2007 Orders
Orders posted below are unverified duplicates of official orders actually entered. To get an official version of the order contact:
Renee Molnes
Phone: 360-725-7047
Email: legal@oic.wa.gov
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| Name | Violation | Issue Date | Action | Order | |||||
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| Capital Group Companies, Inc.; Capital Research and Management Company and Capital Group International, Inc.; Relative to the Purchase of Additional Voting Shares of Aetna Group, Parent Company of Aetna Health Inc., A Washington Domiciled Health Care Service Contractor Los Angeles, CA |
Disclaimer of control and request for exemption. | 3/26/2007 | Exemption Granted Relative to the Purchase of Additional Voting Shares | G07-10 | |||||
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| Cardif Property & Casualty Insurance Company Kerrville, TX |
Failure to timely file. | 4/18/2007 | $1,000 Fine | D07-68 | |||||
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| Carrier Corporation Farmington, CT |
Unregistered sales of service contracts. | 9/19/2007 | $45,000 Fine | D07-300 | |||||
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| Cascade Auto Glass; Nelson, Brad; Ryan; Taya Vancouver, WA |
Waving, rebating, giving, paying, or offering to waive, rebate, give, or pay all or part of claimant's deductible, in cash or other transfer value & soliciting Washington residents such form of rebating or waiving of deductibles. | 2/20/2007 | Order to Cease and Desist | D07-61 | |||||
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| Central United Life Insurance Company Little Rock, AR |
Failure to timely file. | 5/22/2007 | $1,500 Fine | D07-146 | |||||
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| Centre Insurance Company Wilmington, DE |
Failure to timely file annual financial statement. | 2/22/2007 | $500 Fine | D07-29 | |||||
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| Centre Life Insurance Company Springfield, MA |
Failure to timely file annual financial statement. | 2/22/2007 | $500 Fine | D07-30 | |||||
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| Century Automotive Service Corporation Irvine, CA |
Failure to timley file. | 6/8/2007 | $2,000 Fine | D07-0165 | |||||
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| Century Indemnity Company Philadelphia, PA |
Failure to timley file. | 8/17/2007 | $250 Fine | D07-0273 | |||||
| Comments: Audited Financial Statement | |||||||||
| Cervantes, Arthur and Northwest Financial Exchange Bellevue, WA |
Representing an unauthorized insurer in violation of RCW 48.15.020(2)(a) and failure to complete replacement notices in violation of WAC 284-23-440. | 10/3/2008 | Stipulation and Order, $5,000 Fine | D07-0323 | |||||
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| Chicago Title Insurance Company Omaha, NE |
Giving services and other things of value exceeding $25.00 in value to producers of title insurance business. | 10/5/2009 | Stipulation and Agreement, fine pending outcome of appeals process | 07-308 | |||||
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| Church Life Insurance Corporation New York, NY |
Failure to timely file annual financial statement. | 2/13/2007 | $2,000 Fine | D07-16 | |||||
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| Church Life Insurance Corporation New York, NY |
Transacting business of insurance without a Certificate of Authority and issuing, delivering, and using unfiled forms. | 3/23/2007 | $43,000 Fne, with $28,400 suspended | D07-95 | |||||
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| CIFG Assurance North America, Inc. New York, NY |
Failure to timley file. | 8/7/2007 | $500 Fine | D07-0274 | |||||
| Comments: Audited Financial Report | |||||||||
| Clarkson University Potsdam, NY |
Issued one annuity prior to receiving its Certificate of Exemption. | 2/27/2007 | $325 Fine | D07-52 | |||||
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| Coface North America Insurance Company Boston, MA |
Failure to timely file. | 5/15/2007 | $750 Fine | D07-0254 | |||||
| Comments: Statement of Actuarial Opinion and April Supplemental Filing | |||||||||
| Columbia Universal Life Insurance Company Brighton, MI |
Failure to timley file. | 5/7/2007 | $1,250 Fine | 07-0144 | |||||
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| Columbus Life Insurance Company Cincinnati, OH |
Failure to timely file. | 5/14/2007 | $1,250 Fine | D07-141 | |||||
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| Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company Omaha, NE |
Giving services and other things of value exceeding $25.00 in value to producers of title insurance business. | 10/7/2009 | Stipulation and Agreement, Fine pending outcome of appeals process | 07-306 | |||||
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| Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company Omaha, NE |
Giving services and other things of value exceeding $25.00 in value to producers of title insurance business. | 10/7/2009 | Stipulation and Agreement, Fine pending outcome of appeals process | 07-310 | |||||
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| Connecticut General Life Insurance Company Hartford, CT |
Failure to timely file. | 2/9/2007 | $1,500 Fine | D07-47 | |||||
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| Continental Western Insurance Company Urbandale, IA |
Failure to timely file annual financial statement. | 3/8/2007 | $750 Fine | D07-17 | |||||
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| Converium Reinsurance (North American) Incorporated Stamford, CT |
Failure to timely file. | 3/26/2007 | $250 Fine | D07-79 | |||||
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| Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc. Atlanta, GA |
Failure to timley file. | 6/5/2007 | $1,000 Fine | D07-0168 | |||||
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| Cravens, Charles A. Pasco, WA |
Made false statements/representations relative to insurance applications, sold nonapproved insurance product and forms, and considered source of injury and loss to the public. | 11/21/2007 | Revocation | D07-0342 | |||||
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| Darwin National Assurance Company Wilmington, DE |
Failure to timely file. | 5/17/2007 | $875 Fine | D07-140 | |||||
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| Delos Insurance Company Wilmington, DE |
Failure to timely file. | 3/14/2007 | $1,250 Fine | D07-80 | |||||
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| Dentists Insurance Company Sacramento, CA |
Failure to timely file. | 2/15/2007 | $2,250 Fine | D07-49 | |||||
| Comments: D07-49 | |||||||||
| Design Savers Plan; Steven D. Smith, Inc.; Smith, Steven D.; Design Benefits, Inc.; Dental By Design; Design Teleservices, Inc.; SDS Financial; Byars, John; Adovahealth; Gottlieb, Ira; Family Security Council, Inc.; New Health Care Management Group, Inc.; C. Murphy Leopold; Demming, Edward; E2 Holding, Inc.; United Programs Worldwide, Inc.; United National Workforce Association, Inc.; Katz, Arnold H. Aurora, CO |
Transacting insurance business without a license. | 12/18/2007 | Cease and Desist Order | D07-351 | |||||
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| Dixson, Jeffrey R. Washougal, WA |
Made false statements relative to applications for insurance and sold nonapproved annuities to Washington consumers. | 12/21/2007 | $3,000 Fine | D07-0331 | |||||
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| EMC National Life Company Urbandale, IA |
Failure to timely file. | 5/14/2007 | $2,500 Fine | D07-136 | |||||
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| Endurance American Insurance Company Wilmington, DE |
Failure to timely file. | 2/22/2007 | $1,500 Fine | D07-48 | |||||
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| Episcopal Church Foundation New York, NY |
Failure to timely file. | 6/12/2007 | $1,000 Fine | D07-0175 | |||||
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| Evangelical Free Church America Minniapolis, MN |
Failure to meet the separate reserve requirements. | 8/9/2007 | Suspension | G07-0158 | |||||
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| Explorer Insurance Company San Diego, CA |
Failure to timely file. | 9/4/2007 | $250 Fine | D07-0275 | |||||
| Comments: Audited Financial Statement | |||||||||
| Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited, the Parent Company of Commonwealth Insurance Company of America, a Washington Domiciled Insurer, by Mackenzie
Financial Corporation
Toronto, ON |
Request approval of disclaimer of affiliation and control. | 4/6/2007 | Request for disclaimer of control withdrawn | G07-11 | |||||
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| Farmers Insurance Company of Washington Mercer Island, WA |
Failure to timely file. | 11/27/2007 | $750 Fine | D07-0320 | |||||
| Comments: Supplemental Compensation Exhibit | |||||||||
| Farmers Insurance Company of Washington & Farmers New World Life Insurance Company Mercer Island, WA |
Order Granting Exemption to RCW 48.31B.015. | 9/21/2007 | Exemption | G07-0312 | |||||
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| Farmers Insurance Exchange and Truck Insurance Exchange Los Angeles, CA |
Check stock for settlement payments and claims files which contained correspondence that misidentified the insurer; issuance of policies with either unfiled rates or rates that differed from the filed rates; failure to notify policyholders in writing, at least 20 days prior to their policies’ expiration, of their willingness to renew and the premium amount due; issuance of cancellation/non-renewal notices to consumers that did not contain sufficient information for the insured to understand the company’s decisions to deny, cancel, or non-renew the policy, in clear and simple language. | 5/11/2007 | $100,000 Fine with $25,000 suspended | D07-96 | |||||
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| Farmers New World Life Insurance Company Mercer Island, WA |
Failing to properly implement the Company’s standards and procedures with respect to the issuance of juvenile life insurance policies, maintaining files that failed to contain a copy of the illustration used or an acknowledgement that an illustration was not used in the sale, using revised illustrations yet failing to identify the illustrations as revised illustrations, and using an illustration in the sale of one policy and failing to retain a copy of the illustration. | 1/14/2010 | $13,500 Fine | 07-0296 | |||||
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| FFG Insurance Company Dallas, TX |
Failure to timely file. | 5/17/2007 | $2,250 Fine | D07-135 | |||||
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| Fidelity Security Life Insurance Company Kansas City, MO |
Failure to timely file. | 2/20/2007 | $1,500 Fine | D07-18 | |||||
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| Financial Casualty & Surety, Inc. Houston, TX |
Use of unfiled rates. | 12/11/2007 | $16,450 Fine | D07-152 | |||||
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| Financial Indemnity Company Woodland Hills, CA |
Failure to timely file annual financial statement. | 2/22/2007 | $1,250 Fine | D07-27 | |||||
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| First American Title Insurance Company Santa Ana, CA |
Giving clock hour classes to real estate professionals, either free or below their respective fair market value. | 6/25/2007 | $10,000 Fine with $7,500 suspended and Compliance Plan | D07-154 | |||||
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| First Health and Life Insurance Company Downers Grove |
Failure to timely file. | 8/17/2007 | $750 Fine | D07-0256 | |||||
| Comments: April Supplemental Filing | |||||||||
| Floyd, Dow Jerome, Pflugerville, TX |
Failure to respond. | 11/19/2007 | Revocation | D07-0340 | |||||
| Comments: Fingerprint replacement card. | |||||||||
| Foster Dahl Miller & Associates, Inc., Ephrata, WA |
Allowed individuals licensed only as agents to charge a broker fee using affiliated broker licensee's signature stamp, premium account does notprovide an adequate accounting trail, and allowed non-appointed individuals to seel insurance policies for company. | 1/17/2007 | Fine | D07-34 | |||||
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| Foster, Michelle C., Kissimmee, FL |
Failure to respond. | 11/13/2007 | Revocation | D07-0334 | |||||
| Comments: Inquiry related to charges discovered during a routine FBI background check. | |||||||||
| Fremont Life Insurance Company Costa Mesa, CA |
Failure to maintain minimum capital and surplus & failure to file its December 31st annual financial statement. | 4/9/2007 | Suspension | G07-27 | |||||
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These enforcement actions taken by Mike Kreidler, Washington state Insurance Commissioner, are a primary tool in protecting the people of Washington.
| Type of Entity | Authority to Suspend or Revoke | Authority to Fine |
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| Agent or broker | RCW 48.17.530 | RCW 48.17.560 |
| Insurance company | RCW 48.05.140 | RCW 48.05.185 |
| Health care service contractor | RCW 48.44.160 | RCW 48.44.166 |
| Health maintenance organization (HMO) | RCW 48.46.130 and RCW 48.46.135 | |
Updated 05/02/2013
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