Latest Department of Insurance Headlines

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Louisiana Commissioner: Session Successful for Insurance Bills

Jul 2 2009 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon says the recently adjourned 2009 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature was a success when it came to insurance legislation.The Department of Insurance (DOI) saw 20 out...

Missouri DOI Returns Nearly $6M to Consumers in First Half of 2009

Jul 2 2009 // Consumers who filed complaints with the Missouri Department of Insurance received $5.9 million from insurance companies during the first half of 2009, the department has reported.The money was returned as a result of the...

Arizona Department of Insurance Narrowly Missed Shutdown

Jun 30 2009 // Due to ongoing budget negotiations, Arizona’s Department of Insurance faced a potential shut-down on July 1, 2009. That meant the services the DOI provides, including customer service and licensing, would have been...

Indiana Joins Missouri in Banning New Business from Universal Casualty

Jun 19 2009 // Indiana has ordered Elk Grove Village, Ill.-based auto insurance company Universal Casualty Company (UCC) to stop writing new policies in the state until the company can demonstrate “improved business...

Missouri Insurance Department Names Two New Division Leaders

Jun 12 2009 // The Missouri Department of Insurance has appointed two veteran insurance regulators to division director positions.Mary Kempker has been name to direct the Market Regulation Division. Kempker has worked at the department...

Illinois Department of Insurance Once Again an Independent Division

Jun 4 2009 // The Illinois Department of Insurance (DOI) on June 1 resumed its status as an independent department of state government, a position it held for more than a century prior to its consolidation with several other state...

California Commissioner Warns Insurance Agents, Brokers About Scam

May 29 2009 // California Insurance Commissioner Poizner warned California licensed insurance agents and brokers to beware of a scam. According to the Department of Insurance, individuals have been reportedly calling licensed insurance...

New Orleans Area Agent Accused of Filing Fraudulent Claim

May 6 2009 // A New Orleans area insurance agent has been served with a civil fine notice and license suspension for allegedly filing a fraudulent stolen vehicle claim with his insurer, the Louisiana Department of Insurance...

Calif. Rating Bureau Recommends 24.4% Workers’ Comp Rate Increase

Mar 18 2009 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California (WCIRB) says it plans to submit a filing to the California Department of Insurance (CDI) recommending a 24.4 percent increase in pure premium rates that...

Bills Filed to Roll Back Texas 2003 Insurance Reforms

Mar 16 2009 // Reforms to the Texas insurance regulatory system put in place by Senate Bill 14 in 2003 are under attack by a coalition of state lawmakers who have filed bills to, among other things, return the rate setting process for...

Louisiana Insurance Agent Arrested

Mar 11 2009 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance reported that a St. Martinville insurance company employee has been arrested, served with a cease and desist order, notice of license revocation and a fine for alleged misappropriation...

Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Rates on Downswing

Feb 27 2009 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon says rates for workers’ compensation insurance continue to decrease in his state, based on a recent report from the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI)...

Arizona Department of Insurance Closes Tucson Office

Feb 18 2009 // Due to budget reductions, the Arizona Department of Insurance is closing its Tucson office located at 400 W. Congress St., #152, effective Feb. 20, 2009. People seeking DOI services are being directed to the office in...

Louisiana Returned $6M-plus to P/C Insurance Consumers in 2008

Feb 12 2009 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon announced that the Property and Casualty Consumer Affairs Division at the Department of Insurance aided Louisiana insurance consumers in receiving approximately $6,400,000 in...

Nebraska’s Grand Island Insurance, Under Investigation, Loses Licenses

Jan 30 2009 // Three principals of a Grand Island insurance agency under investigation amid allegations of a Ponzi scheme have agreed to have their insurance licenses revoked.A state hearing had been set for next week to consider...

Nebraska Insurance Agency Faces Probe for Alleged Ponzi Scheme

Jan 23 2009 // An alleged Ponzi scheme by a Grand Island insurance agency that recently filed bankruptcy listing more than $100 million in debt is being investigated.Attorney General Jon Bruning this week authorized the State...

Agents Speak Out on ‘Putting Back the Pieces’ after Brooke

Dec 4 2008 // “Technically, Brooke Franchise owes me $7 million, but who knows if I will ever see it,” said Roger Cunningham, former Brooke franchisee and agent/owner of RKC Financial in the Dallas/Fort Worth Texas,...

Agents Speak Out on ‘Putting Back the Pieces’ After Brooke

Nov 30 2008 // Technically, Brooke Franchise owes me $7 million, but who knows if I will ever see it,” said Roger Cunningham, former Brooke franchisee and agent/owner of RKC Financial in the Dallas/Fort Worth Texas,...

A Good Win in North Carolina for Experience

Nov 30 2008 // On Nov. 4, Democrat Wayne Goodwin won election as North Carolina Insurance Commissioner with 52 percent of the vote, succeeding 24-year veteran Jim Long. Goodwin campaigned on his experience. He is a former four-term...

California Deploys Enforcement Officers in Santa Barbara

Nov 24 2008 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has activated a disaster fraud task force in Santa Barbara, which includes the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud and Investigation Divisions, the Santa Barbara...