October 1, 2014
The Missouri Department of Insurance announced it helped consumers who filed a complaint against their insurance company receive an additional $7.4 million in claim payments in the first half of 2014. Health insurance topped the list of complaints. The department …
July 16, 2014
The Oklahoma Insurance Department announced its Consumer Assistance Division has recovered $2,180,170 for Oklahoma consumers in the first half of 2014. Between Jan. 1 and June 30, the Consumer Assistance Division answered 13,127 phone calls, responded to over 300 emails …
May 16, 2013
The Oklahoma Insurance Department announced that its Consumer Assistance Division recovered $1,088,844 for Oklahoma consumers in the first quarter of 2013. Between Jan. 1 and April 30, the Consumer Assistance Division closed 1,149 complaints, assisted more than 8,500 consumers over …
February 27, 2012
Misconduct complaints against Ohio nurses have skyrocketed in recent years, leading to a backlog of investigations for the state nursing board’s disciplinary system, a newspaper investigation has found. The Dayton Daily News reported that the Ohio Board of Nursing is …
February 3, 2012
Insurance regulators saved or recovered $11.6 million for Ohioans in 2011, the Ohio Department of Insurance announced. The department said it received 5,336 consumer complaints, the majority of which dealt with the denial of insurance claims. Of the recoveries realized …
December 6, 2011
A newspaper’s analysis shows the most common complaints received by the Ohio Department of Insurance come from people who had health claims denied. The Columbus Dispatch reports the department got more than 3,100 complaints last year and in the first …
July 18, 2011
Missouri’s Insurance Department says it’s recovered more than $5 million in the first half of the year for residents who filed complaints about their insurance companies. The department has released a quarterly report on complaints and recoveries showing a surge …
January 31, 2011
Enforcement by the Missouri Department of Insurance resulted in consumers receiving $10.5 million from their insurance companies in 2010, the DOI reported. The money was returned through the department’s mediation efforts on behalf of consumers who had filed complaints, as …