All the headlines from our Washington Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 3 2005 // To combat fraud and protect workers from serious injury and death, the Washington Department of Labor and Industries has cited a Tacoma roofing contractor for workers’ compensation fraud and multiple safety...
Sep 19 2005 // Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries has proposed increasing hourly workers’ comp rates by an average of 3.8 percent in 2006. If adopted, the higher premiums would cover anticipated increases in the...
Sep 19 2005 // UTAHUTAH SUPREME COURT RULES WCF ASSETS NOT OWNED BY STATE: The Utah Supreme Court has declared that Workers Com-pensation Fund’s assets are owned by policyholders, not the state. The ruling in favor of WCF settles...
Sep 19 2005 // Two attorneys pleaded guilty in connection with a Southern California insurance fraud ring that allegedly staged vehicle collisions and filed false insurance company claims, according to state officials.Curtis Mitchell...
Sep 15 2005 // Independent Insurance Agents in New Mexico and Washington state were recognized for their outstanding commitment to education as the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America presented the three state...
Sep 9 2005 // Tracy Lee Owens of Sedro Woolley, Wash., has been sentenced to state prison for illegally collecting workers’ compensation wage-replacement benefits while working at another job.Owens, 42, was caught by Department of...
Sep 6 2005 // Quirk & Company announces the opening of a Pacific Northwest branch, with the addition of Robert Hope as senior vice president, and Merry Palmer as senior account executive. The physical office will be on Bainbridge...
Sep 1 2005 // Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries proposed increasing hourly workers’ compensation insurance rates by an average of 3.8 percent in 2006. If adopted, the higher premiums would cover anticipated...
Aug 24 2005 // Insurers may now reportedly save time by submitting new appointments and terminations for current Washington OIC agents through the National Insurance Producer Registry (NIPR) Gateway.To learn how NIPR works and to review...
Aug 15 2005 // A public interest lawyer has charged Republican Douglas Forrester with intentionally skirting New Jersey law by licensing an insurance company out-of-state and using the shell operation to illegally funnel millions in...
Aug 15 2005 // New York would join a growing list of states to repeal laws allowing insurance carriers to deny payment of medical bills for people injured while driving drunk under a measure sent to Gov. George Pataki.Under current state...
Aug 13 2005 // While temperatures fell Friday and the humidity rose, that was about the only good news for folks and firefighters in southeastern Washington State, as a nearly 50,000-acre wildfire continued to blaze. More than 100 homes...
Aug 8 2005 // Auto injury claimants from four states seek different types of medical treatment, even though they report similar injuries, according to a study of insurance claims by the Insurance Research Council. The study examined...
Aug 2 2005 // NCRIC Group Inc. and ProAssurance Corporation jointly announced that NCRIC’s shareholders have approved NCRIC’s merger into ProAssurance. The approval came at Tuesday’s special meeting of shareholders in...
Jul 28 2005 // At a time when Washington, D.C. is grappling with rising health care costs and striving to further improve education and public safety, America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) is launching an ad campaign designed to...
Jul 25 2005 // Two attorneys pleaded guilty Friday in connection with a Southern California insurance fraud ring that allegedly staged vehicle collisions and filed false insurance company claims, officials said.Curtis Mitchell Shaw, 61,...
Jul 20 2005 // In a combined effort to combat fraud and protect workers from serious injury and death, the Washington Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) has cited a Tacoma roofing contractor for workers’ compensation...
Jul 19 2005 // Independent agents of Mt. Washington Assurance Corporation can now use the Web-based ISO HomeValue to estimate the costs associated with rebuilding structures in the event of a total loss.Developed by ISO subsidiary AIR...
Jul 18 2005 // WASH. WORK COMP BENEFITS SEE INCREASE OF 0.6%: Workers currently receiving Washington workers’ compensation time-loss or pension benefits will receive a 0.6 percent cost-of-living increase effective immediately....
Jul 18 2005 // Insurance companies for northern Idaho grass farmers have agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by area residents over pollution from growers’ annual field burning.The amount of the settlement hasn’t...