All the headlines from our Washington Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 16 2004 // The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today that President Bush ordered the release of federal disaster funds and emergency resources for...
Sep 15 2004 // A 61-year-old Gig Harbor woman has been ordered to repay $46,039 after an investigation by the Washington Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) determined that she had collected workers’ compensation benefits...
Sep 14 2004 // Three years after it launched an initiative to level the playing field among employers in the construction industry, the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) has seen a dramatic increase in the amount of unpaid...
Sep 9 2004 // Workers’ compensation premiums would increase an average of only 3.7 percent next year under a proposal issued by the Washington Department of Labor and Industries (L&I). The increase is the lowest in three...
Sep 2 2004 // Members of the Arson Task Force are investigating a Fairfax County house fire to see if it was the work of the Washington region’s serial arsonist.Firefighters were called to a single family home in the...
Sep 1 2004 // Frustrated by the lack of action on meaningful medical liability reform, physicians today launched an initiative campaign designed to break the gridlock in Olympia over sensible reform of medical liability laws.Doctors for...
Sep 1 2004 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) has launched a new Web site, www.stateelections2004.com, to help provide insurance professionals with information about this fall’s state elections.The...
Aug 26 2004 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) has announced its 109th Annual Convention, to be held on Sept. 19-22, 2004, at the Hilton Washington.The convention, expected to attract more than 1,600...
Aug 4 2004 // The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of Washington will hold its annual conference Sept. 30 – Oct. 2, 2004 at The Davenport Hotel in Spokane, Washington.The conference theme, “Making a...
Aug 3 2004 // Police closed several streets in midtown Manhattan and banned trucks from bridges and tunnels leading to the city’s financial district Monday, Aug. 2, following a government warning that terrorists were planning to...
Jul 19 2004 // It may have seemed like the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Louisiana (IIABL) were just out for fun in the sun when they met in Destin, Fla. last month for their 102nd annual convention. In reality, this...
Jul 8 2004 // James Brache has joined the Zurich business unit providing insurance and risk management solutions in emerging markets as an underwriter. A provider of political risk and medium-term trade credit insurance, Zurich develops...
Jul 5 2004 // Chairman Tim Hegarty Explains How His Trade Group Serves Big and Small AlikeWhat happens when you put giants like State Farm, AIG, Nationwide and Liberty Mutual in a room with tiny farm mutuals like Husbandsmans Mutual,...
Jun 21 2004 // Providence Washington Insurance Companies is shutting down after more than two centuries, a victim of financial losses, an inability to raise capital and failure to find a buyer. The Providence, R.I.-based company’s...
Jun 9 2004 // Anti-fraud legislation passed in March takes effect Thursday, June 10, giving the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) broad new authority to combat fraud and abuse of the workers’ compensation insurance...
Jun 7 2004 // They may not think it’s safe, but most Washington drivers admit to keeping one eye and one hand on a meal while driving, according to a recently released PEMCO Insurance poll on driver distraction.Eating a meal...
Jun 4 2004 // OneBeacon Insurance Group in Boston, a wholly owned subsidiary of White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd., has entered into a renewal rights agreement with Providence Washington Insurance Companies that will transfer...
Jun 1 2004 // Providence Washington Insurance Companies is shutting down after more than two centuries, a victim of financial losses, an inability to raise capital and failure to find a buyer.The Providence, R.I.-based company’s...
May 10 2004 // They may not think it’s safe, but most Washington drivers admit to keeping one eye and one hand on a meal while driving, according to a PEMCO Insurance poll on driver distraction released today.Eating a meal turned...
Apr 19 2004 // They will descend on Washington, D.C. from all corners of the country.No, not John Kerry’s supporters or those looking to oust the current President, but independent insurance agents, who will gather for the the...