Latest Department of Insurance Headlines
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Alabama Department of Insurance Names Workman as Deputy Commissioner
Dec 20 2017 // The Alabama Department of Insurance has announced Jerry Workman as Deputy Commissioner. Workman will succeed Deputy Commissioner and Chief Actuary Charles Angell, who is retiring in July of 2018. He will lead the...
California Wildfire Claims Top $9.4B, Department of Insurance Says
Dec 18 2017 // California Commissioner Dave Jones announced in early December that the total of insured losses from the wildfires in California in October had topped $9.4 billion in residential and commercial claims. That figure is near...
California Wildfire Claims Now Top $9.4B, Department of Insurance Says
Dec 6 2017 // California Commissioner Dave Jones announced on Wednesday that total of insured losses from the wildfires in California in October now top $9.4 billion in residential and commercial claims. The latest figure is near the...
North Carolina Rate Bureau Requests 18.7% Increase for Homeowners Insurance
Nov 21 2017 // The North Carolina Rate Bureau has filed notice with the N.C. Department of Insurance request a statewide average increase in homeowners insurance rates of 18.7 percent for 2018, according to Insurance Commissioner Mike...
Alabama Department of Insurance Launches Online Help Chat for Agents, Consumers
Nov 17 2017 // The Alabama Department of Insurance has launched a new online chat to offer consumers another avenue to have their insurance questions answered quickly. Representatives are now available at www.aldoi.gov to help with...
3 Licensed Producers Accused of Insurance Fraud Scheme in Louisiana
Oct 30 2017 // Two women in East Baton Rouge Parish have been served cease and desist orders by the Louisiana Department of Insurance Fraud Division investigators for allegedly fraudulently altering the vital information and beneficiary...
Georgia Reports $4.7M Recovered for Insurance Consumers So Far in 2017
Oct 24 2017 // The Georgia Department of Insurance’s Consumer Services Division answered more than 8,778 complaints and helped consumers receive $4,828,385 million in claims settlements through the first three quarters of 2017,...
Home, Auto Insurance Rates Rose Slightly in Ohio in 2016
Oct 18 2017 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Jillian Froment says that the average rates in 2016 for the top 10 homeowners and private passenger auto insurance groups in Ohio increased 1.9 percent and 3.1 percent,...
Georgia Estimates $550M in Insured Losses from Hurricane Irma
Oct 18 2017 // Georgia’s estimated insured losses from Hurricane Irma have climbed to more than $550 million, with insurers reporting approximately 103,163 claims filed so far, according to Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph...
Butler Named Chief of Staff at Louisiana Insurance Department
Oct 13 2017 // Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has appointed Mary Elizabeth “Liz” Butler as chief of staff of the Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI). Butler will oversee the agency budget, personnel and day-to-day...
California Department of Insurance Names Yang Deputy Commissioner
Oct 6 2017 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has named Amorette Yang to deputy commissioner of the California Department of Insurance’s community programs and policy initiatives branch. Yang was chief of the branch....
Governor Appoints Sullivan as Texas’ New Insurance Commissioner
Oct 2 2017 // Texas has a new insurance commissioner. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has named Kent Sullivan to serve as insurance commissioner and head of the Texas Department of Insurance. His term expires Feb. 1, 2019. The post has been...
Unlicensed Health Insurance Companies Targeting Delaware Seniors
Sep 21 2017 // Senior citizens are being warned to be on the lookout for unlicensed health insurance companies in Delaware. The companies have been marketing and selling plans to residents of long-term care and nursing home facilities in...
Mixed Messages Sent Over Texas’s New Cat Claims Statute
Sep 18 2017 // Ambiguity surrounding a Texas law that went into effect on Sept. 1 had insurance industry representatives and attorneys who represent insurance policyholders issuing conflicting messages to insureds who may have suffered...
New Workers’ Comp Filing Submitted to California Department of Insurance
Sep 8 2017 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau on Friday submitted an amended Jan. 1, 2018 pure premium rate filing to the California Department of Insurance. The amended filing was based on the WCIRB’s...
Law’s Ambiguity a Source of Mixed Messages Over Texas Cat Claims Statute
Aug 30 2017 // Ambiguity surrounding a Texas law that goes into effect on Sept. 1 has insurance industry representatives and attorneys who represent insurance policyholders sending conflicting messages to insureds who may have suffered...
Two Delaware Residents Indicted After Insurance Fraud Investigation
Aug 30 2017 // After an investigation by the Department of Insurance Fraud Prevention Bureau, two Wilmington, Del., residents were indicted on Monday, August 7, 2017, by a New Castle County grand jury. Lisa Mitchell and Robert Jones were...
Texas Regulators Offer Guidance to Insurers on Harvey Response
Aug 29 2017 // The Texas Department of Insurance has issued several bulletins offering guidance to insurers related to Hurricane Harvey, which made landfall near Rockport, Texas, late on Aug. 25. The bulletins are in response to the...
Georgia Insurance Agent Arrested for Misappropriating Workers’ Comp Premiums
Aug 25 2017 // An insurance agent in Floyd County, Ga., has been arrested on fraud charges related to the misappropriation of insurance premiums, according to the Georgia Department of Insurance. Marshall Irwin, 56, owner and operator of...
Delaware Governor Carney Signs Insurance Consumer Fairness Bill
Aug 21 2017 // On Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017, Delaware Governor John Carney signed into law House Substitute 1 for House Bill 80 (HS 1 for HB 80), a consumer fairness bill that targets unfair discriminatory practices by automobile and...
