Latest Department of Insurance Headlines

All the headlines from our Department of Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Kentucky Politician Charged in Shooting Death of Insurance Department Examiner

Sep 21 2009 // Police in Lexington, Kentucky are investigating the shooting death of a former state GOP lawmaker’s ex-girlfriend, after the woman was found shot to death Sept. 11.Authorities said Amanda Ross, 29, a Department of...

Police Probe Shooting Death of Kentucky Insurance Department Examiner

Sep 15 2009 // Police in Lexington, Kentucky are investigating the shooting death of a former state GOP lawmaker’s ex-girlfriend, after the woman was found shot to death early Friday outside her town house.Authorities said Amanda...

Ohio Regulators, Nationwide Insurance Warn of Mail Fraud Scheme

Sep 14 2009 // The Ohio Department of Insurance and Nationwide Insurance have issued a warning regarding an international mail fraud scheme that uses the Nationwide name.Consumers in as many as 10 states have reportedly received...

Missouri to Study Timeliness of Health Insurers’ Reimbursements

Sep 14 2009 // Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has ordered the state Department of Insurance to determine whether health insurance companies in Missouri are withholding reimbursement payments to health care providers for unreasonable lengths of...

Health Insurer Under Fire From North Dakota Insurance Department

Sep 10 2009 // An audit by the North Dakota Department of Insurance found that Noridian Mutual Insurance Company, doing business as Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota (BCBS), racked up tens of thousands of dollars in excessive...

Missouri: Medical Malpractice Insurers Profitable for 5th Year in a Row

Sep 8 2009 // Insurance companies providing medical malpractice coverage in Missouri returned a profit in 2008, marking the fifth consecutive year of positive earnings, Missouri Department of Insurance says. The department said its...

Missouri Sues Arkansas Insurer

Aug 31 2009 // Missouri insurance regulators have gone to court to stop an Arkansas-based life insurance company from illegally changing the terms of its cancer insurance policies, the Missouri Department of Insurance announced.The DOI...

Louisiana Insurance Bait Car Nabs New Orleans Murder Suspect

Aug 27 2009 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon says two men wanted in connection with a murder in New Orleans were captured after stealing a bait vehicle provided by the Department of Insurance Louisiana Automobile Theft...

California Sees Rise in Car Insurance Fraud Tied to Economy

Aug 27 2009 // California Department of Insurance commissioner Steve Poizner today announced in Los Angeles that recently compiled statistics show that financially desperate residents and scam artists may be committing more automobile...

Californian Held in State Workers’ Compensation Fund $1.4 Million Fraud

Aug 20 2009 // The California Department of Insurance has announced that Joseph Baiden, 56, of Diamond Bar, surrendered yesterday morning to the Los Angeles Superior Court pursuant to an arrest warrant issued for eight counts of...

Louisiana Revokes Shreveport Area Agent’s License

Aug 17 2009 // A Shreveport, La., area agent has been issued a cease and desist order, license revocation notice and fine notice for alleged misrepresentation, the Louisiana Department of Insurance reported.Tanya Mclain Weems was served...

Calif. Workers’ Comp Rating Bureau to Recommend 22.8% Increase in Rates

Aug 13 2009 // The WCIRB will submit a filing to the California Department of Insurance (CDI) recommending an approximate 22.8 percent increase in pure premium rates (or “claims cost benchmark”) effective Jan. 1, 2010. The...

$200K Penalty Issued Against Universal Casualty in Illinois

Aug 13 2009 // The Illinois Department of Insurance has issued an order against Universal Casualty Company (UCC) for failing to adopt and maintain procedures for the prompt investigation and settlement of consumers’ claims.On Aug....

Ohio Personal Lines Premiums Remain Lower than U.S. Average

Aug 5 2009 // The Ohio Insurance Institute (OII) recently reported that premiums for homeowners and auto insurance in that state remain lower than the U.S. average. On its Web site, www.ohioinsurance.org, the OII released the following...

California Makes 83 Recommendations to Improve Insurance Guarantee Fund

Aug 3 2009 // The California Department of Insurance has come up with dozens of suggestions for improving the insurance fund that steps in to pay claims when an insurance company goes bankrupt. A report issued by Insurance Commissioner...

Companies Told to Stop Selling Insurance in Ohio

Jul 28 2009 // The Ohio Department of Insurance has issued cease and desist orders to two companies that were found to have been selling insurance in the state without licenses to do so. Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo...

Ohio Department of Insurance Changes Web Address

Jul 23 2009 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson has announced that the Department Web site address will now be http://www.insurance.ohio.gov. The old address, (www.ohioinsurance.gov) will remain active for a several...

State Farm Lloyds Seeks Homeowners Rate Increase in Texas

Jul 16 2009 // State Farm Lloyds has submitted a rate filing to the Texas Department of Insurance to increase its homeowner’s insurance rates in Texas by a statewide average of 8.5 percent, beginning Oct. 1 for existing customers...

Illinois’ McRaith Named Director of New Department of Insurance

Jul 8 2009 // Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has named Michael McRaith as the director of the newly created Department of Insurance. As a result of Governor Quinn’s Executive Order 4, the Department of Insurance (DOI) separated from...

Indiana Warns Insurance Agents About Potential Scam

Jul 2 2009 // Indiana Department of Insurance has issued a warning to Indiana licensed agents to be aware of a potential scam targeting them.The Department has received reports from other states that individuals have been calling their...