All the headlines from our Department of Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 2 2019 // Severe wildfire seasons have made it harder for homeowners to find insurance in high wildfire-risk areas, according to new data collected by the California Department of Insurance.The data released in late-August from the...
Sep 2 2019 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner James Donelon has issued a cease and desist order against State Farm in a dispute over policy deductibles related to Hurricane Barry.The state Department of Insurance received a complaint...
Aug 28 2019 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance has received a dwelling insurance rate filing from the North Carolina Rate Bureau requesting a statewide average rate increase of 19.2%, varying by territory.The N.C. Rate Bureau,...
Aug 26 2019 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner James Donelon has issued a cease and desist order against State Farm in a dispute over hurricane deductibles before Hurricane Barry.The state Department of Insurance received a complaint...
Aug 21 2019 // Severe wildfire seasons have made it harder for homeowners to find insurance in high wildfire-risk areas, according to new data collected by the California Department of Insurance.The data released this week from the CDI...
Aug 14 2019 // Director Jillian Froment has added Jennifer Demory, Mark Hamlin and Jessica Schuster to the senior team at the Ohio Department of Insurance. All three bring significant experience to key positions at the department.Mark...
Aug 12 2019 // A Wilmington, Del., woman was indicted by the New Castle County Grand Jury for insurance fraud and other felony charges.Theresa T. Milton was indicted on seven felony counts of insurance fraud, one felony count of theft by...
Aug 7 2019 // A pair of companies has filed to overturn decisions by California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara in cases involving workers’ comp provider Applied Underwriters, alleging the decisions by Lara were swayed by...
Aug 6 2019 // Delaware Governor John Carney signed House Bill 174, titled the Delaware Insurance Data Security Act, into law on Wednesday, July 31, 2019.This law is based on an NAIC Model Act, which establishes a comprehensive...
Jul 11 2019 // Agents from the Georgia Department of Insurance Fraud Investigations Division made 49 arrests in the first half of 2019 and are set to pass the total number of arrests from last year (60) in just the third calendar...
Jul 10 2019 // Missouri insurance regulators say insured losses following May tornadoes in that state are predicted to reach $139 million or more.Tornadoes ravaged several areas of the state in May, including Missouri’s capitol...
Jul 9 2019 // A new report issued by the Missouri Department of Insurance shows that earthquake insurance coverage in the highest risk areas of Missouri has dropped to just under 14 percent.According to the department, the Earthquake...
Jul 9 2019 // The Georgia Department of Insurance responded to 5,688 consumer complaints and inquiries, returning more than $3 million in insurance claim payouts in the first six months of 2019 to many of these policyholders, GADOI said...
Jun 27 2019 // The Delaware Department of Insurance recently received notice of a data security breach suffered by Dominion National, an insurer and administrator of dental and vision benefits, that impacted 95,000 Delaware residents.On...
Jun 26 2019 // Former Dayton, Ohio-area insurance agent and investment adviser has been sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted of insurance fraud and conducting a “Ponzi” scheme targeting elderly...
Jun 21 2019 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance announced multiple fraud enforcement actions during the month of May 2019.Insurance fraud costs American consumers approximately $80 billion a year. According to North Carolina...
Jun 20 2019 // Several individuals were arrested last week involved in an insurance fraud scheme stretching all the way to California that is believed to have totaled $120 million in losses, according to the Georgia Department of...
May 31 2019 // Brett Gerger, former chief deputy director of the Illinois Department of Insurance, has joined the Independent Insurance Agents of Illinois (IIA of IL) as director of Education & Agency Resources.In his new position,...
May 23 2019 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance has released a smartphone app for insurance agents offering information such as educational opportunities, NCDOI agent services contact info, and agent notifications from the...
May 22 2019 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance announced multiple fraud enforcement actions during the month of April 2019.Insurance fraud costs American consumers approximately $80 billion dollars a year. According to North...