Latest Hawaii Headlines
All the headlines from our Hawaii Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Hawaii’s JP Schmidt: There’s Opportunity in the Pacific
Sep 29 2006 // Hawaii may be a relatively small in size, but it hopes to reap big dividends using its geography, according to the state’s Insurance Commissioner J.P. Schmidt. Because of its location, the Aloha state is perfectly...
Hawaii Web Site To Educate Homeowners on Hurricane Retrofits
Sep 26 2006 // Hawaii’s Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs’ Insurance Division has created a new website: www.hurricaneretrofits.hawaii.gov, which details the State’s Loss Mitigation Grant Program for Hawaii...
The Commissioners
Sep 25 2006 // Hawaii:Perfectly poised for insurers in the Pacific Rim Although it is undeniably one of the 50 United States, Hawaii’s location at the edge of the Pacific Rim yields creative business opportunities throughout the...
Hawaii, Washington, Wyoming bringing down workers’ comp rates
Sep 25 2006 // Hawaii, Washington and Wyoming proposed lowering workers’ compensation rates in their states from 2 percent to 12.3 percent. The Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs’ Insurance Division announced...
News Currents
Sep 25 2006 // Employers are paying more attention to worker and workplace safety, which is helping states like Hawaii and Wyoming to reduce its workers’ compensation rates. Hawaii, Washington, Wyoming bringing down workers’...
J.P. Schmidt, Hawaii, Insurance Commissioner
Sep 25 2006 // Although it is undeniably one of the 50 United States, Hawaii’s location at the edge of the Pacific Rim yields creative business opportunities throughout the world. The state’s captive insurer law already has...
Court Approves Transfer of Hawaiian Insurance & Guaranty
Sep 22 2006 // The First Circuit Court of Hawaii has granted a motion approving the transfer of assets and policy obligations from Hawaii Insurance Commissioner J.P. Schmidt, as liquidator of The Hawaiian Insurance Guaranty Co., to...
Hawaii Hurricane-Prepared Homeowners to Get Grant
Sep 20 2006 // Hawaii homeowners who have taken steps to strengthen their homes against hurricanes and windstorms could be reimbursed up to $2,100 under a new state program. Qualified homeowners will be eligible to get about a third of...
Businesses Help Bring Down Hawaii Workers’ Comp Insurance Rates
Sep 12 2006 // The Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs’ Insurance Division announced that the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) has filed a request for a decrease of 12.3 percent in the workers’...
Thousands Hawaii Residents Affected in Freeway Accident
Sep 8 2006 // Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle defended shutting down all six westbound lanes of the H-1 Freeway, which is used by 200,000 vehicles a day, saying it was a safety decision. An excavator being towed by an Army truck slammed into a...
Hawaii to Host Hearing to Clarify Payments to Claimants’ Attorneys
Sep 6 2006 // Pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes section 431:2-201 and chapter 91, the Hawaii Insurance Division has published a notice that it will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2006, at 10 a.m., in the Queen Kapiolani...
New Markets
Sep 4 2006 // Insurance Agents E&O Nuts & Bolts: London American Professional Liability LLC, a program administrator and MGA, introduced a new professional liability program for insurance agencies. The program is designed for...
New Markets
Sep 4 2006 // Security Risks Nuts & Bolts: AI Risk, Lexington Insurance’s Middle Market Unit, has selected Brownyard Programs Ltd. to bring AIG’s GuardSecure product to small- and intermediate-sized private security...
Business Moves
Sep 4 2006 // Progressive Drive, Homesite Drive Insurance from Progressive, a writer of auto insurance through independent agents and brokers in the United States, signed a joint marketing agreement with Homesite Insurance Group, a...
New Markets
Sep 4 2006 // Security Risks Nuts & Bolts: AI Risk, Lexington Insurance’s Middle Market Unit, has selected Brownyard Programs Ltd. to bring AIG’s GuardSecure product to small- and intermediate-sized private security...
New Markets
Sep 4 2006 // Third Party Harassment and Discrimination Product Nuts & Bolts: Monoline third party harassment and discrimination coverage is being offered by Quadrant Insurance Managers. This product covers businesses for...
Hawaii Insurance Division Releases Insure U
Aug 29 2006 // The State of Hawaii’s Insurance Division and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners have developed a series of educational materials to help consumers better understand insurance coverages they may...
Hawaii becomes the first state in the nation to order anti-viral flu drugs
Aug 21 2006 // Hawaii became the first state in the nation to order anti-viral flu medicine in preparation for any global influenza pandemic when it signed contracts with drug companies last month for Tamiflu and Relenza. The state...
Hawaii Seeks Order to Liquidate Hawaiian Insurance & Guaranty
Aug 16 2006 // Hawaii Insurance Commissioner J.P. Schmidt has filed an application for an Order of Liquidation of The Hawaiian Insurance & Guaranty Co. Ltd. The order seeks to authorize Commissioner Schmidt as liquidator to take...
Hawaii Becomes First State to Order Anti-Viral Flu Drugs
Aug 9 2006 // Hawaii became the first state in the nation to order anti-viral flu medicine in preparation for any global influenza pandemic when it signed contracts with drug companies last month for Tamiflu and Relenza. The state...
