Latest Hawaii Headlines
All the headlines from our Hawaii Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Hawaii Restores Coverage for Construction Defect Claims
Aug 1 2011 // Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie has signed legislation its supporters hope will restore coverage for construction defect claims under a commercial general liability (CGL) policy that was called into question by a 2010 court...
Hawaii Blowhole Death Raises Liability Questions
Jul 19 2011 // The fiancee of the Northern California man who was sucked into a blowhole to his apparent death said there should have been signs warning people of the dangers of the geyser-like creation along a rugged stretch of the Maui...
Hawaii Regulator Orders Homeowners Insurers to File New Rates
Jul 18 2011 // Hawaii Insurance Commissioner Gordon I. Ito has ordered all homeowner insurers to submit new rate filings after a Insurance Division review found that rates were “excessive” when compared to National...
Florida, Mississippi, Hawaii in Surplus Lines Pact
Jul 4 2011 // Florida, Mississippi and Hawaii have entered into an agreement that will allow them to keep millions of dollars in taxes on surplus lines insurance policies. The agreement was the result of federal legislation – the...
Hawaii Regulator Orders Homeowners Insurers to File New Rates
Jul 1 2011 // Hawaii Insurance Commissioner Gordon I. Ito has ordered all homeowner insurers to submit new rate filings after a Insurance Division review found that rates were “excessive” when compared to National...
Florida, Mississippi, Hawaii Sign Surplus Lines Tax Agreement
Jun 20 2011 // Florida, Mississippi and Hawaii have entered into an agreement that will allow them to keep millions of dollars in taxes on surplus lines insurance policies. The agreement was the result of federal legislation — the...
FEMA Tallies Hawaii Damage from Japan Tsunami at $6.2 Million
Jun 14 2011 // Federal aid has been approved for those in Hawaii affected by tsunami waves from the March earthquake in Japan. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported that so far the U.S. Small Business Administration has approved 14...
Ratings Roundup: Park, Farmers of Salem, Auto-Owners, DTRIC
Jun 10 2011 // A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating to ‘C++’ (Marginal) from ‘B-‘ (Fair) and issuer credit rating to “b” from “bb-” of New York’s Park Insurance...
Hawaii Gov. Authorizes Raid of Hurricane Relief Fund
Jun 1 2011 // Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie has signed legislation appropriating $42 million from the state’s Hurricane Reserve Trust Fund to the General Fund to help balance the state budget for fiscal year 2011, which ends June...
More Details Released on Hawaii Fireworks Blast
Apr 15 2011 // The Honolulu, Hawaii, medical examiner’s office said that three of the victims in an underground fireworks blast last week suffered carbon monoxide inhalation before dying. A spokeswoman for the medical...
Hawaii Workplace Safety Regulator Looks Into Fireworks Blast
Apr 13 2011 // Hawaii’s workplace safety regulator has launched an investigation into the company responsible for the fireworks that exploded in a storage facility last week to determine if it has any record of violating safety...
Hawaii Journalist Shield Law Extension Advances
Apr 12 2011 // A Hawaii law protecting journalists from having to reveal anonymous sources and private notes is moving toward being renewed before it expires. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 5-0 on to extend the protection for two...
Death Toll Hits 5 in Hawaii Fireworks Bunker Blast
Apr 11 2011 // The death toll from an explosion at a fireworks storage site in Hawaii rose to five after a bomb squad recovered the bodies of two missing men, officials said. The blast near the Waikele Business Center at a former...
Heading to Hawaii
Apr 4 2011 // GeoVera Insurance Co. has launched a residential windstorm-hurricane insurance product in Hawaii. The policy will insure residential properties against the single peril of windstorm during a hurricane. GeoVera is...
My New Markets
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Hawaii May Drain Hurricane Funds
Mar 29 2011 // Hawaii is running out of time to find an estimated $232 million needed to balance the budget over the next three months, leading Gov. Neil Abercrombie’s administration to consider emptying the state’s hurricane...
My New Markets
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U.S. Western Tsunami Losses Climb
Mar 16 2011 // As states in the West clean up tsunami damage, loss estimates are climbing, according to local officials. In Hawaii, the estimate — tallied by Gov. Neil Abercrombie’s office to be in the millions — combines...
GeoVera Insurance Launches Hurricane Product in Hawaii
Mar 15 2011 // GeoVera Insurance Co. has launched a residential windstorm-hurricane insurance product in Hawaii. The policy will insure residential properties against the single peril of windstorm during a hurricane. GeoVera is...
Tsunami Damage on Western Coasts Minimal
Mar 11 2011 // The Pacific Warning Tsunami Center said waves that reached Hawaii — up to 7 feet high on Maui — as a result of the 8.9 magnitude earthquake that rocked Japan “are not going to be a major damaging...
