Latest Department of Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Department of Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Texas Lawmaker: Windpool’s Ike Litigation Costs Still Rising
Oct 29 2012 // Texas’ insurer of last resort for coastal property has paid out more than $1.2 billion in individual litigation costs related to Hurricane Ike, which struck in 2008, one state lawmaker says. Information released by...
Kentucky Urges Residents to Replace Medi-Share
Oct 22 2012 // Members of a Christians-only health insurance plan that has been ordered to cease operations in Kentucky should get different policies immediately, the state Department of Insurance advised. The move follows Franklin...
Missouri Recovers Nearly $8M for Consumers in First 9 Months of 2012
Oct 17 2012 // Consumers who filed complaints with the Missouri Department of Insurance have received almost $8 million in additional claims payments from their insurance companies in the nine months of 2012. The department said it has...
Judge Shuts Down Christian Health Ministry Medi-Share in Kentucky
Oct 4 2012 // A Christians-only health care ministry must cease operations in Kentucky unless it can get regulatory approval from the state Department of Insurance, a judge ruled this week. The ruling by Franklin County Circuit Judge...
Kentucky Bill Would Allow Christian Ministry’s Medi-Share Plan
Sep 3 2012 // A Christians-only health care ministry that’s battling in court for the right to continue operating in Kentucky could get a reprieve from the Legislature. Sen. Tom Buford, chairman of the Senate Banking and Insurance...
Kentucky Judge to Review Christians-Only Health Plan Case
Aug 8 2012 // A judge will consider whether a Christians-only health care plan should be held in contempt of court more than a year after the Kentucky Supreme Court subjected it to stricter regulations that could have meant its demise...
Missouri Helps Collect $5M for Consumers in First Half 2012
Jul 27 2012 // Missouri insurance regulators report their efforts are helping consumers to receive more than $5 million in additional insurance claims payments in first half of 2012. Consumers will receive an additional $5.1 million in...
Brewer Names Acting Director for Arizona Department of Insurance
Jun 29 2012 // Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has named Germaine Marks the Acting Director of the Arizona Department of Insurance. Marks is being appointed to serve in this capacity due to the pending retirement of outgoing Insurance Director...
Missouri Issues Warning About Agent Barred from Insurance Business
Jun 1 2012 // The Missouri Department of Insurance says it has received reports that an agent previously barred from the insurance business has been selling policies illegally. The department revoked the insurance license of former...
Delaware Regulators Recovered $1.3M for Policyholders in 2012 Q1
May 30 2012 // Delaware’s Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart said her department recovered $1,331,831 for the state’s policyholders during 2012 first quarter. Commissioner Stewart announced the first-quarter’s...
Indiana Finds Assurant Subsidiaries Overcharged Small Businesses
May 29 2012 // Three subsidiaries of Assurant Health will provide refunds to small group health insurance policyholders that Indiana insurance regulators say the companies overcharged. Indiana Insurance Commissioner Stephen W. Robertson...
California Legislator Calls for Hearing on Intervenor Fees
May 17 2012 // State Sen. Juan Vargas, D-San Diego, has become the latest person to question intervenor fees, calling on the California Department of Insurance to review a state program that allows consumer groups to intervene in...
Missouri Regulators: Joplin Insurance Claims Deadline Approaching
May 14 2012 // The Missouri Department of Insurance is sending an urgent message to Joplin residents with incomplete insurance claims related to the May 22, 2011, EF-5 tornado. The department says many homeowners insurance policies...
California Department of Insurance Wants to be ‘Liked’
Apr 26 2012 // Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones and the California Department of Insurance really want you to like them. CDI now has a Facebook page. The page was launched on Thursday, and had about a dozen “Likes” as soon...
Report: Risk for Corruption High in South Central States
Mar 20 2012 // Although none of the 50 U.S. state governments were found to be exemplary, three out of four of the South Central states received very lackluster rankings in a report evaluating state governments on integrity and the...
California Department of Insurance Takes Action Over Claims Handling
Mar 6 2012 // The California Department of Insurance has served an order to show cause, a statement of charges and a notice of penalty against the New Hampshire Insurance Co. and its authorized agent for claims processing, York Risk...
California Department of Insurance Files Action Against Zurich
Feb 28 2012 // The California Department of Insurance initiated an administrative enforcement action against two insurers – Zurich American Insurance Co. and Zurich American Insurance Co. of Illinois – for using a type of...
Louisiana Department of Insurance Recovers $5.3M in 2011
Feb 14 2012 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon announced that the Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) aided Louisiana insurance consumers in receiving more than $5.3 million in insurance payments from consumer complaints...
Website Attacks Consumer Watchdog
Feb 10 2012 // A website attacking a consumer group that often does battle with the insurance industry was launched on Friday, setting off more sparks in a roiling battle between proponents of two competing measures that Californians may...
Ohio Announces $11.6M in Insurance Savings, Recoveries in 2011
Feb 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...
