All the headlines from our Washington Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 26 2003 // Workers currently receiving Washington workers’ compensation time-loss or pension benefits will receive a 1.9 percent cost-of-living increase on July 1, 2003.The new maximum monthly benefit will be $3,794, which is...
May 30 2003 // Reformed state regulation of insurance is the most desirable course for the future according to a National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) speaker at a media briefing on “An Optional Federal...
May 29 2003 // The Wash. Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) has ordered an Arlington man to repay $27,814 after an investigation showed he reportedly collected workers’ compensation benefits illegally.The state agency...
May 21 2003 // Metaserver, Inc., a developer of Business Process Integration (BPI) software, based in New Haven CN, announced that the Providence Washington Insurance Company has chosen to expand its present investment and implementation...
May 16 2003 // A Redmond, Wash. woman filed a bad faith lawsuit against Farmers Insurance Company of Washington (Farmers) accusing the company of systematically using a computer program called “Colossus” to provide an...
May 9 2003 // Washington consumers of dental insurance plans should stay away from Benefit Plans of America, Inc. as sold by Daniel A. White, according to Washington’s Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC). The office has...
May 2 2003 // A Washington state resident insurance agent and/or broker who is unable to comply with the license renewal procedures due to activation to military service may request a waiver for the 32 hours of continuing education...
May 1 2003 // Washington taxpayers and the State Fund will get significant financial relief from the federal government in the event of an act of terrorism that results in catastrophic losses to the workers’ compensation system....
Apr 21 2003 // Some might say the only way to get recognized in Washington, D.C. is to scale the White House fence. Believe me, after seeing the security there on my recent trip, no one is going to just walk up to the front door and...
Apr 21 2003 // Some might say the only way to get recognized in Washington, D.C. is to scale the White House fence. Believe me, after seeing the security there on my recent trip, no one is going to just walk up to the front door and...
Apr 15 2003 // The increasing use of credit scoring by insurers in underwriting and rating personal lines of insurance has reportedly brought on increased interest, oversight and even some action by insurance regulators and state...
Apr 8 2003 // Judy Schurke has been appointed deputy director for operations at the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, L&I director Paul Trause announced.Schurke will direct the agency’s efforts in...
Apr 2 2003 // Washington, D.C. – With 70 degree weather and cherry blossoms in full bloom as the backdrop, agents and brokers arrived Wednesday to kick-off the 27th Annual IIABA National Legislative Conference.The four-day event...
Mar 25 2003 // Washington taxpayers and the State Fund will get significant financial relief from the federal government in the event of an act of terrorism that results in catastrophic losses to the workers’ compensation...
Mar 24 2003 // They’re baaack. High-flying medical malpractice liability claims losses, that is. The availability crisis of the 1970s and the affordability crisis of the 1980s may be nothing compared to the crisis insurers and...
Mar 14 2003 // Standard & Poor’s has assigned its ‘R’ financial strength rating to Washington Casualty Co. upon its placement into receivership by Thurston County Superior Court.“This rating action follows...
Mar 7 2003 // Kevin B. Hutchinson, CIC, CRM , a producer with C. J. Thomas Company in St. Louis, is the inaugural recipient of the Maurice Herndon scholarship established by the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America...
Mar 4 2003 // An Ohio Civil Rights Commission (OCRC) housing conference will host several panel discussions about the impact of insurance scoring on access to homeownership in the state.Three sessions dealing with different issues...
Feb 24 2003 // They’re baaack. High-flying medical malpractice liability claims losses, that is. The availability crisis of the 1970s and the affordability crisis of the 1980s may be nothing compared to the crisis insurers and...
Feb 21 2003 // Sen. Bill Frist, M.D. (R-Tenn.), the majority leader of the U.S. Senate, will be a keynote speaker at the 27th Annual National Legislative Conference of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) in...