All the headlines from our Department of Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 12 2004 // A Bastrop, La. insurance producer was issued a Cease and Desist order and a summary suspension of his insurance license for allegedly receiving premiums from customers and not forwarding them to the insurance company in a...
Aug 9 2004 // The California Supreme Court threw out a lower court ruling that had resulted in a multimillion-dollar damage award against an insurance company.The Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) had filed an amicus...
Jul 22 2004 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance shut down a Jena, La. insurance producer and issued a Cease and Desist order, along with a summary suspension of her insurance license, for allegedly misappropriating premium dollars...
Jul 16 2004 // South Carolina small employers in the Lowcountry will have the opportunity to learn more about employee health benefits and other health coverage initiatives Wednesday, July 21, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Embassy Suites...
Jul 9 2004 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance shut the doors of Banner Insurance Agency Inc. at two Baton Rouge locations, according to Commissioner of Insurance Robert Wooley.The Louisiana State Police Insurance Fraud Unit...
Jun 21 2004 // A ruling by the California Court of Appeals undermines state regulation and the authority of the insurance commissioner by essentially declaring rate filings approved by the Department of Insurance as invalid according to...
Jun 14 2004 // A ruling by the California Court of Appeals undermines state regulation and the authority of the insurance commissioner by essentially declaring rate filings approved by the Department of Insurance as invalid according to...
Jun 8 2004 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long announced Gevedon Insurance Agency, of Columbus, is currently under criminal investigation for numerous charges of alleged embezzlement. Polk County Sheriff’s Department...
May 7 2004 // The “Ask Robert Wooley, Your Commissioner of Insurance” consumer column has once again won a first-place award in the annual Louisiana Press Women’s communications competition.According to the Louisiana...
May 4 2004 // Sam Sorich, president of the Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC), released a statement in response to Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi’s recent comments regarding the response of the insurance...
Apr 30 2004 // On April 29, the WCIRB testified at a California Department of Insurance (CDI) public hearing called to assess the impact of the recently-enacted Senate Bill 899 (SB 899) on advisory pure premium rates effective July 1,...
Apr 19 2004 // If after 16 years of off-and-on court cases, attempting to interpret the ambiguous and contradictory language of Proposition 103 isn’t enough, this month, another interpretation came down from the Second District...
Apr 13 2004 // Calling the ongoing escalation in medical malpractice insurance rates “a threat to doctors and their patients,” Ohio Governor Bob Taft on Monday signed House Bill 282 authorizing establishment of a new Medical...
Apr 5 2004 // States show signs of stability, but problem areas remainDespite continuing availability issues and sky-high loss ratios, the U.S. homeowners market is stabilizing as a whole. Of course, most industry observers who make...
Apr 5 2004 // In 2004, the California homeowners and dwelling marketplace continues to erode. In October 2003, catastrophic wildfires destroyed 790,000 acres of brush and forest land, and along the way destroyed 3640 homes, 1141...
Mar 26 2004 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced that a Mandeville, La., insurance producer (agent) was shut down and booked on charges of felony theft and insurance fraud involving misappropriation of premiums.Allen James...
Mar 22 2004 // The Interinsurance Exchange of the Auto Club filed with the state Department of Insurance for an overall 5 percent reduction in its California auto insurance rates. The rate reduction should save Auto Club policyholders an...
Mar 16 2004 // The Texas homeowners insurance market has turned the corner and is regaining momentum to be more competitive, according to year-end reports that carriers file with the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI).TDI said the top...
Mar 9 2004 // The Alabama Department of Insurance has launched an updated Web site. It remains at the same address, which is http://www.aldoi.gov/. The new site, designed by department webmaster Jelene Hardy, should reportedly provide...
Mar 8 2004 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced that a bail bond agent operating in the Greater New Orleans area and beyond signed a departmental “Consent to Voluntary Revocation” document, which revokes all...