| 12/20/2006 |
Questions about your insurance after last week's wind storm?
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Answers to your important storm-related questions. |
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| 12/18/2006 |
Kreidler names Title Insurance Review Task Force |
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Group to look at title insurance from consumer perspective |
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| 12/15/2006 |
Insurance advice for wind-blown consumers |
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Insurance tips for dealing with the aftermath of the windstorm |
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| 12/15/2006 |
Technical assistance advisory issued to association health plans on nondiscrimination requirements |
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Clarification of existing law on association health plans |
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| 12/5/2006 |
Medicare prescription drug enrollment deadline nears |
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If you want prescription drug coverage to start Jan. 1, enroll by Friday |
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| 11/21/2006 |
Technical assistance offered to counter title insurance abuses
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| 11/20/2006 |
Hearing on AXA request to purchase Unigard Insurance Group
scheduled
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Hearing set for Tumwater office, Dec. 4 |
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| 11/14/2006 |
Wireless company fined for improperly selling service contracts |
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Enforcement actions by Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler |
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| 11/13/2006 |
Medicare Part D enrollment starts Nov. 15
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SHIBA HelpLine volunteers ready to help |
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| 11/9/2006 |
Insurance Commissioner revokes Bellevue agency license |
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Kenneth I. Tobey, longtime agency files for bankruptcy |
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| 11/1/2006 |
Kreidler launches new online Complaint Comparison Guide |
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Consumers can compare companies based on complaints. |
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| 10/25/2006 |
Hearing for merger request by National Merit Insurance rescheduled |
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Merger would simplify corporate structure and streamline operations |
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| 10/16/2006 |
Kreidler issues report of title insurance investigation |
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Title companies illegally spending thousands to steer business |
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| 10/9/2006 |
Kreidler sells medical liability insurer after three years |
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Sale marks second successful rehabilitation of a troubled Washington insurer |
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| 10/2/2006 |
Medical malpractice insurer fined for violations |
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Consent order and fine conclude compliance effort |
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| 9/20/2006 |
Online health insurance agency ordered to stop false advertising |
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Falsely lists Spokane as nation's most expensive city for health insurance |
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| 9/11/2006 |
Kreidler presents proposal on health care costs and access |
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Proposal emphasizes need for availability, affordability, quality care, equity and choice. |
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| 9/7/2006 |
New report reveals cost of the uninsured rises to more than $550 million |
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Updated numbers include breakdown of uninsured and costs by county |
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| 9/7/2006 |
Medical liability insurer sold by Insurance Commissioner |
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Sale signals successful rehabilitation of financially troubled company |
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| 9/5/2006 |
Health insurance options for consumers in Spokane |
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Other plans available at half the cost |
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| 8/31/2006 |
State Patrol veteran hired for insurance anti-fraud unit |
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Washington declares war on insurance fraud |
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| 8/4/2006 |
Washington military policyholders to share in settlement |
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| 7/28/2006 |
Kaiser fined for insurance coverage violations |
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Violations involved coverage for emergency room visits |
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| 7/17/2006 |
Kreidler to be honored in Washington, D.C.by Brookings Institution for credit scoring law - pushes for national action. |
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| 6/29/2006 |
Geico fined $120,000 for credit-scoring violations |
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Insurer used unapproved scoring model to evaluate, offer auto coverage |
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| 6/27/2006 |
Insurer fined for violations that shorted high-risk pool |
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Mutual of Omaha fined $63,000 for infractions |
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| 6/22/2006 |
Washington policyholders to share in settlement |
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State's Aon clients eligible for $2.4 million in restitution |
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| 6/20/2006 |
Looking for earthquake insurance? |
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Check out our listing of the largest companies currently marketing this important coverage in Washington. |
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| 6/15/2006 |
Climate Change Summit in Seattle today |
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Kreidler convenes summit to examine climate change impacts on insurance industry, consumers |
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| 6/13/2006 |
Apple Computer, Inc. fined $100,000 for selling service contracts without a license
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| 6/6/2006 |
Summit on climate change and insurance June 15 |
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Kreidler will convene a summit on the impacts of climate change on the insurance industry and insurance consumers on June 15 in Seattle.
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| 6/6/2006 |
Ethel Adams law takes effect June 7 |
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| 5/12/2006 |
Insurance Consumer Hotline hours extended to 8 p.m. on May 15
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Medicare beneficiaries still needing help with new Rx program call 1-800-562-6900.
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| 5/12/2006 |
Symetra fined by Insurance Commissioner |
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Enforcement actions taken by the Office of the Insurance Commissioner |
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| 5/11/2006 |
Kreidler denounces federal health care legislation in the ‘other’ Washington |
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Describes federal proposal as a "flawed idea" |
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| 4/18/2006 |
Insurance Commissioner seeks legal redress for failed insurer |
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Bellevue insurer's failure tied to deception and fraud |
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| 4/12/2006 |
Enrollment deadline nears for Medicare’s new prescription drug program |
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Beat the deadline rush, take action today |
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| 4/4/2006 |
Kreidler's Premera ruling upheld on appeal |
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Court of Appeals affirms denial of Premera's application to convert to a for-profit company |
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| 3/28/2006 |
Governor to sign insurance fraud bill today |
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Washington joins 41 other states with dedicated insurance fraud unit |
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| 3/24/2006 |
Ethel Adams bill to be signed into law later today
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New law adds protections to uninsured motorist law |
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| 3/17/2006 |
New law gives consumers access to health carrier information |
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Consumers will be able to compare efficiency and financial condition of health carriers through searchable Web page. |
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| 3/7/2006 |
Enforcement actions by Insurance Commissioner |
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Note: This is the first in what will be regular, monthly news releases detailing disciplinary actions taken by the Insurance Commissioner |
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| 2/20/2006 |
Insurance reforms key to medical malpractice breakthrough |
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Kreidler commends governor, parties for breakthrough agreement |
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| 2/2/2006 |
Kreidler negotiates $2.3 million for health care programs |
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Contribution to benefit low-income families, senior citizens |
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| 1/30/2006 |
Broker investigation finds no major problems here |
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Some compensation disclosure violations revealed |
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| 1/16/2006 |
Kreidler seeks to restore individual market rate regulation |
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Proposed bill would help consumers with individual health insurance |
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| 1/16/2006 |
Kreidler to testify for dedicated unit to combat insurance fraud |
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Washington is one of only nine states without a fraud unit |
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| 1/9/2006 |
Kreidler seeks "Ethel's Bill" - Ethel Adams's representative to testify |
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Protecting consumers from uninsured motorists |
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