Latest Hawaii Headlines
All the headlines from our Hawaii Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Health Care Law to Create Gap For 21K In Hawaii
Mar 13 2013 // Roughly 21,000 people in Hawaii who were previously covered under Medicaid will need to buy their own health insurance once President Barack Obama’s sweeping federal health care overhaul takes effect next year, the...
My New Markets
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Hawaii Landfill Operator Fined $1.1M Under EPA Settlement
Mar 4 2013 // Honolulu and the operator of the city’s only landfill have agreed to make changes that will reduce the risk of a fire breaking out at the Waianae coast site, as part of a settlement with the U.S. Environmental...
Ratings Recap: American General, Philadelphia Indemnity, First Hawaii, Minnesota Lawyers Mutual, Workmen’s Auto
Mar 1 2013 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘B+’ (Good) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “bbb-” of American General Property Insurance Company (AGPIC), based in Nashville,...
Family Of Man Shot By Police in Hawaii Files Lawsuit
Feb 27 2013 // The family of a man shot to death by Kauai police a year ago in Hawaii has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the department, Kauai County and the officer involved in the shooting. The suit was filed by the family of...
Settlement In Hawaii School Sex Abuse Lawsuit
Feb 6 2013 // The state of Hawaii has agreed to pay $5 million to settle a sex assault lawsuit at the Hawaii Center for the Deaf and the Blind. Hawaii News Now reported the settlement means the Kapahulu school will remain open. Attorney...
Wife Files Lawsuit In Hawaii Police Restraint Death
Jan 25 2013 // A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed in the case of a Hawaii man who died while being restrained by police. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported Michele Y.M.H. Torres, the wife of 37-year-old Aaron Torres, is suing the...
Hawaii Finds Boat That May Be Tsunami Debris
Dec 6 2012 // The state Department of Land and Natural Resources says a boat recovered from Kahana Bay on Oahu’s windward coast may be tsunami debris that arrived in Hawaii from Japan. The department said Tuesday staff collected...
Hawaii Tsunami Smaller Than Feared; Ports Reopened
Oct 29 2012 // Officials in Hawaii reopened the state’s ports on Sunday and canceled a tsunami advisory as fears receded that there would be damaging waves from a powerful earthquake off the coast of Canada. The Pacific Tsunami...
USDA Announces Hawaii Company Beef Recall
Oct 24 2012 // The U.S. Department of Agriculture says a Hawaii company is recalling more than 4,000 pounds of ground beef products distributed to Oahu restaurants because the products may be contaminated with E. coli. The...
Assessing Tropical Cyclone Risk in Hawaii Through the Lens of Hurricane Iniki
Oct 22 2012 // Hurricane Risk in the Central Pacific Basin Twenty years ago, the most powerful storm to strike the Hawaiian Islands in recorded history made landfall on the island of Kauai on Sept. 11, 1992. With sustained winds of 140...
Drought Crushes Local Beef Industry In Hawaii
Oct 5 2012 // National interest in locally grown food and grass-fed beef are catching on in Hawaii, offering ranchers an opportunity to sell cattle in the islands and send fewer of them to states like California and Kansas. But crushing...
Hawaii Sets Insurance Minimums For Health Care
Oct 3 2012 // Hawaii has set minimum standards for health care insurance plans that can be sold in Hawaii under new federal guidelines. Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie announced the minimums at a press conference on Monday. Abercrombie...
HEMIC Names Welch CEO in Hawaii
Oct 2 2012 // Martin J. Welch was named chief executive officer and senior underwriting executive at Hawaii Employers’ Mutual Insurance Co. Welch was also named president of HEMIC Insurance Managers Inc., a HEMIC subsidiary. Welch...
Feds Grant Hawaii $1.3M for Tsunami Sirens
Oct 2 2012 // The U.S. Commerce Department says it will grant Hawaii $1.3 million to upgrade its disaster preparedness system and build new tsunami warning sirens. U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank said in a Friday statement that...
Kauai County, Hawaii Settles Racial Harassment Complaint
Sep 11 2012 // Kauai County, Hawaii will pay $120,000 to settle a federal case by a former assistant prosecuting attorney who claimed she was subjected to racial harassment because she’s white, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
Lawsuits Claim Hawaii Homeowners Lost Millions
Aug 9 2012 // Lawsuits allege hundreds of Hawaii residents should have received higher prices when selling their homes through nonjudicial foreclosure auctions. Lawyers say the amount of losses in five lawsuits is in the millions. The...
Feds to Take Over Hawaii Job-Safety Regulation
Aug 6 2012 // The federal government will temporarily take control of parts of Hawaii’s authority to regulate workplace safety. In response to federal concern over staff reductions in the Hawaii Occupational Safety and Health...
DTRIC Insurance Launches Usage-Based Auto Insurance in Hawaii
Aug 3 2012 // DTRIC Insurance will begin offering Akamai Rater, Hawaii’s first program that aligns individual driver behavior with auto insurance rates. DTRIC’s Akamai Rater uses a small, in-vehicle telecommunications device...
Hawaii Company Ordered To Pay $193K In Ageism Suit
Jul 23 2012 // A Hawaii company that provides home health care for seniors has been ordered to pay more than $193,000 to a woman fired for her age. The U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission announced a federal judge in Honolulu ruled against...
