All the headlines from our Washington Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 3 2024 // PEMCO Mutual Insurance named Calvin Strong chief claims officer.It also named Shashi Reddy chief data and analytics officer. Strong will lead the claims function at PEMCO.Strong has more than 30 years of experience in the...
Jun 3 2024 // Two Washington companies face a combined $650,000 in fines for violations in connection with a worker who died from asphyxiation after entering an apple storage facility where the oxygen had been removed from the air.The...
May 31 2024 // A Washington wage complaint investigation resulted in The Boeing Co. paying $11.5 million in unpaid wages to nearly 500 workers.The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries reports receiving four complaints in...
May 30 2024 // Insurance will be required tell policyholders why their premiums have gone up staring June 1.A new rule by Washington state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler first requires insurers to provide an answer on why premiums...
May 28 2024 // A Lynnwood, Washington, asbestos removal contractor is facing stiff fines for knowingly and repeatedly exposing employees and homeowners to extremely hazardous conditions.The Washington Department of Labor & Industries...
May 17 2024 // Two Washington companies face a combined $650,000 in fines for violations in connection with a worker who died from asphyxiation after entering an apple storage facility where the oxygen had been removed from the air.The...
May 13 2024 // The Catholic church is refusing to cooperate with a Washington state investigation into whether it unlawfully used charitable trust funds to cover up sexual abuse by priests, Attorney General Bob Ferguson said, asking a...
May 13 2024 // Forecast temperatures in Washington this week are exapted to will trigger protections designed to prevent heat-related illness in agriculture, landscaping, construction, and other outdoor jobs.The forecasted temperatures...
May 10 2024 // The Biden administration is poised to open up a new front in its effort to safeguard U.S. AI from China and Russia with preliminary plans to place guardrails around the most advanced AI models, Reuters reported on...
May 10 2024 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler issued a cease-and-desist order and fined Fred Meyer Stores Inc. $100,000 for selling insurance without state authorization.Fred Meyer stores reportedly sold the GUARD...
May 7 2024 // Bayer AG’s Monsanto unit persuaded an appeals court in Washington state to throw out a $185 million jury award to three former teachers at a Seattle-area school who blamed exposure to the firm’s toxic chemicals...
May 6 2024 // Inszone Insurance Services acquired Tri-Cities Insurance Professionals LLC, a multi-member managed broker agency in Pasco, Washington. Tri-Cities Insurance Professionals was founded by Craig Baumgartner, Gerald Tobias,...
Apr 10 2024 // It was another record-breaking year for vehicle thefts in 2023, with more than one million vehicles reported stolen – an overall increase of 1% nationwide from 2022 to 1,020,729 last year.A report from the National...
Apr 10 2024 // Boeing Co. faces a deepening crisis of confidence after an engineer at the US planemaker alleged the company took manufacturing shortcuts on its 787 Dreamliner aircraft in order to ease production bottlenecks of its most...
Apr 5 2024 // Hub International Ltd. acquired the assets of Pollock Insurance Inc. Andrea Pollock Wood, the firm’s owner, and the Pollock Insurance team, will join Hub Northwest. Pollock Insurance will be referred to as Pollock...
Apr 2 2024 // Legislation in Washington state known as the strippers’ bill of rights, which advocates say includes the most comprehensive statewide protections in the nation, was signed into law.Gov. Jay Inslee signed the measure,...
Mar 25 2024 // The Russian oil-export machine funding the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine is finally getting some grit in its gears.Indian oil refiners — Moscow’s second-biggest customers after China since the 2022 invasion —...
Mar 25 2024 // After the mountainside collapsed, obliterating a neighborhood and 43 lives in the worst landslide disaster in U.S. history in Washington, Jessica Pzsonka made a promise -– to herself, to her bereft parents and to her...
Mar 22 2024 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler fined First Premier Home Warranty Corp. $100,000 and ordered the New York-based home warranty company to stop conducting insurance business in Washington.The cease-and-desist...
Mar 20 2024 // More passengers who were aboard an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 jet when part of its fuselage blew out in January are suing — including one who says his life was saved by a seat belt.The latest lawsuit, representing seven...