Latest Department of Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Department of Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ohio Department of Insurance Changes Web Address
Jul 23 2009 // Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson has announced that the Department Web site address will now be http://www.insurance.ohio.gov. The old address, (www.ohioinsurance.gov) will remain active for a several...
State Farm Lloyds Seeks Homeowners Rate Increase in Texas
Jul 16 2009 // State Farm Lloyds has submitted a rate filing to the Texas Department of Insurance to increase its homeowner’s insurance rates in Texas by a statewide average of 8.5 percent, beginning Oct. 1 for existing customers...
Illinois’ McRaith Named Director of New Department of Insurance
Jul 8 2009 // Illinois Governor Pat Quinn has named Michael McRaith as the director of the newly created Department of Insurance. As a result of Governor Quinn’s Executive Order 4, the Department of Insurance (DOI) separated from...
Indiana Warns Insurance Agents About Potential Scam
Jul 2 2009 // Indiana Department of Insurance has issued a warning to Indiana licensed agents to be aware of a potential scam targeting them. The Department has received reports from other states that individuals have been calling their...
Louisiana Commissioner: Session Successful for Insurance Bills
Jul 2 2009 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon says the recently adjourned 2009 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature was a success when it came to insurance legislation. The Department of Insurance (DOI) saw 20...
Missouri DOI Returns Nearly $6M to Consumers in First Half of 2009
Jul 2 2009 // Consumers who filed complaints with the Missouri Department of Insurance received $5.9 million from insurance companies during the first half of 2009, the department has reported. The money was returned as a result of the...
Arizona Department of Insurance Narrowly Missed Shutdown
Jun 30 2009 // Due to ongoing budget negotiations, Arizona’s Department of Insurance faced a potential shut-down on July 1, 2009. That meant the services the DOI provides, including customer service and licensing, would have been...
Indiana Joins Missouri in Banning New Business from Universal Casualty
Jun 19 2009 // Indiana has ordered Elk Grove Village, Ill.-based auto insurance company Universal Casualty Company (UCC) to stop writing new policies in the state until the company can demonstrate “improved business...
Missouri Insurance Department Names Two New Division Leaders
Jun 12 2009 // The Missouri Department of Insurance has appointed two veteran insurance regulators to division director positions. Mary Kempker has been name to direct the Market Regulation Division. Kempker has worked at the department...
Illinois Department of Insurance Once Again an Independent Division
Jun 4 2009 // The Illinois Department of Insurance (DOI) on June 1 resumed its status as an independent department of state government, a position it held for more than a century prior to its consolidation with several other state...
California Commissioner Warns Insurance Agents, Brokers About Scam
May 29 2009 // California Insurance Commissioner Poizner warned California licensed insurance agents and brokers to beware of a scam. According to the Department of Insurance, individuals have been reportedly calling licensed insurance...
New Orleans Area Agent Accused of Filing Fraudulent Claim
May 6 2009 // A New Orleans area insurance agent has been served with a civil fine notice and license suspension for allegedly filing a fraudulent stolen vehicle claim with his insurer, the Louisiana Department of Insurance...
Calif. Rating Bureau Recommends 24.4% Workers’ Comp Rate Increase
Mar 18 2009 // The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California (WCIRB) says it plans to submit a filing to the California Department of Insurance (CDI) recommending a 24.4 percent increase in pure premium rates that...
Bills Filed to Roll Back Texas 2003 Insurance Reforms
Mar 16 2009 // Reforms to the Texas insurance regulatory system put in place by Senate Bill 14 in 2003 are under attack by a coalition of state lawmakers who have filed bills to, among other things, return the rate setting process for...
Louisiana Insurance Agent Arrested
Mar 11 2009 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance reported that a St. Martinville insurance company employee has been arrested, served with a cease and desist order, notice of license revocation and a fine for alleged misappropriation...
Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Rates on Downswing
Feb 27 2009 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon says rates for workers’ compensation insurance continue to decrease in his state, based on a recent report from the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI)...
Arizona Department of Insurance Closes Tucson Office
Feb 18 2009 // Due to budget reductions, the Arizona Department of Insurance is closing its Tucson office located at 400 W. Congress St., #152, effective Feb. 20, 2009. People seeking DOI services are being directed to the office in...
Louisiana Returned $6M-plus to P/C Insurance Consumers in 2008
Feb 12 2009 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon announced that the Property and Casualty Consumer Affairs Division at the Department of Insurance aided Louisiana insurance consumers in receiving approximately $6,400,000 in...
Nebraska’s Grand Island Insurance, Under Investigation, Loses Licenses
Jan 30 2009 // Three principals of a Grand Island insurance agency under investigation amid allegations of a Ponzi scheme have agreed to have their insurance licenses revoked. A state hearing had been set for next week to consider...
Nebraska Insurance Agency Faces Probe for Alleged Ponzi Scheme
Jan 23 2009 // An alleged Ponzi scheme by a Grand Island insurance agency that recently filed bankruptcy listing more than $100 million in debt is being investigated. Attorney General Jon Bruning this week authorized the State...
