All the headlines from our Department of Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 5 2002 // Gary Mendoza, Republican Nominee for Insurance Commissioner, has criticized John Garamendi’s attempt to reportedly create more political patronage positions in the Department of Insurance. A recent column by...
Jul 19 2002 // Five insurance regulators and one insurer have joined the NeighborWorks® National Insurance Task Force (NITF). Convened by the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation in 1994, NITF works to develop partnerships between the...
Jul 17 2002 // Gary Mendoza, Republican Nominee for Insurance Commissioner, has criticized John Garamendi’s attempt to reportedly create more political patronage positions in the Department of Insurance.A column in the July 15...
Jun 21 2002 // The 2002 session of the South Carolina legislature wrapped up last week on a positive note for the insurance industry, which saw victories on issues including credit scoring, commercial modernization, and producer...
Jun 13 2002 // Ohio Insurance Director Lee Covington filed a court action seeking to persuade a New Mexico court not to impose another state’s insurance laws and increased costs on Ohio insurance consumers.According to the Ohio...
Jun 10 2002 // California senators recently approved Senate Bill 1763, designed to restrict insurance companies from writing mold and liability restrictions into their policies.The bill, which was introduced by Senator Deborah Ortiz...
Jun 7 2002 // The Indiana Department of Insurance will hold back-to-back public hearings on two proposed rules on June 13. At 10:00 a.m. the department will hold a hearing on a proposed amendment to 760 IAC 1-50 regarding insurance...
Jun 7 2002 // In an unprecedented move, California Insurance Commissioner Harry Low has disclosed a letter to the public that he sent to the president of the California State Compensation Insurance Fund. The letter, dated May 29, and...
May 22 2002 // The Missouri Department of Insurance announced that its director, Scott B. Lakin, will hosed a public roundtable discussion on key issues facing consumers and regulators in Kansas City on May 23. Five state insurance...
May 9 2002 // Proposed amendments to California’s fair claims settlements practices regulations exceed the Department of Insurance’s authority and would prevent insurers from settling claims in a prompt, efficient, and fair...
Apr 29 2002 // The personal automobile insurance market in Texas may not be approaching the crisis level at which the homeowners market currently finds itself, but signs indicate that it may be in for a rough ride.According to the Texas...
Feb 25 2002 // Ohio Insurance Director Lee Covington filed a petition to intervene in a New Mexico lawsuit that, according to the Ohio Department of Insurance, could impose another state’s insurance laws and increased costs on Ohio...
Feb 14 2002 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Lee Covington announced that Ohio is among the first states to no longer require insurance companies to make paper financial statement filings to the Department of Insurance. The...
Feb 13 2002 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Lee Covington revoked the insurance license of George J. Fiorini II of Cincinnati and the Fiorini Agency.Covington took the action after finding that Fiorini had allegedly committed...
Jan 14 2002 // As important as being named the next Insurance Commissioner of California is to Tom Umberg, the obligation he felt to serve his country in the wake of Sept. 11 was greater.Umberg, a Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves,...
Jan 11 2002 // Ohio’s Department of Insurance will host the 2002 Insurance Fraud Seminar on Wednesday, March 6. The seminar will feature presentations by several fraud enforcement experts on topics such as “Crimes Against...
Jan 8 2002 // According to a Jan. 7 Los Angeles Times article, California has refused to allow insurers to adopt terrorism exclusion language, a move which has already been by approximately 20 other states in the wake of Sept. 11.The...
Dec 17 2001 // Farmers Insurance Group, the third-largest auto insurer in Texas, has yet to agree to refund an estimated $8 to $10 million to policyholders it admitted overcharging, stating instead that it is continuing to negotiate a...
Nov 6 2001 // The Ohio Department of Insurance issued a Cease and Desist order and a Notice of Hearing to William T. Snapp, of Milford (Clermont County), ordering the agent to stop engaging in the business of insurance by soliciting and...
Nov 5 2001 // Ohio Director of Insurance Lee Covington, acting in his capacity as liquidator of property and casualty insurer Credit General Insurance Company, sued Chicago-based Grant Thornton LLP, certified public accounts and auditor...