Latest Department of Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Department of Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Delaware DOI Working With FEMA to Fine-Tune Disaster Response
May 4 2018 // The Delaware Department of Insurance (DOI) is working with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) during the next two weeks as part of a National Level Exercise designed to help FEMA and other federal partners,...
Missouri’s Nelson Honored with National Insurance Regulator Award
Apr 13 2018 // Angela Nelson, director of the Division of Market Regulation and Chief Industry Liaison at the Missouri Department of Insurance has been selected as the 2018 recipient of the Paul DeAngelo Memorial Teaching Award given by...
Ohio Now Requiring Transparency on Prescription Drug Pricing
Apr 6 2018 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Jillian Froment has issued a bulletin requiring heightened protections for Ohio consumers related to prescription drug prices. The bulletin requires insurers and pharmacy benefit...
Georgia-Based Auto Insurer Access Insurance To Be Liquidated
Apr 4 2018 // Insurance regulators in the Southeast are notifying policyholders in their states of a Texas-domiciled/Atlanta, Georgia-headquartered property/casualty insurance company that is to be liquidated after being placed in...
Texas Landscaper Must Pay $400K in Workers’ Comp Fraud Case
Apr 3 2018 // A Pflugerville, Texas, landscape company pleaded guilty March 21 to misrepresenting its payroll so it could pay less for workers’ compensation coverage, according to the Texas Department of Insurance. Jammers...
Liquidation Order Issued for Auto Insurer with More Than 42K Policies in Pennsylvania
Apr 2 2018 // A Texas court has issued an order of liquidation for Access Insurance Company, an auto insurer that has 42,785 policies in Pennsylvania. This means Pennsylvanians that currently have auto insurance through Access Insurance...
Georgia-Based Auto Insurer Access Insurance To Be Liquidated
Apr 2 2018 // Insurance regulators in the Southeast are notifying policyholders in their states of a Texas-domiciled/Atlanta, Georgia-headquartered property/casualty insurance company that is to be liquidated after being placed in...
Liquidation Order Issued for Auto Insurer with More Than 42K Policies in Pennsylvania
Mar 23 2018 // A Texas court has issued an order of liquidation for Access Insurance Company, an auto insurer that has 42,785 policies in Pennsylvania. This means Pennsylvanians that currently have auto insurance through Access Insurance...
North Carolina Insurance Agent Arrested for Embezzling $18K in Premiums
Mar 23 2018 // A North Carolina insurance agent has been arrested and charged with embezzling more than $18,000 in insurance premiums, according to a statement from North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey. Billie Jo Kennedy,...
Texas Moves to Liquidate Non-Standard Auto Insurer, Access
Mar 19 2018 // Texas insurance regulators placed into receivership and started the process of liquidating a Texas-domiciled/Atlanta, Georgia-headquartered property/casualty insurance company that the insurance department says is...
North Carolina Insurance Department Expands Fraud Division, Adds 15 Agents
Mar 19 2018 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance has expanded its criminal investigations division with the addition of 15 new special agents, according to a statement from North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike...
Lara, Poizner and Others Vying to be California Insurance Commissioner
Mar 8 2018 // The race is on for the California insurance commissioner posts as we are nearly three months from the primary, but you wouldn’t know it by speaking to people in the insurance industry. Most insurance groups and...
More Than $8M Recovered for Georgia Insurance Consumers in 2017
Mar 1 2018 // More than $8 million was secured for thousands of individuals, families, and businesses who filed complaints against insurance companies in 2017 through help from the Georgia Insurance Commissioner’s Office,...
Ohio, Missouri Insurance Departments Return Tens of Millions in Claims Payouts to Consumers
Feb 19 2018 // The Ohio Department of Insurance helped recover $30.4 million for insureds in 2017 and the Missouri Department of Insurance helped consumers receive an extra $16.8 million in claims payments last year, insurance regulators...
Ohio Collects more than $20M in Past Due Taxes from Insurance Agents
Feb 9 2018 // A state of Ohio program established to collect past due taxes from insurance agents has surpassed the $20 million threshold, Ohio Department of Insurance Director Jillian Froment announced. The vast majority of the nearly...
North Carolina Rate Bureau Seeks 18.9% Average Rate Hike on Dwelling Policies
Feb 9 2018 // The North Carolina Rate Bureau (NCRB) has requested a statewide average rate increase of 18.9 percent, varying by territory, on dwelling insurance policies, according to a statement from the North Carolina Department of...
California Department of Insurance Says it Recovered $81.3M for Consumers
Feb 8 2018 // Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced on Thursday that the California Department of Insurance recovered more than $81.3 million for consumers during 2017 through consumer complaint investigations and market conduct...
Missouri Department of Insurance Helps Return $16.8M to Consumers
Feb 5 2018 // Missouri consumers received an additional $16.8 million from their insurance companies in 2017 with the help of the Missouri Department of Insurance’s Consumer Affairs Division and Market Conduct Section. The...
Insurance Education Scholarships Available for Missouri Students
Jan 23 2018 // The Missouri Department of Insurance announced that high school seniors and college students who are Missouri residents are eligible to apply for Missouri Insurance Education Foundation (MIEF) scholarships. The deadline is...
Kentucky Reports $10.5M Returned to Insurance Consumers in 2017
Jan 11 2018 // The Kentucky Department of Insurance’s (DOI) Consumer Protection Division returned over $15 million to Kentucky consumers during 2017, the department said in a statement. Consumers received over $10.5 million in...
