All the headlines from our Washington Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 21 2005 // Industry Gets Victory on Class Action but Reason to Worry Over TRIA ….Eliot who? The name Eliot Spitzer that is on the lips of every insurance broker was never spoken during a recent gathering of insurance brokers...
Feb 21 2005 // Broker disclosure, medical malpractice reform and credit scoring dominated the discussions at the Washington All Insurance Industry Day at the Capital held Feb. 10. Over 170 independent agents gathered to learn about...
Feb 21 2005 // Even though his files have been stored in the department’s archives since the case was transferred to federal investigators more than a year ago, Ted Bader still keeps tabs on Michael Napadow and Nations Hazard...
Feb 18 2005 // Seattle-based Safeco’s board of directors has appointed former Washington State Governor Gary Locke as director, effective immediately. Gov. Locke will be included with the class of directors standing for election at...
Feb 16 2005 // A proposed law to restrict the use of credit-based insurance scores under consideration by the Washington Legislature is premature and could raise premiums for Washington insurance consumers, according to the American...
Feb 7 2005 // Southwestern Utah has not been declared a federal disaster area despite more than $150 million in damages caused by flooding in mid-January. St. George and the surrounding areas in Washington County were the hardest hit...
Feb 4 2005 // Former insurance studies research fellow and strategic public affairs counsel, Robert Detlefsen, Ph.D., has joined the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) as director of public policy.Detlefsen will...
Jan 19 2005 // Neither of the two medical malpractice reform initiatives presented to the Legislature this year stands much chance of passing.“Very unlikely,” said Sen. Karen Keiser, D-Des Moines, chairwoman of the Senate...
Jan 17 2005 // As supporters of two radically different medical malpractice initiatives present their proposals at a Monday legislative hearing, state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is touting new numbers that suggest the crisis...
Jan 14 2005 // On Feb. 10, the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of Washington, PIA, IBA West, Surplus Lines Association of Washington, WA Council of NAIW, Tacoma Pierce County Insurance Women, Greater Seattle Insurance...
Jan 11 2005 // U.S.I. Holdings Corporation announced its intent to acquire Falls Church, Virginia-based Patterson/Smith Associates.Patterson Smith is expected to contribute approximately $11 million of revenues to USI on an annual basis....
Dec 31 2004 // Just as the disaster that struck 12 countries around the Indian Ocean was unprecedented, so too has been the response from around the world to the calls for help.Private citizens, companies and the World Bank have already...
Dec 30 2004 // As the scope of the disaster that struck 11 countries in the Indian Ocean continues to emerge, the world’s nations are beginning to gear up for what will undoubtedly be the largest collective relief effort ever...
Dec 30 2004 // A new rate-comparison study shows that workers’ compensation rates in Washington remain among the lowest in the nation.The 2004 “Workers’ Compensation Premium Rate Ranking” study by the Oregon...
Dec 20 2004 // The Wharton School professor argued that insurance companies are not “girly men” when it comes to providing coverage for extreme risks such as hurricanes and terror attacks. It’s the federal...
Dec 17 2004 // The Wharton School professor argued that insurance companies are not “girly men” when it comes to providing coverage for extreme risks such as hurricanes and terror attacks. It’s the federal...
Dec 15 2004 // A Washington state man was ordered Monday to stop selling what officials characterized as phony insurance in Montana.Dr. Rev. Joseph-Michael Gardinier, of Puyallup, Wash., had no certificate of authority from Montana to...
Dec 7 2004 // Sandy, Utah-based Prime Insurance Syndicate Inc. announced that it has received approval to write surplus lines insurance business in the state of Washington effective as of Nov. 1, 2004. Prime, which offers solutions for...
Dec 6 2004 // Camilla A. Marlowe was appointed vice president of Irvine, Calif.-based SullivanCurt-isMonroe Insurance Brokerage. Marlowe specializes in employee benefits consulting. She has 23 years of experience in the insurance...
Dec 3 2004 // Led by a father whose baby was badly injured during a botched delivery, a coalition of activists, labor leaders and lawyers has submitted about 200,000 signatures for an initiative to the Washington Legislature aimed at...