2009 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: reneem@oic.wa.gov.
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| Name | Violation | Issue Date | Action | Order | |||||
| Aetna Health, Inc. Blue Bell, PA |
Exemption. | 6/29/2009 | Order Granting Exemption to RCW 48.31C.030 | 09-0088 | |||||
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| AIG Warranty Services & Insurance Agency, Inc. Wilmington, DE |
Failure to meet solvency requirements. | 5/29/2009 | Order Suspending Certificate of Registration | 09-0073 | |||||
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| American Modern Home Service Company Amelia, OH |
Failure to timely file. | 8/11/2009 | $1,000 Fine | 09-0092 | |||||
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| American Network Insurance Company Allentown, PA |
Failure to meet statutory requirements. | 4/20/2009 | Order Suspending Certificate of Authority | 09-0042 | |||||
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| AMT Warranty Corp. New York, NY |
Failing to conduct business in own legal name. | 4/10/2009 | $100,000 Fine with $25,000 suspended | 09-0017 | |||||
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| Anderson, John F., Ridgefield, WA |
Misappropriation of funds representing premiums and failure to maintain records of insurance transactions. | 11/20/2009 | Suspension and Nonrenewal of License | 09-0146 | |||||
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| Apple, Inc. Cupertino, CA |
Failure to timely file. | 7/13/2009 | $1,000 Fine | 09-0079 | |||||
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| Applecare Service Company, Inc. Phoenix, AZ |
Failure to timely file. | 7/13/2009 | $1,000 Fine | 09-0080 | |||||
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| Association for Lifestyle Reform; Claims & Benefit Management, Inc.; and Wessler, Brad Chino Hills, CA |
Transacting the unauthorized business of insurance; seeking, soliciting, pursuing, and/or obtaining any insurance business in the State of Washington and from participating directly or indirectly, in any act of an insurance agent or insurance company in seeking, soliciting, pursuing, and/or obtaining any unauthorized insurance business in the State of Washington; soliciting Washington residents to sell or purchase any plan or policy or coverage for any form of insurance; soliciting Washington residents by e-mail, facsimile, telephone, mail, or any other means to induce them to purchase any form of insurance product; offering to Washington residents a plan or policy or coverage for any form of insurance without submitting to examination by the Insurance Commissioner. | 9/22/2009 | Order to Cease and Desist | 09-0119 | |||||
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| Aston Martin Lagonda of North America, Inc. Stamford, CT |
Sale of service contracts prior to being registered. | 10/1/2009 | $10,000 Fine | 09-0117 | |||||
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| Asurecare Corporation Houston, TX |
Failure to timely file. | 7/13/2009 | $1,000 Fine | 09-0085 | |||||
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| Baker, Billi J., Marysville, WA |
Failure to respond. | 8/25/2009 | Revocation | 09-0106 | |||||
| Comments: Fingerprint replacement card | |||||||||
| B'Nai Brith Foundation of the US Washington, DC |
Failure to maintain surplus. | 5/11/2009 | Order Suspending Certificate of Exemption | 09-0056 | |||||
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| Brezak, Howard A. Palm Beach Gardens, FL |
Failure to respond. | 5/20/2009 | $500 Fine | 09-0011 | |||||
| Comments: Fingerprint replacement card | |||||||||
| Chapirson, Sara D. Camas, WA |
Failure to respond. | 7/28/2009 | Revocation | 09-0097 | |||||
| Comments: Fingerprint replacement card. | |||||||||
| Chirila, Larisa, Bothell, WA |
Failure to disclose felony convictions on insurance license application. | 10/20/2009 | Revocation | 09-0133 | |||||
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| Clinger, Cathleen A. Bellevue, WA |
Failure to respond. | 7/28/2009 | Revocation | 09-0096 | |||||
| Comments: Fingerprint replacement card. | |||||||||
| Curtiss, Renee R. Seattle, WA |
Felony conviction, Class A. | 4/16/2009 | Revocation | D09-0046 | |||||
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| Edwards, Ruby J. Auburn, WA |
Failure to respond. | 4/24/2009 | Revocation | D09-0049 | |||||
| Comments: Fingerprint replacement card | |||||||||
| Episcopal Church Foundation, The New York, NY |
Failure to timely file. | 6/4/2009 | $1,000 Fine | 09-0064 | |||||
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| Espinoza, Justina Y. Yakima, WA |
Failure to disclose felony conviction. | 2/3/2009 | Revocation | D09-0008 | |||||
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| Evangelical Free Church of America Minneapolis, MN |
Failure to timely file. | 5/11/2009 | Order Suspending Certificate of Exemption | 09-0051 | |||||
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| Farmers Insurance Company of Washington Mercer Island, WA |
Improperly deducting collection agency fees and cost from the final deductible reimbursement amount. | 6/9/2009 | $25,000 Fine with $14,000 suspended | 09-0047 | |||||
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| Farmers Insurance Company of Washington Mercer Island, WA |
Failure to timely file | 10/8/2009 | $2570 Fine | 09-0108 | |||||
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| Farmers New World Life Insurance Company Mercer Island, WA |
Failure to timely file. | 10/2/2009 | $1250 fine | 09-0109 | |||||
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| Gardner, Tera D. Vancouver, WA |
Failing to preserve inviolate the integrity of insurance; failing to promptly account for and pay the insurer premium funds; sharing or allowing commissions or other compensation with a person not licensed; collecting a sum as premium for insurance which insurance was not provided by an authorized insurer; intentionally misrepresenting the terms of a application of insurance; showing herself to be incompetent, untrustworthy, and a source of injury and loss to the public; willfully and knowingly facilitating the transaction of insurance by an unlicensed agent. | 6/5/2009 | Order Revoking License | 09-0077 | |||||
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| Genworth Life and Annuity Insurance Company Richmond, VA |
Failure to timely file Medicare Loss Ratio Experience Report and Medicare Supplement Annual Filing of Rates and Experience Form | 10/28/2009 | $2,250 Fine. | 09-0125 | |||||
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| GMAC Service Agreement Corp Southfield, MI |
Failure to timely file. | 7/13/2009 | $1,000 Fine | 09-0081 | |||||
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| Habitat for Humanity Int'L, Inc. Americus, GA |
Failure to timely file. | 7/17/2009 | $1,000 Fine | 09-0067 | |||||
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| Halliday, Gordon R. Bedford, IN |
Failure to respond. | 3/12/2009 | Revocation | D09-0025 | |||||
| Comments: Fingerprint Replacement Card | |||||||||
| Hammoud, Reine Ruther Glen, VA |
Failure to respond. | 3/13/2009 | Revocation | D09-0031 | |||||
| Comments: Fingerprint replacement card | |||||||||
| Heifer International Foundation Little Rock, AR |
Failure to meet minimum requirements. | 5/11/2009 | Order Suspending Certificate of Exemption | 09-0054 | |||||
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| Heslip, Frederick J., Kelso, WA |
Failure to respond to complaint/request for investigation. | 9/3/2009 | Revocation | 09-0111 | |||||
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| Hinkle, Kimberly E. Beavercreek, OH |
Failure to respond. | 3/12/2009 | Revocation | D09-0026 | |||||
| Comments: Fingerprint replacement card | |||||||||
| Hope Heart Institute, The Bellevue, WA |
Failure to timely file. | 6/10/2009 | $2,500 Fine | 09-0062 | |||||
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| Insurance Training Associates, LLC Portland, OR |
Violated written agreement to keep list of insurance licensees from being used for commercial purposes by providing list to a credit union. | 3/20/2009 | $1,000 Fine | D09-0021 | |||||
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| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest Portland, OR |
Use of unfiled forms. | 3/27/2009 | $70,000 Fine with $55,000 suspended | 09-0005 | |||||
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| Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest & Kaiser Permanente Health Alternatives Portland, OR |
Indications to providers that claims had been denied rather than accepted and applied to the deductible, failure to calculate and track COB savings, failure to ensure that new business contracts were written by licensed agents, assignments of a contract renewal to a Company representative who was not licensed, failure to ensure that its agents had been appointed and those appointments were filed with OIC, attempting to file replacement plans as endorsements to previous plans, sale of a plan without filing it with OIC, use of unfiled rates, use of unfiled rate model, failure to issue Certificates of Coverage. | 3/27/2009 | $10,000 Fine and Compliance Plan | 09-0020 | |||||
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| Kamerer, Rebecca L. Tacoma, WA |
Failure to respond. | 2/3/2009 | Revocation | D09-0009 | |||||
| Comments: Fingerprint replacement card | |||||||||
| Kawasaki Motors Corporation, USA Wilmington, DE |
Sale of service contracts prior to being registered. | 9/3/2009 | $20,000 Fine | 09-0105 | |||||
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| Kilpatrick, Philip A., II Boardman, OH |
Failure to respond. | 5/20/2009 | Revocation | 09-0068 | |||||
| Comments: Fingerprint replacement card | |||||||||
| Klein, Erika A. Puyallup, WA |
Failure to respond. | 1/16/2009 | Revocation | D09-0004 | |||||
| Comments: Fingerprint replacement card | |||||||||
| Landamerica Home Warranty Co Burbank, CA |
Failure to timely file. | 8/4/2009 | $2,000 Fine | 09-0087 | |||||
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| Landamerica Home Warranty Company Burbank, CA |
Meets requirements. | 6/24/2009 | Order Rescinding Prior Suspension of Certificate of Registration | 09-0074 | |||||
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| Larsen, Cynthia L. Gig Harbor, WA |
Failure to admit to felony record and failure to respond. | 2/3/2009 | Revocation | D09-0007 | |||||
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| Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Inc. White Plains, NY |
Failure to timely file. | 6/5/2009 | $1,000 Fine | 09-0066 | |||||
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| Lewis, Hilary Fredericksburg, VA |
Failure to respond. | 7/28/2009 | Revocation | 09-0098 | |||||
| Comments: Fingerprint replacement card. | |||||||||
| Lunsford, Candice M. Morrilton, AR |
Failure to respond. | 1/16/2009 | Revocation | D09-0003 | |||||
| Comments: Fingerprint replacement card | |||||||||
| Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod Foundation St. Louis, MO |
Failure to maintain sufficent reserve. | 5/11/2009 | Order Suspending Certificate of Exemption | 09-0058 | |||||
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| MacLaren-Beattie, Brenda L. and The MacLaren Group DesMoines, WA |
Transacting the unauthorized business of insurance; acting or holding herself out to be an insurance agent, broker, solicitor, adjuster, or producer; soliciting to Washington residents any product requiring a license or other authorization under the Insurance Code. | 9/16/2009 | Order to Cease and Desist | 09-0113 | |||||
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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 |
| 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 | |