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Delaware Fines Insurers $83K for Market Misconduct

Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart has fined insurance companies a total of $83,300 during the first quarter of 2016 for violating state insurance regulations. Fines generally result from a market conduct examination of a company’s practices performed by the …

Missouri Fines Insurer Safe Auto for Alleged Violations

Missouri motorists insured by Safe Auto may receive a refund or credit following a market conduct examination conducted by the Missouri Department of Insurance. The department contends that the auto insurer failed to provide anti-theft discounts on vehicles that qualified …

Anthem to Return $7.8M to Missouri Policyholders in Market Conduct Settlement

The Missouri Department of Insurance announced it reached a regulatory settlement with Healthy Alliance Life Insurance Co. and HMO Missouri Inc., subsidiaries of Anthem BlueCross BlueShield of Missouri, which are part of WellPoint Inc. As part of the settlement, these …

Top 10 Market Conduct Complaints by Regulators Against P/C Insurers

Failure to handle claims within specified time frames and using unapproved forms and rates are the top two criticisms of property/casualty insurers by market conduct regulators, according to a new report. Waltham, Mass.-based Wolters Kluwer Financial Services reported its annual …

Missouri Settles with Major Health Insurer over Claim Denials

Missouri insurance regulators announced a million-dollar settlement with a major health insurer over alleged violations that include denying childhood immunization and cancer screening claims. The Missouri Department of Insurance settled with Time Insurance Co., Union Security Insurance Co. and John …

Delaware Regulators Fine State Farm $150K Over Non-Renewal Notices

Delaware’s insurance department announced it has fined State Farm Fire and Casualty Company a $150,000 penalty for failing to include in some of its non-renewal notices a written explanation of the specific reasons for non-renewal. The insurer has also been …

Penn. Regulators Recovered $3.2M in Restitution for Consumers in 2011

The Pennsylvania Insurance Department said its office of market regulation completed 334 enforcement actions and market conduct examinations in 2011. In all, the department issued 141 orders and adjudications, collected more than $900,000 in penalties and fines and recovered $3.2 …