18.4% Percentage of unexplained drowning deaths among Asian children ages 17 and younger between 1999 and 2001 in Washington State, according to Children’s Hospital research. Asian children that age account for 6.9 percent of the state’s population. 80 micrograms Toxin …
Five years after 9/11 and one year after Hurricane Katrina, most companies have some form of disaster response plan in place; however, one out of four professionals responsible for corporate disaster preparedness efforts report that they have never conducted a …
The family of a South Carolina doctor who died during joint-replacement has been awarded $30 million, after a jury found that the hospital and an anesthesiologist were responsible for the death. The award was for actual damages in the 2002 …
A New Jersey law protecting nonprofit organizations from negligence lawsuits does not apply to all sex abuse cases, the state Supreme Court ruled. The ruling allowed John W. Hardwicke Jr. to continue his lawsuit against the American Boychoir School in …
The worst red tide in years has shut down shellfish beds in much of Puget Sound and prompted serious public health worries, state officials said. Expanded beach closures have not reached the heart of Washington’s large farmed shellfish industry, and …
Insurance is one of the fastest changing, most regulated industries in America today. That very nature insists that those who want to excel in their current responsibilities and pursue their career goals must include education in their plans. As agents, …
Last October, Insurance Journal spent two days in Mississippi visiting with three independent insurance agents who experienced the devastation left by Katrina. Late last month, on Hurricane Katrina’s first anniversary, Insurance Journal checked back with these agents to see how …
Effective Jan. 1, 2007, all Rhode Island resident insurance producers are required to carry errors and omissions insurance coverage as a condition of obtaining and retaining their insurance producer license. Individual resident insurance producers may satisfy this requirement with a …
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi have jointly submitted legislation, inserted into Assembly Bill 2125, to establish oversight responsibility and regulatory authority for the State Compensation Insurance Fund. According to the commissioner’s office, the agreement should resolve …
Both the Independent Insur-ance Agents of Oklahoma and the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas reported they have joined other agent groups in denouncing recent assaults on compensation agreements between independent agents and their represented companies. Some national insurance companies and …
