February 5, 2020
Rebecca Tabares Garza, of Yakima, Wash., pleaded guilty in Yakima County Superior Court to first-degree theft and filing a false insurance claim for 27 injuries she said occurred to herself and her family. Garza was sentenced to two months of …
January 21, 2020
Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler issued a fine of $950,000 against ACE American Insurance Co. and Indemnity Insurance Co. of North America for reportedly overcharging 18,000 Washington consumers for nearly five years. Kreidler ordered the companies to repay $4.7 million …
January 14, 2020
Three people were charged in King County Superior Court in connection to two separate auto insurance fraud cases after investigations by Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s Criminal Investigations Unit. In the first case, Sawsan Al-Tamimi and Yassir Al-Mtowag each were …
December 31, 2019
Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has ordered the captive insurers for two giant corporations to stop insuring risk in the state, adding to a large list of big companies whose captives have been fined by the commissioner. Kreidler ordered insurers …
November 25, 2019
Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler took disciplinary action in October against insurance companies, agents and brokers who violated state insurance regulations. A summary of cases of interest to Washington consumers is below. Insurance companies UnitedHealthcare of Washington, Seattle; fined $30,000 …
November 1, 2019
Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler took disciplinary action in July, August and September against insurance companies, agents and brokers for violating state insurance regulations. A summary of cases of interest to Washington consumers is below. Insurance companies Dental Health Services, …
September 24, 2019
Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has hit another big corporation’s captive insurer with a fine. Kreidler has been going after captives for owed taxes by fining them since last year, when he issued large fines to captives for Microsoft and …
August 1, 2019
Washington had a record 1,850 responses to wildfires on Department of Natural Resources lands last year. Over the last five years, wildfires have continued to hit the state hard. One state official, who believes climate change is partly to blame, …
July 25, 2019
Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler disciplined and issued fines in July totaling $724,000 against insurance companies, agents and brokers and others who violated state insurance regulations. Following are the names and fines provided by Kreidler’s office: Insurance companies Molina Healthcare …
June 13, 2019
Two insurance fraud suspects pleaded guilty and one suspect entered a diversion program after investigations by Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s Criminal Investigations Unit. Abdikarin A. Mohamed pleaded guilty in King County Superior Court to one count of filing a false …