All the headlines from our Washington Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 18 2024 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler fined Molina Healthcare of Washington $100,000 on Tuesday for errors in the company’s enrollment and billing system.Kreidler’s office opened a review of...
Mar 18 2024 // Teens working at Sky Zone trampoline park in Vancouver, Washington, did not receive meal breaks, and worked more hours than the law allows during school times, an investigation by the Washington State Department of Labor...
Mar 8 2024 // Washington state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler fined insurers and producers $66,328 in January and February.Kreidler’s fines in January included New York Life Insurance Co. to the tune of $46,328 for failing...
Mar 6 2024 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler on Wednesday sent a letter to insurers urging them to consider loosening personal property claim filing requirements for victims of last summer’s Spokane County...
Feb 27 2024 // The US Federal Trade Commission, eight states and Washington DC sued to block Kroger Co.’s $24.6 billion acquisition of Albertsons Cos. Monday, arguing the tie-up would lead to lower wages for workers and higher...
Feb 27 2024 // Teens working at Sky Zone trampoline park in Vancouver, Washington, did not receive meal breaks, and worked more hours than the law allows during school times, an investigation by the Washington State Department of Labor...
Feb 7 2024 // Pennsylvania’s court system is in a “virtual battle with an unknown opponent” that attacked and shut down key portions of the courts’ online services last Sunday and then again on Tuesday after they...
Feb 6 2024 // Pennsylvania’s court system was hit with a cyberattack on Sunday that shut down access to key online services including those used to file documents with appellate courts and guardianship reports, as well as to view...
Feb 5 2024 // Arthur J. Gallagher, Hughes InsuranceArthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired the Queensbury, New York-based independent insurance agency, Hughes Insurance Agency Inc. From its headquarters in Queensbury and an office in...
Feb 2 2024 // A Selah, Washington man pled guilty to first-degree theft and money laundering after an investigation by Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s Criminal Investigation Unit.Jason Eaton was sentenced to 60 days of...
Feb 1 2024 // Two Pennsylvania county governments — Bucks and Washington— reported some progress this week restoring computer systems and overcoming the effects of cyber incidents.But both still have work to do to return to...
Jan 26 2024 // A 16-year-old boy was using a walk-behind trencher on a job site in La Center, Washington to dig a channel for fence posts over the summer when he was dragged underneath the blade, causing injuries so severe that he lost...
Jan 22 2024 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler issued several fines for insurers, agents and entities in December, including ordering Zion Health to stop selling insurance illegally in Washington, fining the company...
Jan 18 2024 // Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson sued to block the proposed merger of Kroger and Albertsons, two of the nation’s largest grocery chains.In the suit filed in King County Superior Court, Ferguson argued...
Jan 11 2024 // A blizzard pounded mountainous areas of Oregon and Washington on Tuesday, knocking out power and prompting the closure of highways and ski resorts.The Washington Department of Transportation closed two mountain passes:...
Jan 11 2024 // War over Taiwan would have a cost in blood and treasure so vast that even those unhappiest with the status quo have reason not to risk it. Bloomberg Economics estimate the price tag at around $10 trillion, equal to about...
Jan 11 2024 // AM Best has revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of “a-” (Excellent) of Mutual of Enumclaw Insurance...
Jan 10 2024 // California ranks fourth for high business startup and maintenance costs, following No. 1 ranked New York as as the most expensive state for entrepreneurs, with high commercial rent costs, weekly wages, and LLC filing...
Jan 9 2024 // A top federal transportation safety official on Thursday harshly criticized Washington’s regional transit agency, saying a “poor safety culture” led to an October 2021 derailment that caused hundreds of...
Jan 5 2024 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler issued several fines for insurers, agents and entities in December, including ordering Zion Health to stop selling insurance illegally in Washington, fining the company...