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Boeing Crisis of Confidence Deepens With 787 Now Under Scrutiny
Apr 10 2024 // Boeing Co. faces a deepening crisis of confidence after an engineer at the US planemaker alleged the company took manufacturing shortcuts on its 787 Dreamliner aircraft in order to ease production bottlenecks of its most...
Hub International Acquires Pollock Insurance in Washington
Apr 5 2024 // Hub International Ltd. acquired the assets of Pollock Insurance Inc. Andrea Pollock Wood, the firm’s owner, and the Pollock Insurance team, will join Hub Northwest. Pollock Insurance will be referred to as Pollock...
Strippers’ Bill of Rights in Washington Includes Safer Working Conditions
Apr 2 2024 // Legislation in Washington state known as the strippers’ bill of rights, which advocates say includes the most comprehensive statewide protections in the nation, was signed into law. Gov. Jay Inslee signed the...
Russia’s Oil Is Finally Getting Snarled by Sanctions
Mar 25 2024 // The Russian oil-export machine funding the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine is finally getting some grit in its gears. Indian oil refiners — Moscow’s second-biggest customers after China since the 2022 invasion —...
10 Years After Washington Landslide, Climate Change Is Increasing The Danger
Mar 25 2024 // After the mountainside collapsed, obliterating a neighborhood and 43 lives in the worst landslide disaster in U.S. history in Washington, Jessica Pzsonka made a promise -– to herself, to her bereft parents and to her...
Washington Insurance Commissioner Fines Company $100K for Operating Illegally
Mar 22 2024 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler fined First Premier Home Warranty Corp. $100,000 and ordered the New York-based home warranty company to stop conducting insurance business in Washington. The...
Washington Lawsuit Says Seat Belt Saved Passenger’s Life on Alaska Air Flight
Mar 20 2024 // More passengers who were aboard an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 jet when part of its fuselage blew out in January are suing — including one who says his life was saved by a seat belt. The latest lawsuit, representing seven...
Washington Commissioner Fines Molina $100K for Billing Errors
Mar 18 2024 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler fined Molina Healthcare of Washington $100,000 on Tuesday for errors in the company’s enrollment and billing system. Kreidler’s office opened a review of...
Teens at Washington Trampoline Park Didn’t Receive Breaks, Worked Too Many Hours
Mar 18 2024 // Teens working at Sky Zone trampoline park in Vancouver, Washington, did not receive meal breaks, and worked more hours than the law allows during school times, an investigation by the Washington State Department of Labor...
Washington Commissioner Fined Insurers and Producers $66K
Mar 8 2024 // Washington state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler fined insurers and producers $66,328 in January and February. Kreidler’s fines in January included New York Life Insurance Co. to the tune of $46,328 for failing...
Washington Commissioner Wants Insurers to Modify Claims Process for Wildfire Victims
Mar 6 2024 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler on Wednesday sent a letter to insurers urging them to consider loosening personal property claim filing requirements for victims of last summer’s Spokane County...
FTC Sues to Block Kroger’s $24.6 Billion Albertsons Deal
Feb 27 2024 // The US Federal Trade Commission, eight states and Washington DC sued to block Kroger Co.’s $24.6 billion acquisition of Albertsons Cos. Monday, arguing the tie-up would lead to lower wages for workers and higher...
Teens at Washington Trampoline Park Didn’t Receive Breaks, Worked Too Many Hours
Feb 27 2024 // Teens working at Sky Zone trampoline park in Vancouver, Washington, did not receive meal breaks, and worked more hours than the law allows during school times, an investigation by the Washington State Department of Labor...
Pennsylvania Courts’ Cyber Battle With an ‘Unknown Opponent’ Enters Third Day
Feb 7 2024 // Pennsylvania’s court system is in a “virtual battle with an unknown opponent” that attacked and shut down key portions of the courts’ online services last Sunday and then again on Tuesday after they...
Pennsylvania State Courts Dealing With Cyberattack
Feb 6 2024 // Pennsylvania’s court system was hit with a cyberattack on Sunday that shut down access to key online services including those used to file documents with appellate courts and guardianship reports, as well as to view...
Business Moves
Feb 5 2024 // East Arthur J. Gallagher, Hughes Insurance Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired the Queensbury, New York-based independent insurance agency, Hughes Insurance Agency Inc. From its headquarters in Queensbury and an office...
Former Washington Insurance Producer Pleads Guilty to Theft and Money Laundering
Feb 2 2024 // A Selah, Washington man pled guilty to first-degree theft and money laundering after an investigation by Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s Criminal Investigation Unit. Jason Eaton was sentenced to 60 days of...
Pennsylvania Counties Still Restoring Systems After Cyber Incidents
Feb 1 2024 // Two Pennsylvania county governments — Bucks and Washington— reported some progress this week restoring computer systems and overcoming the effects of cyber incidents. But both still have work to do to return to...
Worker Loses Legs to Trenching Machine; $150K Fine for Washington Contractor
Jan 26 2024 // A 16-year-old boy was using a walk-behind trencher on a job site in La Center, Washington to dig a channel for fence posts over the summer when he was dragged underneath the blade, causing injuries so severe that he lost...
Washington Commissioner’s Fines Include Order to Stop Selling Insurance, $50K Fine
Jan 22 2024 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler issued several fines for insurers, agents and entities in December, including ordering Zion Health to stop selling insurance illegally in Washington, fining the company...
