All the headlines from our Washington Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 11 2016 // R-T Specialty LLC (RT Specialty), the wholesale brokerage unit of Ryan Specialty Group LLC, has acquired the assets of Countrywide Brokerage, a wholesale insurance brokerage operation based in Edmonds, Wash.Established in...
Jan 11 2016 // Welcome to Insurance Journal‘s 2016 Insurance Industry Meetings and Conventions Directory. The information in this directory is taken from a larger database containing additional information on these and other...
Jan 8 2016 // Washington farmers have lost at least $336 million due to the ongoing drought, a figure that is likely to climb as more information becomes available.The Capital Press reported that a state Department of Agriculture report...
Jan 7 2016 // A pet toy company that designed a line of products after the “Angry Birds” video game characters has settled a lawsuit brought by a Seattle, Wash. artist.The artist, Juli Adams, said she came up with the idea...
Dec 31 2015 // A moderate earthquake shook an inland area of Southern California near San Bernardino on Tuesday night, giving a start to thousands across a heavily populated area with more than one person comparing it to a rumbling big...
Dec 21 2015 // The average base rate Washington businesses pay for workers’ compensation insurance will increase by 2 percent in 2016, the state Department of Labor & Industries announced.L&I uses wage inflation as a...
Dec 18 2015 // Tacoma, Wash.-based Propel Insurance announced that Carl Swan has joined the firm’s national senior living practice as a sales executive. Swan comes with significant experience within the industry, having spent the...
Dec 17 2015 // Alper Services LLC, based in Chicago, has hired Debra Van Winkle as a senior account manager in the Employee Benefits Division and Craig Washington as a senior claims administrator in the Claims Management Services...
Dec 16 2015 // A settlement of nearly $60 million has been reached for people who suffered damages as the result of a 2012 blaze near Cle Elum, Wash. lawyers said Monday.Rod Nelson with Abeyta Nelson law firm said in a release that the...
Dec 7 2015 // A federal jury in Seattle, Wash., has awarded $21.5 million in damages to an Illinois man who was injured by an automatic sliding-glass door on a cruise ship in 2011.The verdict included $16.5 million in punitive damages....
Dec 4 2015 // The investigation into the death of a Mabton, Wash. dairy worker who drowned in a manure pit shows the man had drugs in his system.Randy Vasquez drowned March 4 in a manure storage lagoon at Riverview Ranch. The dairy was...
Dec 2 2015 // The average base rate Washington businesses pay for workers’ compensation insurance will increase by 2 percent in 2016, the state Department of Labor & Industries announced.L&I uses wage inflation as a...
Nov 29 2015 // The U.S. is set to become the first nation to decide whether it’s safe to operate nuclear power plants for 80 years, twice as long as initially allowed.The majority of the nation’s 99 reactors have already...
Nov 18 2015 // A Snohomish County Public Utility District employee who alerted the Washington utility board to no-bid contracts given to a former employee says he has been harassed and suffered retaliation since reporting the...
Nov 16 2015 // A Seattle, Wash. jury has found of Ernst & Young liable for half of more than $20 million lost by a Washington investment company in the wake of Bernie Madoff’s multi-decade investment scam. FutureSelect...
Nov 13 2015 // A federal jury in Seattle, Wash. awarded $21.5 million in damages to an Illinois man who was injured by an automatic sliding-glass door on a cruise ship in 2011.The verdict included $16.5 million in punitive damages. James...
Nov 12 2015 // The year is 2026. Flooding, worsened by climate change, has devastated Bangladesh and driven millions of hungry refugees to its border with India. Worried about unrest and disease, India asks other nations for help.The...
Nov 5 2015 // Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Spokane, Wash.-based Employee Benefits Group Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. EBG specializes in providing employee benefits to mid-size and large companies with...
Nov 2 2015 // Fantasy-sports gaming site FanDuel Inc. was sued by Washington Redskins football player Pierre Garcon over the use of his name and image, which he claims was done without his permission.The site, where people bet on the...
Oct 30 2015 // The U.S. Small Business Administration is offering low-interest disaster loans to Washington businesses, nonprofits and residents affected by the wildfires.The federal agency has declared its own disaster declaration to...