Latest Department of Insurance Headlines

All the headlines from our Department of Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Lauderdale to Head ALDOI’s IT Division

Jul 8 2003 // Alabama Commissioner Walter A. Bell announced that Larry Lauderdale, a retired U.S. Army colonel, was named Information Technology manager for the Alabama Department of Insurance. “We are pleased to have a...

La. Agent Issued C&D Order For Selling Bogus Coverage

Jun 26 2003 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Robert Wooley announced that a Lafayette insurance agent was served a cease and desist order and his insurance license was suspended for allegedly misappropriating insurance premiums...

Louisiana Shuts Down Metairie Agent

May 7 2003 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance closed the operations of a Metairie insurance agent (producer) on accusations of forgery and misappropriation of insurance premiums. It was the third such shutdown of an agent’s...

IRES Honors Alabama DOI General Counsel

May 2 2003 // The Alabama Department of Insurance announced that Michael A. Bownes, general counsel for the agency, has been awarded the 2003 Paul L. DeAngelo Memorial Teaching Award, given annually by the Insurance Regulatory Examiners...

Louisiana Agent Faces Fraud Charges

May 2 2003 // The Louisiana Insurance Department shut down the business of a Shreveport, La. insurance agent in the second such action by the department in as many days. According to Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley, the agent was...

No More ‘Acting’ for Louisiana’s Wooley

Apr 15 2003 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced that Robert Wooley officially dropped the “acting” from his title and is now Louisiana’s Commissioner of Insurance. Louisiana Constitution Article IV,...

La. Commish Waives CE for Active Duty Agents

Apr 14 2003 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley announced that the Louisiana Department of Insurance will waive Continuing Education (CE) requirements for insurance agents and brokers actively serving the United States as...

Alabama Announces Regulation Hearings

Apr 7 2003 // The Alabama Department of Insurance has scheduled regulation hearings for May 6 and May 21, 2003. The May 6 hearing will address the adoption of regulations concerning customer privacy and use of credit information....

Pineville, Louisiana Agent Suspended

Apr 2 2003 // Louisiana Department of Insurance Fraud Unit investigators served a cease and desist and summary suspension order to Vimmi Inabnet Clarius of Pineville, prohibiting her from conducting any kind of insurance business in...

Louisiana Shuts Down Former Bogalusa/Covington Area Agent

Mar 28 2003 // Investigators for the Louisiana Department of Insurance Fraud Unit served cease and desist orders to Linda Foxworth McMillan and A Aabco Insurance Agency of 234 Richmond Street, Bogalusa, prohibiting both from conducting...

FSC Provides Automated Solution for CDI Homeowners Premium Survey

Mar 28 2003 // Fiserv FSC, Inc. recently announced that with CapFSC, California insurers can now, with one person, in less than one day, do what used to take a team of employees days or weeks to accomplish. CapFSC is a Windows-based...

LDI Joins National Insurance Task Force

Mar 25 2003 // Acting Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Robert Wooley announced that the Louisiana Department of Insurance has accepted an invitation to join the NeighborWorks National Insurance Task Force (NITF). Wooley appointed...

CDI Looks to Shore Up California’s Workers’ Comp Market

Mar 24 2003 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi took center stage when he addressed the problems plaguing State Compensation Insurance Fund on the heels of his recent plans to reform California’s ailing...

FSC Makes Available Automated Solution for CDI Homeowners Premium Survey

Mar 10 2003 // Fiserv FSC, Inc. announced that with CapFSC, California insurers can now, with one person, in less than one day, do what used to take a team of employees days or weeks to accomplish. CapFSC is a dependable and accurate...

NAII Notes All States Have Addressed Privacy Legislation

Feb 24 2003 // Insurance companies with systems in place to meet state and Federal Privacy standards may need to do some “tweaking” to assure continued regulatory compliance, according to the National Association of...

Quackenbush Breaks the Silence

Feb 24 2003 // Insurance Journal senior staff writer Dave Thomas, along with publisher Mark Wells, recently caught up with former California Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush. Quackenbush, who has been working in Hawaii as a...

Senate Privacy Bill Could Impede Progress in Calif. Business Climate

Feb 19 2003 // The Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) says a California consumer privacy bill that was set to be heard in the Senate Judiciary Committee Feb. 18 is unnecessary because current state law and department of...

NAII Notes All States Have Addressed Privacy Legislation, While Handful Have Proposals Pending

Feb 11 2003 // Insurance companies with systems in place to meet state and Federal Privacy standards may need to do some “tweaking” down the road to assure continued regulatory compliance, according to the National...

Ariz. DOI Makes Arrests in Ariz./Calif. Auto Fraud Scheme

Jan 31 2003 // The Arizona Department of Insurance Fraud Unit assisted the Phoenix Police Department’s Fugitive Apprehension and Investigations Detail in arresting Juan Reyes Marrufo, 35, Maricela Armenta, 34, and Cristina...

Louisiana Agent Booked for Theft, Misappropriation

Jan 24 2003 // A Slidell, La. insurance agent was charged on numerous counts of theft and misappropriation, the latest in a series of insurance fraud arrests around the state, according to acting Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Robert...