All the headlines from our Department of Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 15 2019 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has named its 2019 committee chairs and vice chairs. The association of state insurance regulators also assigned members to its standing committees. “The...
Jan 7 2019 // For the seventh year in a row, the Florida insurance industry, regulators, and consumer advocates will push for reforms to the state’s assignment of benefits issue that has now become an insurance crisis, according...
Jan 4 2019 // The Missouri Department of Insurance in December recommended a 3.5 percent decrease in workers’ compensation insurance loss costs for 2019. This marks the fifth year in a row that average workers’ compensation...
Jan 2 2019 // New laws in Ohio will benefit Ohio consumers while further strengthening Ohio’s robust insurance market, according to Ohio Department of Insurance Director Jillian Froment.Among the changes made by Ohio’s...
Dec 5 2018 // Rates for workers’ compensation insurance will decrease in Louisiana next year, the state insurance department announced.Louisiana Department of Insurance has approved a rate filing from the National Council on...
Nov 21 2018 // South Carolina Department of Insurance Director Ray Farmer was elected to the position of president-elect at the NAIC (National Association of Insurance Commissioners) Fall National Meeting on November 18.Previously,...
Nov 19 2018 // State insurance regulators have elected new officers of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). The following officers will assume their duties on Jan. 1, 2019:President: Maine Insurance Superintendent...
Nov 5 2018 // The North Carolina Rate Bureau’s 17.2 percent rate decrease filing for workers’ compensation insurance has been approved by North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey, according to a statement from the...
Oct 25 2018 // The North Carolina Rate Bureau’s 17.2 percent rate decrease filing for workers’ compensation insurance has been approved by North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey, according to a statement from the...
Oct 23 2018 // Workers’ compensation insurance rates will decrease for the second year in a row in Delaware, effective December 1, 2018.“I am delighted to approve yet another decrease in workers’ compensation rates in...
Oct 2 2018 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) is accepting comment on the proposed Fiscal Year 2019 Research Agenda of the Workers’ Compensation Research and Evaluation Group...
Oct 1 2018 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) will have more resources to fight insurance and financial services fraud after Gov. Scott Walker issued an executive order creating a new anti-fraud unit...
Sep 11 2018 // The California Department of Insurance on Tuesday issued a cease and desist order to the National Rifle Association of America alleging the NRA marketed an insurance product in California without being licensed to do...
Sep 10 2018 // Frank Opelka has been appointed deputy commissioner of the Office of Health, Life and Annuity at the Louisiana Department of Insurance. Opelka comes to the Department of Insurance from the Louisiana Department of Health...
Sep 10 2018 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance announced multiple fraud enforcement actions during the month of August.Insurance fraud costs American consumers approximately $80 billion dollars a year. According to North...
Sep 3 2018 // The former owner of multiple property/casualty insurance operations in northern Illinois has been sentenced to more than four years in prison and ordered to pay nearly $1 million in restitution for insurance fraud.U.S....
Aug 22 2018 // A new task force created to investigate the high cost of auto insurance in Louisiana held its first meeting on Aug. 21, the Louisiana Department of Insurance reports.The Louisiana High Auto Rates Task Force was formed by...
Aug 15 2018 // The former owner of multiple property/casualty insurance operations in northern Illinois has been sentenced to more than four years in prison and ordered to pay nearly $1 million in restitution for insurance fraud.U.S....
Aug 7 2018 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance announced multiple fraud enforcement actions during the month of July.Insurance fraud costs American consumers approximately $80 billion dollars a year. According to North...
Jul 31 2018 // Fraud investigators with the Georgia Department of Insurance have arrested a Columbus, Ga., roofing contractor and issued warrants on his employer for intentionally vandalizing the roofs of two homes in Muscogee County,...