Latest Department of Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Department of Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
California Insurance Commissioner Campaigns Against Fraud
Oct 17 2005 // California State Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has launched a statewide campaign to warn consumers about scams involving fake insurance policies. The Department of Insurance has cracked several fraud cases in the...
N.C. PEO Operator Pleads Guilty to Mail Fraud
Oct 13 2005 // North Carolina’s first criminal case involving a professional employer organization that provides outsourced personnel services to other businesses has been resolved by the Department of Insurance. Insurance...
News Briefs
Oct 3 2005 // CALIFORNIA ACIC OPPOSES PROPOSED CDI REGULATIONS: The Association of California Insurance Companies recently testified on proposed Department of Insurance regulations. According to Jeff Fuller, executive vice president and...
Wash. Contractor Cited for Fraudand Safety Violations
Oct 3 2005 // To combat fraud and protect workers from serious injury and death, the Washington Department of Labor and Industries has cited a Tacoma roofing contractor for workers’ compensation fraud and multiple safety...
ACIC Opposes Proposed California Department of Insurance Regulations
Sep 21 2005 // The Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) recently testified on proposed Department of Insurance regulations. According to Jeff Fuller, executive vice president and general counsel of ACIC, if passed, the...
News Briefs
Sep 19 2005 // Illinois Katrina Could Affect Ill. Insurance Rates: Experts say the path of destruction left by Hurricane Katrina likely will lead to higher insurance rates in the metro-east and across the country, although it is unclear...
TDI to Provide Insurance Assistance at All Texas Disaster Recovery Centers
Sep 14 2005 // The Texas Department of Insurance reported that it deployed staff to all Texas disaster recovery centers (DRCs) to assist Hurricane Katrina evacuees with their insurance questions and claims, including workers’...
TDI Offers Assistance to Katrina Victims
Sep 2 2005 // Many consumers from Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama have relocated to Texas in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. While it is uncertain when they will be able to return to their homes, those leaving flooded areas may have...
Texas Gov. Names Betts Div. of Workers’ Comp Commissioner
Sep 2 2005 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry has named Albert Betts Jr. of Austin as commissioner of the Division of Workers’ Compensation at the Texas Department of Insurance for a term to expire Feb. 1, 2007. He is being appointed to...
Nebraskans Warned About Service Contract Scams
Jul 27 2005 // The Nebraska Department of Insurance is advising consumers to be inquisitive when looking to purchase a motor vehicle service contract, often called extended warranty. These contracts need to be backed by an insurer...
TDI Available for Questions About Hurricane Emily Claims
Jul 27 2005 // A week after Hurricane Emily made landfall in northern Mexico many of those in South Texas who suffered damage from the storm are now settling insurance claims and making repairs. Once a settlement is reached, insurance...
OAHU Applauds Department of Insurance’s High Risk Pool Study
Jul 19 2005 // The Ohio Association of Health Underwriters (OAHU) announced that efforts to establish a High Risk Pool in Ohio have been supported by a study recently released by the Ohio Department of Insurance (ODI). A High Risk Pool...
Calif. Department of Insurance Chief Lists Expectations for Market Conduct
Jul 4 2005 // Joel Laucher, chief of Market Conduct at the California Department of Insurance, recently spoke to attendees at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Inland Marine Under-writers Associa-tion about Calif-ornia’s requirements...
Calif. Department of Insurance Chief Lists Expectations for Market Conduct
Jul 4 2005 // Joel Laucher, chief of Market Conduct at the California Department of Insurance, recently spoke to attendees at the 75th Annual Meeting of the Inland Marine Underwriters Association about California’s requirements...
Lake Charles Producer Arrested
May 31 2005 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance reported its investigators, accompanied by law enforcement, recently shut down a Lake Charles producer, who was charged with alleged misappropriation of funds. It was the fourth time...
La. DOI Takes Action Against Unauthorized Marine Insurance Sales
Apr 26 2005 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance reported it has ordered an insurance company and the association that sponsors it to cease all participation in the alleged writing of unauthorized insurance coverage in...
La. Man Pleads Guilty in CE Credit Scam
Apr 5 2005 // Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr. announced that Leo Vincent Jacob of Covington, La., has pled guilty to six counts of filing false public records in a criminal scheme that involved hundreds of insurance...
South Central Homeowners Market Update
Apr 4 2005 // Judging from the homeowners insurance rate changes reported by the Arkansas Insurance Department for 2004, the highest increases were effective before August. The largest hike, 28.3 percent, was filed by Federal Insurance...
IBA West President Discusses Broker Disclosure, Work Comp Issues
Apr 4 2005 // Mark Wells, publisher of Insurance Journal, recently spoke to Stan Simpson, the newly elected president of the Insurance Agents and Brokers of the West and a principal at Buckman-Mitchell Inc., an independent agency in...
Lake Charles Agent Told to Cease and Desist
Apr 1 2005 // A Lake Charles, La., insurance agent (producer) was arrested and issued a cease and desist order, along with a summary suspension of his license, on charges of submitting fraudulent damage repair claims and pocketing the...
