Latest Hawaii Headlines
All the headlines from our Hawaii Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jury Awards $700K to Man in Case Against Hawaii Hospital
Apr 1 2019 // A federal jury awarded more than $700,000 in damages to a Hawaii man who sued a hospital, saying staff injected him against his will with anti-psychotic drugs that left him incapacitated for months. A jury in U.S. District...
Rental Vacation Home Owners in Hawaii Sued over Fines
Feb 20 2019 // Kauai officials are suing the owners of a vacation home, claiming they are violating county zoning ordinances for using the property as a short-term rental. The Garden Island reports the Kauai County Planning Department...
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case That Could Limit Clean Water Act
Feb 19 2019 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to consider limiting the scope of a landmark law aimed at curbing water pollution in a dispute pitting environmentalists against local authorities in Hawaii over a wastewater...
Hawaii Drunken Driving Bill Would Prohibit Alcohol Purchase for 3 Years
Feb 12 2019 // Hawaii lawmakers have advanced a measure that would allow judges to prohibit people convicted of drunken driving from purchasing or publicly consuming alcohol for three years after their conviction. The measure, introduced...
Lee Appointed VP, Commercial Lines at Island Insurance in Hawaii
Feb 6 2019 // Island Insurance, a Honolulu, Hawaii-based property and casualty (P/C) insurance carrier, appointed Daniel Lee as vice president, Commercial Lines. Lee will oversee Island’s commercial insurance division, which...
Suit Says Lloyd’s “Steered” Hawaii Homeowners, Many Were Left with Lava Exclusions
Jan 11 2019 // A federal class action lawsuit alleges that Lloyd’s of London and its affiliated insurance brokers “steered” Hawaiian homeowners throughout the state away from comprehensive home insurance coverage...
Island Insurance Board in Hawaii Names Ament President
Jan 3 2019 // Island Insurance Cos. in Hawaii has promoted Beverly Ament to president. She succeeds John Schapperle, who will continue as CEO. Ament first joined Island Insurance in 1988, and formerly served as executive vice president...
Insurance Journal West’s Top Stories for 2018: California Commissioner Race, Hawaii Lava, Wildfire Losses
Dec 31 2018 // Another year down, and too many fascinating news headlines to count. Hawaii’s lava, the race for California insurance commissioner, and a $23 million ruling in a lawsuit against Geico were among the most popular...
$1M Settlement in Man’s Traffic Death in Hawaii
Dec 27 2018 // Kauai officials have agreed to pay $1 million to the family of a man who died after being hit by a police cruiser. The Garden Island reports the family of 19-year-old Michael Kocher Jr. reached a settlement with Kauai...
Special Report: The Industry Industry Gives Back
Dec 14 2018 // Safety National Safety National proudly supports Variety the Children’s Charity of St. Louis, an organization that has been helping children with physical and developmental disabilities for more than 80 years. In...
Hawaii’s Big Island Gets $10M for Lava Recovery
Dec 3 2018 // Hawaii is giving a $10 million grant to the Big Island to help jump-start recovery efforts following the Kilauea volcano eruption. The Hawaii County Council adopted a resolution in November to accept the funding, the...
Hawaii’s Big Island Gets $10M For Lava Recovery
Nov 27 2018 // Hawaii is giving a $10 million grant to the Big Island to help jump-start recovery efforts following the Kilauea volcano eruption. The Hawaii County Council adopted a resolution last week to accept the funding, the Hawaii...
Hawaii Honeymooners Sue Over Hotel Workers Strike
Nov 14 2018 // A North Carolina couple has filed a class-action lawsuit saying they should have been warned about a Hawaii hotel workers’ strike before their honeymoon. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Dr. Ovais Inamullah and...
Texas Pilot Who Crashed Plane for Insurance Sentenced to Prison
Nov 5 2018 // A 33-year-old pilot, formerly of Kemah, Texas, was sentenced in early October to more than five years in prison and ordered to repay nearly $1 million in an insurance fraud-related case. Theodore Robert Wright III...
Hawaii Private School Pays $65M to Sex Abuse Victims
Oct 26 2018 // A private school system in Hawaii has paid $65 million to 32 people who sued the institution for the sexual abuse perpetrated decades ago by a psychiatric consultant. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported the payment...
Farmers in Hawaii Lost $28M Because of Volcano
Oct 23 2018 // A survey of Big Island farmers has found that they suffered nearly $28 million in damages because of the months-long eruption earlier this year of the Kilauea volcano, the Hawaii Tribune Herald reported. The survey of 46...
Hawaii Panel Advances Vacation Rental Regulations
Oct 19 2018 // A Big Island panel has advanced a measure that would prohibit short-term vacation rentals in residential and agricultural zones. The Hawaii County Council Planning Committee approved the measure’s fifth draft this...
Texas Pilot Who Crashed Plane for Insurance Sentenced to Prison for Fraud Scheme
Oct 17 2018 // A 33-year-old pilot, formerly of Kemah, Texas, was sentenced in early October to more than five years in prison and ordered to repay nearly $1 million in an insurance fraud-related case. Theodore Robert Wright III...
Kurata Named Hawaii’s Captive Insurance Administrator
Oct 16 2018 // Hawaii Insurance Commissioner Gordon Ito has appointed Andrew Kurata deputy commissioner and captive insurance administrator for the department of commerce and consumer affairs insurance division. Kurata previously held...
Big Increase in Pedestrian Fatalities in Hawaii
Sep 19 2018 // The state Department of Transportation says pedestrian fatalities have increased by 525 percent from the same time last year. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported 25 pedestrians have died as of Sept. 13 this year compared...
