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		<title>Washington Commissioner Issued $167K in Fines in 2Q</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 05:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A Yakima insurance agent and an unauthorized insurance company are barred from doing business in Washington after Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer issued cease-and-desist orders in April. Those were two enforcement actions during the first quarter in which Kuderer issued fines &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Wildfire Risk Scoring Transparency Bill Passes Washington Senate</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 06:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Legislation to make wildfire risk scores more transparent passed out of the Washington state Senate on nearly unanimously. Senate Bill 5928, which passed 48-1, is being pushed by Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer. The bill is sponsored by Sen. Judy Warnick &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Washington Bill Granting Restitution to Insurance Consumers Passes State Senate</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2026 06:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A bill to provide restitution to policyholders harmed by their insurer or agent passed the Washington Senate on Wednesday on a 29 to 20 vote. The bill, sponsored by Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer and sponsored by Senator Adrian Cortes (D–Battle &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Washington Commish Tells Insurers to Give Relief on Payments, Cancellations</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 06:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Washington Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer issued an emergency order that includes asking insurers in the state to provide grace periods for premium payments and a cancelation moratorium. The order was drafted to provide relief to Washington policyholders after the recent &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Washington Commissioner Issues Letter to Insurers Outlining Post-Flood Expectations</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 06:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Washington Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer issued guidance for flood survivors and the insurance companies and adjusters handling their claims following the evacuation of thousands of Western Washington residents from their homes during the atmospheric river and floods that slammed into &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Washington Commissioner Fines Illegal Health Insurer $350,000</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 06:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Washington Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer fined ClearShare Health, Clearwater Benefits LLC, and three related companies $350,000 for selling unauthorized health insurance. Kuderer also ordered the companies to stop transacting unauthorized insurance, including selling ClearShare health plans in Washington. Clearwater Benefits &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Nine Insurers OK&#8217;d to Sell Group Health to Washington Employers</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2025 06:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Washington Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer approved nine health insurers to sell group health plans to small employers in 2026. The insurers are: Asuris Northwest Health, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest, Kaiser Foundation Health Plans of WA, Kaiser Foundation &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Report Asks Washington Lawmakers to Require Insurers to Better Track Wildfire Risk</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 06:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A working group on wildfires in Washington wants the state Legislature to consider requiring insurers to internally track instances in which wildfire risk materially contributes to a policy nonrenewal, cancellation or eligibility determination—and to better explain wildfire risk scores. The &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Washington Commissioner Tells Thin Blue Line to Stop Selling Unlicensed Coverage</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 06:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Washington Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer ordered Thin Blue Line Benefits to stop selling insurance in Washington after investigators found the company had been operating without the required state license,. The OIC began investigating the Texas-based company in July after receiving &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Washington Commissioner Issued $828K in Fines for Insurance Violations</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2025/10/31/845853.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2025 05:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Washington insurance regulator fines for violations amounted to $828,500 in July, August, September, and early October of 2025, according to the office of Washington Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer. That tally included a $100,000 fine for Regence BlueShield, which reportedly incorrectly &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Study Examined Liability Insurance for Adult Family Homes in Washington</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2025/07/07/830308.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2025 05:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A report submitted to the Washington State Legislature examines the state of the liability insurance market for adult family homes in Washington, finding the market to be largely sustainable—but it does provide suggestions for increasing the appeal of AFHs to &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Washington Commissioner Convenes Advisory Board to Eye Insurer AI Use</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2025/07/02/830130.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 20:51:58 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Washington Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer convened her first Artificial Intelligence Advisory Board meeting in Seattle this week to look at the insurance industry&#8217;s use of AI and to get recommendations on policy development, regulatory oversight and consumer education efforts. The &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Washington Insurance Commissioner Issued $838K in Fines</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2025/07/02/829798.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 05:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[Washington Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer&#8217;s office issued more than $839,750 in fines for insurance law violations in the second half of May and the first half of June, including a $275,000 fine for an illegal healthcare sharing ministry, a $300,000 &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Washington Insurance Restitution Bill Dies in House Committee</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2025/04/04/818301.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2025 05:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A bill that would have given Washington&#8217;s insurance commissioner the power to order restitution to harmed policyholders failed to pass out of a House committee this week. Substitute Senate Bill 5331 failed to pass out of the House Consumer Protection &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Washington Bill Would Provide Restitution for Policyholders Harmed by Insurers</title>
		<link>https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2025/02/24/812881.htm</link>
		
				<pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2025 06:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[A bill to allow the Washington&#8217;s insurance commissioner to order restitution for policyholders harmed by insurance companies moved out of the state Senate Business, Financial Services, and Trade Committee. Senate Bill 5331 gives the commissioner authority to require insurers to &#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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