Latest Department of Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Department of Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Tenn. Attorney Sentenced on Miss. Charges in Frankel Scam
Oct 29 2003 // A Tennessee attorney has been sentenced on Mississippi charges in the Martin Frankel scam. Attorney General Mike Moore announced the sentencing of John Jordan for his reported role in the Frankel insurance scam. In April...
The Seibels Bruce Group Receives Approval to Resume Writing New Commercial Lines Business in Tenn.
Oct 24 2003 // The Seibels Bruce Group, Inc. has received approval from the Tennessee Department of Insurance allowing subsidiary Catawba Insurance Company (CIC) to resume writing new risk-bearing commercial lines business in Tennessee....
Louisiana Commissioner Shuts Down Bail Bond Agent
Sep 22 2003 // In the latest investigation of insurance fraud across the state, Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley announced that a bail bond agent operating in the Greater New Orleans area and beyond was ordered to cease and...
Louisiana Shuts Down Agent for Multiple Violations
Sep 12 2003 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley announced that a former insurance agent (producer) in Haynesville, La., was ordered to cease and desist from all activity in the business of insurance in the latest...
CWCI’s Nolan Discusses Calif. Workers’ Comp Marketplace
Sep 8 2003 // Insurance Journal staff writer Cynthia Beisiegel recently met up with Michael Nolan, president of the California Workers’ Compensation Institute (CWCI) at the ACIC XIV Annual General Counsel Seminar in Las Vegas....
Former Louisiana Agent Arrested
Aug 25 2003 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced that a former Hammond insurance agent was arrested and issued a Cease and Desist Order for allegedly misappropriating insurance funds. DOI Fraud Unit investigators served Lee...
Ariz. Director of Insurance Resigns
Aug 8 2003 // Charles Cohen announced that he is resigning as Arizona state Director of Insurance, effective October 24, 2003. Cohen, an attorney, began representing the Department of Insurance as an Assistant Attorney General in 1987....
Territorial Rating Back on Radar Screen in Calif., ACIC Says
Jul 15 2003 // The California Department of Insurance recently accepted a petition that would change how automobile insurance rates are set in California. The petition, proposed by consumer groups, would restrict the importance that...
Lauderdale to Head ALDOI’s IT Division
Jul 8 2003 // Alabama Commissioner Walter A. Bell announced that Larry Lauderdale, a retired U.S. Army colonel, was named Information Technology manager for the Alabama Department of Insurance. “We are pleased to have a...
La. Agent Issued C&D Order For Selling Bogus Coverage
Jun 26 2003 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Robert Wooley announced that a Lafayette insurance agent was served a cease and desist order and his insurance license was suspended for allegedly misappropriating insurance premiums...
Louisiana Shuts Down Metairie Agent
May 7 2003 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance closed the operations of a Metairie insurance agent (producer) on accusations of forgery and misappropriation of insurance premiums. It was the third such shutdown of an agent’s...
IRES Honors Alabama DOI General Counsel
May 2 2003 // The Alabama Department of Insurance announced that Michael A. Bownes, general counsel for the agency, has been awarded the 2003 Paul L. DeAngelo Memorial Teaching Award, given annually by the Insurance Regulatory Examiners...
Louisiana Agent Faces Fraud Charges
May 2 2003 // The Louisiana Insurance Department shut down the business of a Shreveport, La. insurance agent in the second such action by the department in as many days. According to Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley, the agent was...
No More ‘Acting’ for Louisiana’s Wooley
Apr 15 2003 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced that Robert Wooley officially dropped the “acting” from his title and is now Louisiana’s Commissioner of Insurance. Louisiana Constitution Article IV,...
La. Commish Waives CE for Active Duty Agents
Apr 14 2003 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley announced that the Louisiana Department of Insurance will waive Continuing Education (CE) requirements for insurance agents and brokers actively serving the United States as...
Alabama Announces Regulation Hearings
Apr 7 2003 // The Alabama Department of Insurance has scheduled regulation hearings for May 6 and May 21, 2003. The May 6 hearing will address the adoption of regulations concerning customer privacy and use of credit information....
Pineville, Louisiana Agent Suspended
Apr 2 2003 // Louisiana Department of Insurance Fraud Unit investigators served a cease and desist and summary suspension order to Vimmi Inabnet Clarius of Pineville, prohibiting her from conducting any kind of insurance business in...
Louisiana Shuts Down Former Bogalusa/Covington Area Agent
Mar 28 2003 // Investigators for the Louisiana Department of Insurance Fraud Unit served cease and desist orders to Linda Foxworth McMillan and A Aabco Insurance Agency of 234 Richmond Street, Bogalusa, prohibiting both from conducting...
FSC Provides Automated Solution for CDI Homeowners Premium Survey
Mar 28 2003 // Fiserv FSC, Inc. recently announced that with CapFSC, California insurers can now, with one person, in less than one day, do what used to take a team of employees days or weeks to accomplish. CapFSC is a Windows-based...
LDI Joins National Insurance Task Force
Mar 25 2003 // Acting Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Robert Wooley announced that the Louisiana Department of Insurance has accepted an invitation to join the NeighborWorks National Insurance Task Force (NITF). Wooley appointed...