile accident in 2005 when her car was hit during an...
Jun 15 2006 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler levied a $100,000 fine against Apple Computer Inc. for selling service contracts from 2000 to 2004 without registering as a service contract provider. “If a consumer...
Jun 12 2006 // Spokane, Wash., Catholic Bishop William Skylstad says his own investigation found no evidence to support a woman’s claim that he sexually abused her 40 years ago.Skylstad, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic...
Jun 12 2006 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler will convene a summit on the impacts of climate change on the insurance industry and insurance consumers on Thursday, June 15 in Seattle.“Insurance is a $24 billion...
Jun 12 2006 // One out of five Washington drivers might be wasting money by purchasing the additional collision damage waiver (CDW) offered by rental car companies, according to PEMCO’s latest Northwest Insurance Poll.“Almost...
Jun 9 2006 // A Washington state trooper accused of falsely claiming 20-thousand dollars worth of workers compensation benefits has been charged in Olympia with theft and perjury.Thirty-five-year-old James A. Long of Chinook, who is...
Jun 8 2006 // A Washington gay civil rights law takes effect Wednesday, a day after foes of the measure failed to submit enough voter signatures to force a public vote this fall.The measure adds “sexual orientation” to a...
Jun 5 2006 // Boston-based insurance broker William Gallagher Associates has promoted Mary McMahon-Burke, Brian Kelleher and Diane Bradley to vice president.McMahon-Burke has 25 years experience in the insurance industry, and provides...
Jun 2 2006 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Washington/Alaska (PIA) recently held its 40th Annual Conference and Trade Show. Association members elected new officers and a board of directors.The new officers include:...
May 25 2006 // Plymouth Rock Assurance Corporation announced that John Russell has joined the firm as marketing manager and be responsible for all marketing and agency relations activities for the company in Connecticut.Russell will...
May 22 2006 // Additional InsuredsEquilon Enterprises, LLC v. Great American Alliance Insurance Company(Washington Court of Appeals, Apr. 3, 2006) (Unpublished) Ruling: A wholesale distributor of fuel had contracted with a supplier of...
May 22 2006 // Upon further review of more detailed audit information, and as a result of Skanska’s improved handling of workers’ compensation claims, the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I), Tumwater, Wash., has,...
May 22 2006 // Additional InsuredsEquilon Enterprises, LLC v. Great American Alliance Insurance Company (Washington Court of Appeals, Apr. 3, 2006) (Unpublished) Ruling: A wholesale distributor of fuel had contracted with a supplier of...
May 18 2006 // Editor’s Note, March 2009: In response to a complaint that the Insurance Journal reported only one side of the preceding story, and as a means of resolving Anthony Huff’s claims against the Insurance...
May 16 2006 // Mt. Washington Assurance Corporation announced that Richard Middleton has joined the company as its general manager. In this newly created role, he will be responsible for directing the insurer’s strategy for growth...
May 10 2006 // Upon further review of more detailed audit information, and as a result of Skanska’s improved handling of workers’ compensation claims, the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I), Tumwater, Wash., has,...
May 8 2006 // Four Riverside, Calif., residents arrested for alleged fradulent auto theft claim Three Riverside, Calif., residents have been arrested on charges that they allegedly filed a fraudulent auto theft claim on a car that was...
May 8 2006 // Four Riverside, Calif., residents arrested for alleged fradulent auto theft claimThree Riverside, Calif., residents have been arrested on charges that they allegedly filed a fraudulent auto theft claim on a car that was...
May 2 2006 // Members of the Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina traveled to Washington, DC last week for the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America’s April 26 to 28 National Legislative Conference. The...