All the headlines from our Washington Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 26 2002 // The Alliance of American Insurers is urging Washington Gov. Gary Locke (D) to sign SB 6409, which the organization believes will help reduce the rising costs of litigation faced by the state’s construction...
Mar 22 2002 // A Washington couple faces an excess of criminal charges, including the alleged falsification of payroll records to avoid paying workers’ compensation premiums, among others.Charges have been filed by Clark County...
Mar 13 2002 // The Washington State legislature has approved a bill that could lead to higher settlements in mandatory arbitration cases.The House passed Senate Bill 5373 last week, one week before the 2002 session is to adjourn, and...
Mar 8 2002 // PEMCO Insurance has launched its largest advertising campaign to date this week in a series that focuses on the merits and challenges of personal responsibility. The campaign includes television commercials, print ads,...
Mar 7 2002 // The state Senate has passed legislation restricting insurers’ use of credit-based insurance scores in Washington. House Bill 2544 passed the Senate March 4 by a 36 to 11 vote and now goes to Gov. Gary Locke, a...
Feb 21 2002 // Two measures approved over the weekend by the Washington State House and Senate restricting insurers’ use of credit scores could result in higher rates for the majority of policyholders, the American Insurance...
Feb 20 2002 // In a show of solidarity with the California Department of Insurance, the Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner has filed an amicus brief in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in support of...
Feb 11 2002 // Washington State Senate and House committees have approved bills restricting insurers’ use of credit-based insurance scores. If enacted, the law would result in increases in auto and homeowners premiums for many...
Feb 1 2002 // The Washington Department of Labor and Industries has ordered a 54-year-old Vashon man to repay workers’ compensation benefits he allegedly fraudulently collected by claiming he was injured and unable to...
Jan 30 2002 // The Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) and the Washington Restaurant Association (WRA) have launched a joint program to reduce injuries to teen workers in fast-food restaurants throughout the state.It began in...
Jan 29 2002 // In reversing a lower court ruling, the Washington State Court of Appeals has agreed that liability insurance is not designed to cover each drink served to an already intoxicated customer as a separate incident.The...
Jan 25 2002 // Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) ordered a former Yakima resident to pay back more than $209,000 for allegedly collecting workers’ compensation benefits illegally.Jesus Nunez Vargas, a...
Jan 24 2002 // According to the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII), companion bills severely restricting insurers’use of credit-based insurance scores have been introduced in the Washington State House and Senate....
Jan 17 2002 // The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries has ordered a 43-year-old Wisconsin woman to repay the state $52,182 after an investigation showed she continued to collect workers’ compensation widow’s...
Jan 11 2002 // Continuing a trend begun almost 10 years ago, Washington workers suffered slightly fewer injuries and illnesses in 2000 than they did the previous year, according to survey results released by the Washington Department of...
Jan 8 2002 // According to a Jan. 7 Los Angeles Times article, California has refused to allow insurers to adopt terrorism exclusion language, a move which has already been by approximately 20 other states in the wake of Sept. 11.The...
Dec 31 2001 // In the largest fraud order ever issued against an individual, the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries has ordered a 52-year-old Minnesota woman to repay the state $434,851 after an investigation determined...
Dec 28 2001 // Producers in 11 eastern Washington counties have until Jan. 31 to take advantage of a new insurance product that allows them to protect the gross revenue of their farms.The Adjusted Gross Revenue insurance plan is being...
Dec 24 2001 // In what became one of the most significant, traumatic and challenging years in U.S. history, the insurance industry, along with the rest of the nation, has had to come to terms with the terrorist attacks perpetrated...
Dec 14 2001 // Nearly 800 independent insurance agents and brokers will come together in the nation’s capital April 10-12 for the 26th Annual Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) National Legislative Conference.The 2002...