All the headlines from our Department of Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 18 2001 // The Ohio Department of Insurance ordered 23 property and casualty companies to pay money owed to insurance customers and submit corrective actions plans after market conduct examinations revealed that the companies were...
Oct 8 2001 // The Seventh District Court of Appeals has reinstated Ohio Department of Insurance Director Lee Covington’s order revoking the license of John Sprankle of New Springfield, to sell insurance in Ohio.The reinstatement...
Sep 27 2001 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Lee Covington issued a reminder Sept. 20 to current property and casualty license holders that beginning Oct. 9, they will no longer be authorized to solicit or sell surety bail bonds...
Sep 25 2001 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Lee Covington issued a reminder Sept. 20 to current property and casualty license holders that beginning Oct. 9, they will no longer be authorized to solicit or sell surety bail bonds...
Sep 21 2001 // On Sept. 20, California Insurance Commissioner Harry W. Low released the following announcement:“When I took office as California Insurance Commissioner last September, I made a commitment to myself and to the...
Aug 27 2001 // Overregulation in the auto insurance industry may be an accident that has already happened in some states; but regulators can look to other states as examples of how regulatory requirements can be uniform and yet flexible...
Jul 16 2001 // Thomas M. Calderon, the chair of the Assembly Committee on Insurance, announced his candidacy for California Insurance Commissioner.Calderon’s press office said he has distinguished himself as a reformer of the...
Apr 17 2001 // A new look has come to the Spring 2001 edition of the Arizona Department of Insurance’s “Automobile Premium Comparison Survey.”Premiums are quoted for 10 cities throughout the state. Insurance Director...
Jan 8 2001 // The demarcation between years always seems to take on a contemplative aspect. We look back to where we’ve been, and then look forward to weigh our expectations. Will the market continue to harden? Will the dot-coms...
Jan 3 2001 // An Ohio court has ordered Proliance Insurance Co. be placed into rehabilitation based on a request by the Ohio Department of Insurance Director Lee Covington. Proliance is a Columbus, Ohio, domiciled property and casualty...
Dec 1 2000 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Lee Covington filed a complaint Wednesday in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas requesting that Acceleration National Insurance Company, an Ohio domiciled property and casualty...
Aug 25 2000 // General American Life Insurance Co. has agreed to pay $55 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging the company deceived life insurance policyholders. If approved by a federal judge, the money would go to 251,000...
Aug 14 2000 // As Losses Top 66 Percent Will Texas Soon Bench the Benchmark System?Personal auto losses increased last year in 35 of 51 markets across the country, making for an average pure loss ratio of 65.6 percent, the highest level...
Aug 4 2000 // Lee Covington, Director of the Ohio Department of Insurance, announced that a new online service provided by the Ohio Department of Insurance will help approximately 81,000 licensed Ohio insurance agents keep track of...
Jun 13 2000 // Members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) at the Summer National Meeting in Orlando yesterday approved a resolution to remedy the previous use of race as a criteria in underwriting and to...