Latest Department of Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Department of Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Boron to Lead Illinois Department of Insurance
Jan 30 2012 // Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has named a new top state insurance regulator. Andrew Boron has been appointed director of the Illinois Department of Insurance (DOI), the governor’s office announced. The department has been...
Health Insurers in Arizona Face Federal Scrutiny
Jan 18 2012 // Health insurance companies in Arizona are facing scrutiny from Washington as federal authorities have taken over reviews of rate increases of 10 percent or more from the state. The Arizona Republic reported that federal...
California Department of Insurance: $54 Million Recovered in 2011
Jan 10 2012 // The California Department of Insurance recovered more than $54 million for consumers through consumer complaint investigations and market conduct examinations of insurance companies in 2011, California Insurance...
Barton, Nelson Promoted at Missouri Department of Insurance
Jan 10 2012 // Two veteran insurance regulators at the Missouri Department of Insurance have been appointed to division director positions. Matt Barton was picked to lead the Consumer Affairs Division and Angela Nelson is now director of...
Insolvent Missouri Insurers to Be Managed by Farm Bureau
Jan 9 2012 // A Barton County, Mo., judge in December 2011 approved a proposal to allow Missouri Farm Bureau to assume operations of three small insurance companies that became insolvent after paying claims from the May 22 Joplin...
3 Small Insurers Placed into Receivership in Missouri
Dec 8 2011 // A Barton County, Mo., judge has placed a group of three small insurance companies into receivership, after claims from the Joplin tornado left the group insolvent, the Missouri Department of Insurance reported. Missouri...
Insurance Company Liquidation Paying $4.1 Million to Ohio Consumers
Dec 6 2011 // Ohio Lt. Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor announced the successful completion of The Physicians’ Assurance Corp. (TPAC) liquidation proceeding. TPAC was ordered into liquidation on Aug. 18,...
Nebraska Health Providers Urge State-based Insurance Exchange
Dec 2 2011 // Nebraska should not wait for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on the Obama administration’s health care overhaul before it prepares a state-based insurance exchange, a leading hospital advocate said. Bruce Rieker, a...
People
Nov 7 2011 // Jim Donelon has been re-elected commissioner at the Louisiana Department of Insurance. Donelon, a Republican from Metairie, on Oct. 22 defeated Democrat Donald Hodge. Donelon has been insurance commissioner since...
Treasury Names Members of Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance
Nov 2 2011 // The U.S. Department of the Treasury appointed 15 individuals to serve as members of the Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance. The committee will provide advice to Treasury’s Federal Insurance Office (FIO), which...
Former Idaho Insurance Investigators Sue Department of Insurance, Others
Oct 17 2011 // A lawsuit filed by former Idaho insurance investigators says they were forced out of the Idaho Department of Insurance for turning over information to the feds during an investigation into an eastern Idaho insurance...
Insurance Agency Founder Sentenced for Fraud in D.C.
Oct 4 2011 // An insurance agency founder was recently placed on four years of supervised release and fined $10,000 in Washington, D.C., after earlier pleading guilty to insurance fraud, according to officials. Washington, D.C.,...
Former Idaho Insurance Investigators Sue Department of Insurance, Others
Sep 29 2011 // A lawsuit filed by former Idaho insurance investigators says they were forced out of the Idaho Department of Insurance for turning over information to the feds during an investigation into an eastern Idaho insurance...
Insurance Payments in Joplin, Missouri Recovery Top $1B
Sep 19 2011 // Insurance payouts from the May 22 Joplin tornado have exceeded $1 billion, according to the Missouri Department of Insurance. Home, auto and commercial insurers have reported their preliminary claims and payment numbers as...
Ohio Says Kentucky Agent Used Fake Names, Revokes License
Sep 2 2011 // Ohio Lieutenant Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor has revoked the resident insurance agent license of Sheri Lyn Sharp, of Burlington, Ky., for violations of Ohio insurance law. Sharp wrote...
Missouri Receives $21M Grant to Build Online Health Insurance Marketplace
Aug 17 2011 // Missouri has received a $21 million grant aimed at making health insurance coverage for individuals and small businesses more accessible and affordable, regulators Using the grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Health...
Missouri: $745M in Claims Paid Toward Joplin Recovery
Aug 17 2011 // As of mid-July insurance companies serving consumers in the Joplin, Mo., area had paid more than $745 million in claims for residential, personal and commercial property damaged by the EF-5 tornado that struck May 22,...
California Insurance Investments in Underserved Areas Improves
Aug 1 2011 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced today that since he took office in January, insurance companies and other investors have made $23.6 million in investments in under-served communities. Commissioner...
