Latest Hawaii Headlines
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Private School System in Hawaii Schools Agrees to Pay $80M to Abuse Victims
Feb 23 2018 // A private school system in Honolulu, Hawaii has agreed to pay $80 million to the victims of a doctor accused of sexually abusing students and other patients for decades. Kamehameha Schools has also agreed to create new...
False Alarms Shake Confidence in Public Alert System
Feb 13 2018 // Weather junkie John Grosso knew it was highly unlikely a monster wave was barreling toward the Connecticut coast. Still, when a tsunami warning appeared out of the blue on his phone Tuesday, he felt a twinge of fear. His...
Proposed Hawaii Bill Calls for Insurers to Cover Air Ambulance Rides to Mainland
Feb 12 2018 // A proposed law in the state legislature would require insurance companies to cover air ambulance rides to the mainland for critical procedures not offered in Hawaii. The measure would take the burden off families that are...
U.S. Weather Service Test Became False Tsunami Warning on East Coast
Feb 8 2018 // A tsunami warning was erroneously sent Tuesday to some mobile phones along the East Coast and other coastal locations, less than a month after a false notification of a missile attack in Hawaii was sent by that...
Panic Gripped Hawaii After False Missile Alert
Jan 16 2018 // The second recent blunder in Hawaii’s planning for a possible North Korean nuclear attack left islanders shaken after an emergency alert warning of an imminent strike sounded on hundreds of thousands of...
The Charity Issue: Photos of Giving
Dec 18 2017 // The Keane Insurance Group John Keane, president of The Keane Insurance Group, founded the Keane Charitable Group in 2010 after the earthquake in Haiti. Since then, The Keane Group has raised more than $1 million to build...
Destruction of Expensive Toys Leads to Guilty Plea in Insurance Fraud Scheme
Dec 18 2017 // A Texas pilot in early December pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud and arson charges, associated with, among other things, intentionally crashing a plane in the Gulf of Mexico and destroying other expensive planes,...
Directors for Hawaii Workers’ Comp Insurer HEMIC Declare $3.5M Dividend
Oct 16 2017 // The board of directors of Hawaii Employers’ Mutual Insurance Company Inc. has declared a $3.5 million dividend payable to qualifying policyholders. This is $500,000 dollars more than HEMIC’s dividend last year,...
BYU in Hawaii Will Pay to Settle Sexual Harassment Suit
Oct 4 2017 // An attorney representing Brigham Young University-Hawaii tells a federal judge the school will pay to settle a former student’s lawsuit alleging her campus job supervisor sexually assaulted and harassed her. Attorney...
States Should Implement Stronger Safeguards for Consumers in Natural Disasters: Rutgers Report
Oct 2 2017 // As homeowners file insurance claims in the wake of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, many could find their level of protection depends on the state where their damaged home is located, according to a research report released by...
Directors for Hawaii Workers’ Comp Insurer HEMIC Declare $3.5M Dividend
Sep 27 2017 // The board of directors of Hawaii Employers’ Mutual Insurance Company Inc. has declared a $3.5 million dividend payable to qualifying policyholders. This is $500,000 dollars more than HEMIC’s dividend last year,...
States Need Better Protections for Insurance Consumers in Natural Disasters: Rutgers Report
Sep 21 2017 // As homeowners continue to file insurance claims in the wake of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, a research report released by the Rutgers Center for Risk and Responsibility at the Rutgers Law School in Camden, N.J., suggests...
Suit over Kona Beer Not Being Brewed in Hawaii Allowed to Proceed
Sep 18 2017 // Calling Hawaii “a state as well as a state of mind,” a federal judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing the maker of Kona craft beer of misleading consumers into believing the beer was actually made in the...
Woodruff-Sawyer Adds Brissette as Vice President in Hawaii
Sep 7 2017 // Woodruff-Sawyer has named Nikki Brissette an account executive and vice president in its Hawaii-based operations, Risk Solution Partners. Brissette will be responsible for client relationships, designing risk management...
Suit over Kona Beer Not Being Brewed in Hawaii Allowed to Proceed
Sep 6 2017 // Calling Hawaii “a state as well as a state of mind,” a federal judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit accusing the maker of Kona craft beer of misleading consumers into believing the beer was actually made in the...
Small Earthquake Hits Near Subdivision on Hawaii’s Big Island
Aug 31 2017 // A magnitude 3.8 earthquake has struck the island of Hawaii. The U.S. Geological Survey says the earthquake hit at 3:52 p.m. Tuesday. Its epicenter was about 6 miles (9.7 kilometers) northeast of Hawaii Ocean View Estates,...
Scientists: Sea Level Rise Will Pose Threat to Hawaii By 2100
Aug 22 2017 // A group of scientists say the state of Hawaii could lose $19 billion worth of land and structures, and millions more in infrastructure by 2100 because of rising sea levels. West Hawaii Today reported an upcoming report...
USGS Confirms Small Quake Hit Hawaii’s East Coast
Aug 21 2017 // A magnitude 4.1 earthquake hit off the coast of the Big Island of Hawaii, the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaii Volcano Observatory confirmed. The USGS reported that the earthquake struck at 8:35 p.m. Friday about 66...
Academics in Hawaii Developing Flood Alert System
Jul 21 2017 // An alert system is being developed to give West Maui residents a six-day heads up when large wave and flooding events are possible. The University of Hawaii ocean observation program will use a $500,000 federal grant to...
Workers’ Comp Insurer Cancels Policies for Hawaii Pot Firms
Jun 30 2017 // Hawaii’s largest workers’ compensation insurer is canceling insurance policies for seven medical marijuana dispensaries preparing to open this summer. Hawaii Employers’ Mutual Insurance Co., citing...
