Latest Department of Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Department of Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
N.C.’s Jones, Duplin Counties Face Deadline for Ernesto Claims
Nov 15 2006 // The deadline for seeking mediation for disputed insurance claims arising from Tropical Storm Ernesto is fast approaching for residential property owners in Jones and Duplin Counties. Residents with disputed property...
Williams Named N.C. Department of Insurance Legislative Counsel
Nov 14 2006 // Goldsboro, N.C., resident Rose Vaughn Williams will join Insurance Commissioner Jim Long’s staff as legislative counsel. Williams most recently served as a district court judge in the eighth judicial district of...
TDI Deputy Commissioner Receives National Award
Nov 14 2006 // For the second year in a row the Texas Department of Insurance’s (TDI) Licensing Division has been recognized for its outstanding performance by the Securities and Insurance Licensing Association (SILA). The...
Mo. Commissioner Issues New Flood Bulletin on Training for Producers
Nov 3 2006 // The Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions & Professional Registration this week issued a bulletin regarding training requirements for insurance producers who offer flood insurance policies through the...
La. Agent Arrested, Charged with Forgery and Fraud
Nov 1 2006 // A Rayville, La., insurance agent was shut down on charges of fraud and misappropriation of funds, Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon announced. Tracy E. Antley, 44, was ordered to cease and desist from...
North Carolina Insurance Agent Arrested on Alleged Fraud Charges
Oct 26 2006 // A Matthews, N.C. licensed insurance agent was arrested and charged with nine felony counts of obtaining property by false pretense and is under a $50,000 secured bond at the Union County Jail. According to Insurance...
Bustamante and Poizner in the final campaign stretch
Oct 23 2006 // From holding the line on new reforms to reducing uninsured motorists, a fair share of work lurks ahead for California’s soon-to-be-chosen insurance commissioner. Front-runners fighting for the honor of regulating...
La. Using Bait Cars in Effort to Reduce Auto Insurance Fraud
Oct 20 2006 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance reported it now has a powerful new tool to use in its long standing battle against auto theft and high insurance rates. The tool, known as a bait car, is a motor vehicle fitted with...
Alabama Says Katrina Mediation Working
Oct 19 2006 // A mediation program launched by the Alabama Department of Insurance following Hurricane Katrina is bearing fruit, says Commissioner Walter A. Bell, pointing to a 90 percent success rate. “We directed the companies...
La. Agent’s Operations Shut Down
Oct 12 2006 // Louisiana Department of Insurance Fraud Investigators shut down all insurance licensing privileges of a Delhi, La., producer (agent) on multiple charges, Insurance Commissioner Donelon announced. Janis Dalene Simms...
La. Producer Arrested for Allegedly Pocketing Premium Payments
Oct 6 2006 // A Shreveport, La., producer was issued a cease and desist order and summary suspension of her license before being arrested for allegedly misappropriating insurance premium payments, forging names on various insurance...
Neb. Department to Hold Meeting on Insurance License Testing Oct. 10
Oct 6 2006 // The Nebraska Department of Insurance will hold a public meeting to provide information about the Insurance License Testing Program on Tuesday, Oct.10, 2006, at 3 p.m. in the Embassy Suites Hotel, 1040 P Street, Lincoln,...
Mo. Resident Producers Can Apply Online for License Applications
Oct 3 2006 // The Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration recently announced that it is now accepting electronic license applications from Missouri resident insurance producers. This...
La. Commissioner Orders Horace Mann to Halt Cancellations, Nonrenewals
Sep 29 2006 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donleon has directed Horace Mann Insurance Companies of Springfield, Ill., to immediately cease the wrongful cancellation of homeowners policies in 23 parishes and reinstate any...
The Fiess decision: Mold is out and more
Sep 25 2006 // In early 2005, the Federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals “certified” a very controversial state law question to the Texas Supreme Court. Certifying a question simply means that the Federal Appellate Court asks...
The Fiess decision: Mold is out and more
Sep 25 2006 // In early 2005, the Federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals “certified” a very controversial state law question to the Texas Supreme Court. Certifying a question simply means that the Federal Appellate Court asks...
Intracorp Workers’ Comp HCN Certified by Texas Department of Insurance
Aug 24 2006 // Philadelphia, Pa.-based Intracorp announced that the Texas Department of Insurance has certified it as a workers’ compensation health care network (WCHCN). So far, the department has approved nine networks, including...
Neb. Approves High-Risk Health Pool Rate Change of 23.5 Percent
Aug 21 2006 // The Nebraska Department of Insurance announced recently that it has approved the recommendation of the Nebraska Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool (CHIP) Board of Directors to increase the high-risk pool rates by 23.5...
Ohio Military Personnel to Benefit from $70 Million National Settlement
Aug 9 2006 // The Ohio Department of Insurance recently announced that the Department has joined a $70 million multi-state and federal settlement with Texas-domiciled American-Amicable Life Insurance Company and its affiliates regarding...
Hawaii obtains reinsurance to take control of Vesta subsidiary
Aug 7 2006 // Some 150,000 Texas homeowners will be affected by the liquidation of Vesta Fire Insurance Co. and its Texas subsidiaries by the Texas Department of Insurance, but the situation seems to be not as dire as previously...
