Latest Hawaii Headlines
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Measure in Hawaii Aims to Treat Uber, Lyft Like Taxi Companies
Dec 22 2015 // Two Honolulu council members want ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft to operate more like taxi companies. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported that the city bill includes a variety of changes. Among them, the...
Brain Damaged Motorcyclist in Hawaii Gets $1.3M Settlement
Dec 1 2015 // A federal judge has approved a $1.3 million settlement in a lawsuit filed by a Hawaii motorcyclist who suffered permanent brain injury in a 2012 collision in Honolulu. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reports that Aaron Aloya...
Best, Worst States for Insurance Regulation
Dec 1 2015 // Vermont, Utah, Iowa, Virginia and Kentucky get an “A” and North Carolina an “F” in one think tank’s annual grading of states on how they regulate the property/casualty insurance industry. The...
Homeowner Files Lawsuit Against Four Seasons Resort in Hawaii
Oct 30 2015 // A homeowner at the Four Seasons Resort Hualalai in Hawaii is suing the resort and its developers, alleging he and others have been subjected to an unfair raise in prices and overcrowded facilities. The suit filed by...
Former Basketball Coach Nets $700K Settlement with University of Hawaii
Oct 20 2015 // The University of Hawaii Board of Regents has approved a $700,000 settlement over the firing of former basketball coach Gib Arnold. The regents voted Thursday to approve the settlement package, which includes a $500,000...
Is Taking a Vacation a Good Way to Increase Agency Value?
Oct 5 2015 // Summer is over and the kids are back in school. Many of us spent a week or two away from our business. It is not easy for business owners to walk away from running their business for any length of time. In this age of...
UPC Insurance to Buy Interboro for $57M
Sep 30 2015 // United Insurance Holdings Corp. (UPC Insurance) said it will pay $57 million for Interboro Insurance Co., a New York-based property/casualty insurer licensed to operate in four states and Washington, D.C. The deal involves...
Florida’s Heritage Insurance to Acquire Hawaii’s Zephyr
Sep 29 2015 // Clearwtaer, Florida-based Heritage Insurance Holdings Inc. has agreed to acquire Zephyr Acquisition Co. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Zephyr Insurance Co., a specialty insurance provider in Hawaii. The acquisition will...
Hawaii Homeowners Get $27M in Development Dispute
Sep 10 2015 // A Hawaii jury has awarded Ewa Beach homeowners about $27 million in a lawsuit against a developer trying to build a recreational lagoon instead of the marina it originally planned. The jury ruled Tuesday that Haseko must...
Storm Watch Ends For Hawaii Islands, But Hurricane Churns
Aug 31 2015 // Greg Colden, a farmer on Hawaii’s Big Island, said he is most worried about the damage that more rain and sustained winds could do to the area as Hurricane Ignacio passes by this week. “I’m more worried...
Tropical Storm Erika Fades Before Florida After 20 Deaths in Caribbean Island
Aug 31 2015 // Tropical Storm Erika, which killed at least 20 people on the small Caribbean island of Dominica, broke up in the waters off Cuba, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Saturday. All tropical storm warnings and watches...
Serving Cart at Heart of Hawaii Couple’s Suit against United Airlines
Aug 19 2015 // A Hawaii couple is suing United Airlines, claiming a fallen serving cart caused $75,000 in damages. Peter and Misty Tampon filed a federal lawsuit last week against the airline, according to KHON-TV. The pair claims that...
Crack Down On Drivers Using Cellphones in Hawaii
Jul 23 2015 // Kauai police say they have issued 539 tickets to people using cellphones while driving, an offense that can come with a pricey $300 fine for first-time law-breakers. Hawaii officials are cracking down on the use of...
Violations by Companies And Navy Led to Hawaii Worker Deaths, Says OSHA
Jun 8 2015 // A federal agency says workplace safety violations led to the deaths of two workers at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii last December. Hawaii News Now reported that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed fines...
M4.5 Quake Shakes Hawaii’s Big Island
May 11 2015 // The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory says a magnitude-4.5 earthquake jolted the Big Island of Hawaii. The observatory says the quake struck at 2:18 a.m. Saturday. It was centered about five miles north of the small town of...
Hawaii Residents Awarded More Than $500K in Dust Lawsuit By Jury
May 11 2015 // A federal court jury has awarded more than $500,000 to 15 Kauai residents who say they can’t enjoy their homes because of red dust from test fields operated by DuPont Pioneer. The seven-member jury on Friday awarded...
Apparent Cyberattack Takes Down Hawaii Telescope Website
Apr 28 2015 // An apparent cyberattack Sunday temporarily disrupted the main website of Thirty Meter Telescope, the organization trying to construct one of the world’s largest telescopes near the summit of Mauna Kea on...
Hawaii Considers Bill to Regulate Ride-Sharing…in 2112
Apr 9 2015 // No two states are the same. What passes for polite in New England may be considered downright abrasive in the Pacific Northwest. What a Californian finds politically correct, a midwesterner might find utterly confusing. It...
Soldier Settles in Hawaii With Government Over Needles Found In Burger
Apr 8 2015 // A retired soldier’s lawsuit over swallowing needles in a fast-food burger is settling for $50,000. Retired Army sergeant Clark Bartholomew filed the lawsuit in 2011 saying he was injured by needles in a Burger King...
The West Not Yet Fully Won for Ridesharing
Apr 3 2015 // On the heels of last week’s cross-industry compromise on insurance requirements for ride-sharing drivers, and with some legislative sessions drawing to a close, it’s a good time to take a look at where...
