All the headlines from our Department of Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 15 2014 // The Missouri Department of Insurance is recommending a 4.4 percent decrease in workers’ compensation insurance loss costs for 2015. The key driver of the decrease is the favorable loss experience in 2012, according...
Nov 13 2014 // Idaho Department of Insurance Director Bill Deal announced today he is retiring.His retirement is effective on Dec. 31. Deal was appointed by Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter and began his eight-year tenure on Jan. 2,...
Oct 27 2014 // The Texas Department of Insurance has scheduled a public hearing to consider the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association’s (TWIA) petition related to the maximum limits of liability for windstorm and hail insurance...
Aug 27 2014 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced this week charges stemming from two alleged insurance fraud schemes.Authorities said Eric Delano Smith was arrested on Aug. 20 and charged with five counts of...
Aug 18 2014 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) and the Louisiana Automobile Theft and Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority (LATIFPA) are also encouraging teen drivers to “Park Smart” with the launch of a new high...
Aug 4 2014 // The Missouri Department of Insurance announced it reached a regulatory settlement with Healthy Alliance Life Insurance Co. and HMO Missouri Inc., subsidiaries of Anthem BlueCross BlueShield of Missouri, which are part of...
Jul 28 2014 // The Delaware Department of Insurance reported that regulators recovered more than $1.4 million for consumers in the first six months of 2014. This amount represents an increase of 49.57 percent in funds recovered for...
Jul 25 2014 // The Missouri Department of Insurance announced the implementation of a new online tool that allows consumers to view insurance company filing records.Missouri becomes the fifth state to use SERFF Filing Access (SFA) to...
Jun 11 2014 // Under new laws signed by Gov. Jay Nixon, Missourians now have more paperless options when receiving policy information from their insurance companies, and commercial property owners will see expanded insurance protections,...
May 30 2014 // Lieutenant Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor says the passage of reforms to Ohio’s insurance law will help maintain the strength and competitiveness of Ohio’s insurance marketplace while...
May 1 2014 // In Texas, approximately five percent of all vehicle fires are intentionally set, which accounts for $3.5 million in vehicle fire losses, according the Texas State Fire Marshal’s Office.“Vehicle arson is not a...
Apr 28 2014 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners announced that the Arizona Department of Insurance has licensed State Based Systems, an NAIC-owned and operated regulatory tool. “We are confident in the ability of...
Apr 15 2014 // Ohio Lieutenant Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor ordered an unlicensed insurance entity, My Community Care LLC, and its owner Tannile Ortiz to stop selling what the insurance department says is an...
Mar 24 2014 // North Carolina’s Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced last Friday that one of the nation’s largest convenience store chains has formed a captive insurance company in North Carolina.The Pantry Inc.,...
Mar 13 2014 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin announced Wednesday the arrest of Tenquisha Shancaza Durham of Gastonia, N.C. She was charged with one count each of insurance fraud and obtaining property by false...
Mar 6 2014 // The Missouri Department of Insurance announced it returned $16.1 million to consumers in 2013 after they filed a complaint against their insurance company.Record recoveries were recorded in 2011 when several natural...
Jan 28 2014 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin this week announced the arrests of five people in an alleged insurance fraud scheme involving several staged auto accidents in Buncombe County.Department of Insurance...
Jan 6 2014 // The Missouri Department of Insurance announced that two veteran financial regulators have been appointed to new positions for the start of 2014.Leslie Nehring was appointed acting chief financial examiner for the Division...
Dec 24 2013 // The Missouri Department of Insurance is recommending a 10.1 percent increase in workers’ compensation loss costs for next year, a lower increase than that suggested by the National Council on Compensation...
Dec 12 2013 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon is reminding property insurance policyholders that the clock is ticking on the deadline to claim a rebate for the Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (Citizens)...