Latest Hawaii Headlines
All the headlines from our Hawaii Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Hawaii Chamber of Commerce Ready to Resume Legislative Battle to Reform Workers’ Comp
Dec 13 2004 // The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii said it is ready to resume the legislative battle to reform workers’ compensation laws, an effort that was unsuccessful last year in spite of efforts by a number of business groups...
Flood Damage at Univ. of Hawaii’s Manoa Campus
Dec 7 2004 // U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye toured the University of Hawaii-Manoa campus recently, and came away saying flood damage would top $50 million. The veteran Democrat visited the campus in preparation for asking for federal...
Small Businesses Struggle to Stay Afloat in Hawaii’s Tumultuous Workers’ Comp Market
Oct 25 2004 // The issues surrounding Hawaii’s workers’ compensation system have been a topic of debate for agents, brokers, politicians and small businesses over the past several months as reform attempts to fix the troubled...
Feeling the Crunch
Oct 11 2004 // Hawaii’s workers’ compensation system has been a hot topic in recent months – although the system has been on the industry’s radar for some time now. A recent study by the Oregon Department of...
The Aloha State – More than Beaches and Rain Forests
Oct 11 2004 // The United States Census Bureau’s Census 2000 estimated the population of the state of Hawaii at 1,211,537. Approximately 85 percent of the adult residents had graduated from high school and about 26 percent had...
Study: Hawaii Workers’ Comp Payments Up 6.3 Percent
Sep 6 2004 // Hawaii employers paid more to replace injured workers’ lost wages than for their medical care in 2002 compared to the previous year, according to a new study released Aug. 23. The report, prepared by the Wash.-based...
Study: Hawaii Workers’ Comp Payments Up 6.3 Percent
Aug 24 2004 // Hawaii employers paid more to replace injured workers’ lost wages than for their medical care in 2002 compared to the previous year, according to a new study released August 23. The report prepared by the...
Hawaii Not to Pursue Study on Auto Repair Shop Ownership Restrictions
Apr 7 2004 // A resolution that calls for a study of the need to prohibit insurance companies from owning auto repair facilities was deferred indefinitely following a hearing on the issue in Honolulu recently. Senate Concurrent...
Tort Reformers Look to Score in States after Washington Strikes Out
Mar 8 2004 // Last fall at a University of Virginia Law School forum on tort reform, some of the nation’s top tort experts agreed there were no easy answers on how to solve the nation’s longstanding love-hate relationship...
Hawaii Welcomes 9th Captive Insurance Company
Jun 20 2003 // Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle announced the recent licensing of the newest Hawaii captive insurance company that will be used to insure the national and international risks of its Japanese-based parent company. Mitsui...
Hawaii Producer Fined $150,000
May 29 2003 // The Hawaii Insurance Division has levied a $150,000 fine against Terry T. Seguritan and revoked his insurance producer’s license for reportedly defrauding the public by collecting money and issuing identification...
IBA West Blue Ribbon Conf. Tackles E&O, D&O Liability Issues
May 8 2003 // Powerpoint presentation from Tuesday’s D&O panel discussion Day three of the IBA West Blue Ribbon Conference in Hawaii featured a panel discussion about important issues for the broker concerning E&O and...
IBA West Sets Sail for Hawaii, May 4-8
Apr 7 2003 // With Hawaii as its backdrop, the 2003 IBA West Blue Ribbon Conference will be held at the Mauna Lani Resort May 4-8. As BRC chairman Jim Wells noted, “This is a time where networking is key. Who can put a price tag...
Willis Continues Captives Expansion with New Hawaii Office
Mar 5 2003 // Willis Group Holdings recently announced the opening of a new captive office in Hawaii serving the growing pool of companies seeking alternatives to the traditional insurance market. Jason Palmer has been charged with...
RMS™ Hawaii Hurricane Model Approved by Ins. Division
Feb 26 2003 // Risk Management Solutions (RMS) announced recently that the Insurance Division of the Department of Commerce & Consumer Affairs in Hawaii has approved the RMS™ Hawaii Hurricane model for filing homeowners’...
Quackenbush Breaks the Silence
Feb 25 2003 // Insurance Journal senior staff writer Dave Thomas, along with publisher Mark Wells, recently caught up with former California Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush. Quackenbush, who has been working in Hawaii as a...
Quackenbush Breaks the Silence
Feb 24 2003 // Insurance Journal senior staff writer Dave Thomas, along with publisher Mark Wells, recently caught up with former California Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush. Quackenbush, who has been working in Hawaii as a...
AIA Welcomes New Hawaii Insurance Commissioner
Feb 4 2003 // The American Insurance Association (AIA) congratulated J.P. Schmidt on being appointed as Hawaii’s new insurance commissioner. “AIA and its member companies look forward to working with new Commissioner Schmidt...
Hawaii Employers Mutual Signs with Connective Technologies
Jan 16 2003 // Connective Technologies Inc. announced that they had entered into a contract with Hawaii Employers Mutual Insurance Company (HEMIC) to provide real-time upload from the AMS family of agency management systems. The TEAM-UP...
S&P’s Assigns HIH America Insurance Co. Hawaii ‘R’ Rating
Nov 26 2002 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said that it has assigned its ‘R’ financial strength rating to HIH America Insurance Co. of Hawaii Inc. (HIH Hawaii) because of the company’s insolvency and...
