All the headlines from our Washington Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 12 2020 // DOXA Insurance Holdings LLC has acquired Bellevue, Wash.-based Ultra Risk Advisors. Ultra Risk Advisors will continue operating as Ultra from its home office in Bellevue, WA, with satellite offices in Chicago, Atlanta,...
Feb 11 2020 // Mount Rainier National Park was hit by flooding and landslides that closed all roads to the park and damaged roads, trails and buildings. The damage throughout the park is expected to be revealed as extensive as...
Feb 11 2020 // Byron Mounce, of Puyallup, Wash., pleaded guilty in Pierce County Superior Court to one count of third-degree theft after an investigation showed it was trying to defraud his auto insurer.An investigation by Washington...
Feb 7 2020 // CBIZ Inc., a provider of financial, insurance and advisory services, has acquired substantially all of the assets of Alliance Insurance Services Inc. (AIS) of Washington, D.C., effective February 1, 2020. With roots dating...
Feb 6 2020 // Dale Maki, of Usk, Wash., was charged in Pend Oreille Superior Court with one count of false claims or proof in connection with a phantom auto theft claim.Maki was charged after an investigation by Insurance Commissioner...
Feb 5 2020 // Rebecca Tabares Garza, of Yakima, Wash., pleaded guilty in Yakima County Superior Court to first-degree theft and filing a false insurance claim for 27 injuries she said occurred to herself and her family.Garza was...
Feb 5 2020 // A Washington man caught doing a roofing job while claiming he was too disabled to work must repay the state more than $25,000.José Guadalupe Sanchez, 50, pleaded guilty in Pierce County Superior Court to third-degree...
Jan 31 2020 // Edward J. Chadwick, of Yakima, Wash., was charged this week with first-degree theft in Spokane County Superior Court.Chadwick was an insurance producer and owned an insurance agency called Kelt, primarily selling insurance...
Jan 31 2020 // Seattle Public Schools in Washington has agreed to pay almost half a million dollars to resolve a claim involving a former student who said he was hospitalized after his elementary school released him to the wrong parent...
Jan 31 2020 // A reportedly unsafe blasting operation in Spokane, Wash., that put workers and the public at risk has resulted in an Idaho-based drilling company losing its license to perform similar work in Washington.The Washington...
Jan 30 2020 // An internet privacy firm says it was able to access private personal information of more than 30,000 medical marijuana patients, recreational pot customers or dispensary employees in several states.The privacy firm was...
Jan 28 2020 // Alera Group has acquired Muench Financial Inc. in Seattle, Wash. Muench Financial joins Alera Group through Wilson Albers. The Muench Financial team will operate out of Alera Group’s Seattle office. Terms of the deal...
Jan 24 2020 // Uber Technologies Inc. will put self-driving vehicles on Washington, D.C. roads Friday with human drivers in control, the ride share company said on Thursday, as it seeks to collect data for future deployment of fully...
Jan 21 2020 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler issued a fine of $950,000 against ACE American Insurance Co. and Indemnity Insurance Co. of North America for reportedly overcharging 18,000 Washington consumers for nearly...
Jan 21 2020 // USG Insurance Services Inc. has named John Gurkin a producer/broker in commercial lines in Seattle, Wash. Gurkin will continue to build his agency relationships, as well as expanding USG’s national network. Gurkin...
Jan 14 2020 // Three people were charged in King County Superior Court in connection to two separate auto insurance fraud cases after investigations by Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s Criminal Investigations...
Jan 10 2020 // The leader of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said the powerful business group will fight to reverse liberal policies being pushed in the states and by some Democratic candidates for president.“We will lead the...
Jan 8 2020 // A team of lawyers filed a lawsuit this week in federal court in Washington, D.C., seeking to establish the nation’s capital as a venue for men across the U.S. to sue the Boy Scouts of America for allegedly failing to...
Jan 6 2020 // A roofing company in Snohomish, Wash. is facing large fines from the state for multiple worker safety hazards and their violations at three different jobsites.After receiving calls from concerned neighbors, the Department...
Dec 31 2019 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has ordered the captive insurers for two giant corporations to stop insuring risk in the state, adding to a large list of big companies whose captives have been fined by the...