Northwest Insurance Council President, Kenton Brine, says that while crime does affect insurance premiums, he isn’t seeing a widespread issue in Spokane.
Councilmember Jonathan Bingle even went as far as saying that it’s to blame for Hotel Indigo being dropped by their insurance carrier. KREM 2 went to Hotel Indigo to confirm Councilmember Bingle’s comments and was directed to contact their management company. We are waiting to hear back.
Northwest Insurance Council President Kenton Brine says that while crime affects insurance premiums, he doesn’t see a widespread issue of that in Spokane.
“What you may see is a business that has had multiple claims, or there has been a lot of claims against that insurance company in a particular area, so you see that insurer wanting to reassess their risk exposure in that area, but I think that’s more of a one-off than a general occurrence in Spokane today,” Brine …