All the headlines from our Washington Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 14 2010 // Economic recovery in the United States is now very dependent on the state of mind of the American public and its business leaders, according to William R. Berkley, founder, chairman and CEO of W.R. Berkley Corp.“No...
Nov 14 2010 // Voters in the state of Washington have rejected a measure to inject private insurer competition into the state’s workers’ compensation system.The insurance industry hoped to open up the state’s...
Nov 14 2010 // It’s a long way from Main Street America to Capitol Hill, a distance most small business owners prefer not to travel. But greater numbers of business owners than ever before will be packing up and moving to...
Nov 12 2010 // World leaders said they would work to tackle global economic “tensions and vulnerabilities” that have raised fears of currency wars and trade protectionism as they wrapped up a Group of 20 summit in Seoul on...
Nov 10 2010 // Washington’s Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) has announced a 12 percent average increase in workers’ compensation insurance premiums for 2011. Average premiums would go up by 6.5 cents per hour...
Nov 10 2010 // Chubb & Son announced its attorneys have filed an appeal with the Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner over enforcement action that would have prevented six of its companies from writing new policies for...
Nov 9 2010 // Washington State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has issued an order to suspend the insurance certificates of six Chubb & Son companies, effective Nov. 18, 2010. The move — which does not affect existing...
Nov 4 2010 // Republicans were not only victorious in the U.S. House but also in state houses across the country.Tuesday night’s GOP power will give the party its largest number of seats in state legislatures since the Great...
Nov 3 2010 // Voters in the state of Washington have rejected a measure to inject private insurer competition into the state’s workers’ compensation system.The insurance industry hoped to open up the state’s...
Nov 1 2010 // Economic recovery in the United States is now very dependent on the state of mind of the American public and its business leaders, according to William R. Berkley, founder, chairman and CEO of W.R. Berkley Corp.“No...
Nov 1 2010 // Economic recovery in the United States is now very dependent on the state of mind of the American public and its business leaders, according to William R. Berkley, founder, chairman and CEO of W.R. Berkley...
Nov 1 2010 // Economic recovery in the United States is now very dependent on the state of mind of the American public and its business leaders, according to William R. Berkley, founder, chairman and CEO of W.R. Berkley Corp.“No...
Oct 28 2010 // Economic recovery in the United States is now very dependent on the state of mind of the American public and its business leaders, according to William R. Berkley, founder, chairman and CEO of W.R. Berkley...
Oct 27 2010 // A seemingly dry topic that actually generates some of the most heated political battles in Washington state is on the ballot for voters this year: workers’ compensation insurance.Washington is one of four states that...
Oct 25 2010 // A recent poll shows that Washingtonians are divided over whether to open the state workers’ compensation system up to the private market. Elway Poll results indicate 31 percent of voters are in favor of passing voter...
Oct 22 2010 // Supporters of Washington’s workers’ compensation initiative 1082 have raised more than $3.3 million to try to open the state’s workers’ compensation system to the private market and eliminate the...
Oct 19 2010 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has ordered Regence BlueShield to stop illegally denying insurance to children. Last week, the company had announced it was going to stop selling insurance to...
Oct 18 2010 // The Tesoro refinery in Anacortes, Wash., will be fined a record $2.38 million for an April 2, 2010, explosion that killed seven refinery workers. The Washington Department of Labor and Industries cited the company for 39...
Oct 5 2010 // Washington state fined Tesoro Corp. $2.38 million for an April 2 blast at the company’s Anacortes refinery that killed seven workers, after a state investigation found the explosion could have been avoided.“The...
Oct 4 2010 // Washington’s Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) announced that it will propose workers’ compensation rates for 2011 in November after the results of the fall election and the outcome of Initiative...