All the headlines from our Department of Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 26 2006 // A Matthews, N.C. licensed insurance agent was arrested and charged with nine felony counts of obtaining property by false pretense and is under a $50,000 secured bond at the Union County Jail.According to Insurance...
Oct 23 2006 // From holding the line on new reforms to reducing uninsured motorists, a fair share of work lurks ahead for California’s soon-to-be-chosen insurance commissioner. Front-runners fighting for the honor of regulating...
Oct 20 2006 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance reported it now has a powerful new tool to use in its long standing battle against auto theft and high insurance rates. The tool, known as a bait car, is a motor vehicle fitted with...
Oct 19 2006 // A mediation program launched by the Alabama Department of Insurance following Hurricane Katrina is bearing fruit, says Commissioner Walter A. Bell, pointing to a 90 percent success rate.“We directed the companies...
Oct 12 2006 // Louisiana Department of Insurance Fraud Investigators shut down all insurance licensing privileges of a Delhi, La., producer (agent) on multiple charges, Insurance Commissioner Donelon announced.Janis Dalene Simms...
Oct 6 2006 // A Shreveport, La., producer was issued a cease and desist order and summary suspension of her license before being arrested for allegedly misappropriating insurance premium payments, forging names on various insurance...
Oct 6 2006 // The Nebraska Department of Insurance will hold a public meeting to provide information about the Insurance License Testing Program on Tuesday, Oct.10, 2006, at 3 p.m. in the Embassy Suites Hotel, 1040 P Street, Lincoln,...
Oct 3 2006 // The Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration recently announced that it is now accepting electronic license applications from Missouri resident insurance producers.This...
Sep 29 2006 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donleon has directed Horace Mann Insurance Companies of Springfield, Ill., to immediately cease the wrongful cancellation of homeowners policies in 23 parishes and reinstate any...
Sep 25 2006 // In early 2005, the Federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals “certified” a very controversial state law question to the Texas Supreme Court. Certifying a question simply means that the Federal Appellate Court asks...
Sep 25 2006 // In early 2005, the Federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals “certified” a very controversial state law question to the Texas Supreme Court. Certifying a question simply means that the Federal Appellate Court asks...
Aug 24 2006 // Philadelphia, Pa.-based Intracorp announced that the Texas Department of Insurance has certified it as a workers’ compensation health care network (WCHCN). So far, the department has approved nine networks, including...
Aug 21 2006 // The Nebraska Department of Insurance announced recently that it has approved the recommendation of the Nebraska Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool (CHIP) Board of Directors to increase the high-risk pool rates by 23.5...
Aug 9 2006 // The Ohio Department of Insurance recently announced that the Department has joined a $70 million multi-state and federal settlement with Texas-domiciled American-Amicable Life Insurance Company and its affiliates regarding...
Aug 7 2006 // Some 150,000 Texas homeowners will be affected by the liquidation of Vesta Fire Insurance Co. and its Texas subsidiaries by the Texas Department of Insurance, but the situation seems to be not as dire as previously...
Aug 7 2006 // News CurrentsSome 150,000 Texas homeowners will be affected by the liquidation of Vesta Fire Insurance Co. and its Texas subsidiaries by the Texas Department of Insurance, but the situation seems to be not as dire as...
Jul 31 2006 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn has tapped William P. White, former director of the captive insurance division for Washington, D.C, to attract captive insurance companies to Delaware as administrator of a new...
Jul 19 2006 // Vesta Fire Insurance Company (Vesta Fire) and its Texas subsidiary insurance companies have begun issuing notices to agents to cease writing new and renewal insurance business, including homeowners policies for Texas...
Jul 10 2006 // Some 25,000 minority North Carolinians victimized by race-based premiums could benefit from a settlement agreed upon by Western and Southern Life Insurance Co. and the North Carolina Department of Insurance. The company...
Jul 5 2006 // The Department of Insurance has announced it is closely monitoring the activities in South Carolina of Florida Select Insurance Co. activities in the state after Florida placed the company into receivership June...