All the headlines from our Department of Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 17 2009 // The Illinois Department of Insurance reports that some Illinois residents have received letters, printed on fake insurance department letterhead, advising recipients that their “automobile insurance policy is...
Dec 16 2009 // Insurance agents in Shreveport and Ruston, La., have been cited by the Louisiana Department of Insurance for allegedly participating in fraudulent or illegal activities.Carlos Vandarryl Boston of Shreveport has been fined...
Dec 4 2009 // The Missouri Department of Insurance has announced the following changes to its division and section managers:Fred Heese was named director of the Division of Insurance Company Regulation. Heese has served as acting...
Dec 4 2009 // The Ohio Department of Insurance reports that auto insurance rates in that state have declined for the third consecutive year, according to the 2006/2007 Auto Insurance Database Report just released by the National...
Nov 25 2009 // More than 300,000 current and former policyholders of General American Life Insurance Co. will soon receive $75 million in distribution payments, according to the Missouri Department of Insurance.In 1999, the Missouri DOI...
Nov 24 2009 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon says homeowners whose properties are contaminated with defective Chinese drywall and who have been covered for more than three years by their homeowners insurer have the...
Nov 20 2009 // The Missouri Department of Insurance reported that a leader in the U.S. foodservices market has become licensed as a captive insurance company, the result of a new state law making the captive formation process easier.The...
Nov 13 2009 // In separate actions the Louisiana Department of Insurance has issued cease and desist orders, and fine notices, to four individuals accused of inappropriately conducting the business of insurance in that state.A former...
Oct 30 2009 // California’s Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced that a year-long investigation by California Department of Insurance detectives has resulted in eight arrests and the dismantling of a staged automobile...
Oct 23 2009 // Illinois Director of Insurance Michael McRaith has suspended the operations of medical liability insurer Professional Liability Insurance Company of America (PLICA). Under the Department of Insurance order dated Oct. 22,...
Oct 14 2009 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced that its 2009 online auto and homeowners rate comparison guides are now available for viewing on the Department of Insurance Web site at www.ldi.state.la.us.“The rate...
Oct 9 2009 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced today that Tony Lu, 56, of San Jose, was arrested on October 7 and charged with filing a false motor vehicle claim, perjury and falsely reporting a crime. Lu was...
Oct 9 2009 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance reported it has issued cease and desist orders to two West Monroe, La.-area agents for allegedly allowing unlicensed employees to conduct the business of insurance. Eight unlicensed...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...