All the headlines from our Department of Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 5 2006 // In what officials describe as the largest auto insurance fraud ring in North Carolina history, 10 residents of Cleveland and Rutherford Counties are accused of defrauding insurance companies of an estimated $1...
Dec 5 2006 // The Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration (DIFP) has issued a notice to residents in several communities throughout Missouri that were impacted by last week’s heavy...
Dec 5 2006 // The California Office of Administrative Law (OAL) has decided to accept a petition filed by Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West (IBA West) requesting review of the former Insurance Commissioner John Garmendi’s...
Nov 29 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance has issued a request for comments on the Financial Responsibility Program User Guide being developed as part of the implementation of the state’s auto insurance verification...
Nov 22 2006 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon reported that his office obtained an order from the 19th Judicial District Court in Baton Rouge to stop the alleged sale of unauthorized commercial insurance by United...
Nov 20 2006 // The California Office of Administrative Law (OAL) has decided to accept a petition filed by Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West (IBA West) requesting review of the outgoing Insurance Commissioner John...
Nov 19 2006 // Calif. associations take issue with broker definition, OAL to weigh inThe California Office of Administrative Law (OAL) has decided to accept a petition filed by Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West (IBA West)...
Nov 15 2006 // The deadline for seeking mediation for disputed insurance claims arising from Tropical Storm Ernesto is fast approaching for residential property owners in Jones and Duplin Counties.Residents with disputed property...
Nov 14 2006 // Goldsboro, N.C., resident Rose Vaughn Williams will join Insurance Commissioner Jim Long’s staff as legislative counsel.Williams most recently served as a district court judge in the eighth judicial district of...
Nov 14 2006 // For the second year in a row the Texas Department of Insurance’s (TDI) Licensing Division has been recognized for its outstanding performance by the Securities and Insurance Licensing Association (SILA). The...
Nov 3 2006 // The Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions & Professional Registration this week issued a bulletin regarding training requirements for insurance producers who offer flood insurance policies through the...
Nov 1 2006 // A Rayville, La., insurance agent was shut down on charges of fraud and misappropriation of funds, Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon announced.Tracy E. Antley, 44, was ordered to cease and desist from engaging...
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...