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Consumers

• Consumer toolkit - Home page
• Agent, agency and company lookup
• Ask us an insurance question
• Avoid insurance scams
• First-aid for the uninsured
• Got a problem with an insurance company?
• How the insurance industry uses your credit history
• Insurance Consumer Hotline
• Request an investigation
• What happens when I file a complaint?

Types of Insurance

Auto

• Auto Insurance - Home page
• Auto coverage for home health care workers and volunteers
• Gap insurance
• How do insurance companies set auto rates?
• How insurers should calculate taxes and fees when settling total loss claims
• How the auto claims process works
• How to reduce your rates
• Losing your insurance
• Need advice on auto insurance?
• Personal injury protection insurance (PIP)
• Subrogation and your rights
• Total loss - What happens if my car gets totaled?
• Types of auto insurance coverage
• Washington's Mandatory Auto Insurance Law
• What if I can't find coverage?
• Your rights and responsibilities

Health Insurance

• Health insurance - Home page
• Are you losing Basic Health?
• Dental insurance - How to find it
• Direct health care or retainer medical practices
• Discount Health Plans
• Enrolling your child in an individual health plan
• Every Category Law and your health insurance
• Find an insurance provider who takes your insurance
• Health insurance - compare plans
• Health Insurance FAQs
• Health insurance - getting started
• Health Insurance - Help for tribal members
• Health insurance - Your coverage and your rights
• Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)
• How health insurance rates are set
• How the claims process works
• How to Appeal a Heath Care Insurance Decision
• How to file a Health Care Appeal
• How to get health insurance
• Insurance coverage for contraceptives
• Long-term care
• Looking for ways to help pay for your prescription drugs?
• Lost your job and your health insurance?
• Buying an individual health plan
• Can't afford health care coverage?
• The Washington State Health Insurance Pool (WSHIP)
• What is COBRA?
• Mandated health benefits
• Benefits related to seeing certain providers
• Benefits that all health plans must cover
• Benefits that must be offered to the employer buying the plan
• Federal mandated benefits
• Individual health plans by county
• Other coverage requirements
• State and federal mandated benefits & services
• More health resources
• Need advice on health insurance?
• Patients' Bill of Rights
• Small business and health insurance
• What if you can't find coverage?
• Women's Direct Access

Medicare

• Medicare Advantage plans
• Medicare Advantage plans in Washington state by county for 2012
• Medicare's Prescription Drug Program - Part D
• Medicare - What is Medicare?

Pre-Existing Condition Insurance Plan

• Pre-existing Condition Insurance Plan - Home page
• Advisory Committee
• FAQs
• How much does it cost?
• Outreach resources
• What are the benefits?
• Who can apply

Health Care Reform

• FAQ on health care reform
• How the new health care law affects you

Homeowner Insurance

• Homeowner insurance - Home page
• What is covered by a typical homeowner policy
• Disaster Preparedness
• Domestic abuse and insurance
• Earthquake Insurance
• Flood insurance -
• Flood insurance information for businesses
• The Washington Flood Market Assistance Plan
• Homeowners insurance - Filing a claim
• Homeowner insurance - Understand your coverage
• Your claim responsibility and rights
• How do companies set homeowner rates?
• How much coverage do you need?
• How Renters Insurance Works
• Insurance and your home business
• Insurance for landslides or land movement
• Insurance tips for homeowners
• Mold and Homeowners Insurance
• Need advice on homeowner insurance?
• Renter, condo, mobile home, and farm policies
• Title insurance
• Volcano Coverage for your home and auto
• What's not covered under your policy
• What to do if you're canceled or non-renewed
• Wildfires and Insurance

Life Insurance and Annuities

• Life insurance and annuities - Home page
• Life Insurance - Life Expectancy Table
• Life insurance settlements and Retained Asset Accounts
• Life insurance tips and cautions
• Looking to buy life insurance?
• Tips to protect yourself
• Understanding the claims process
• Understanding your annuity
• What is an annuity?
• What to consider when shopping for an annuity
• Deciding what type of life insurance you need
• Who can take out a life insurance policy?

Other Types of Insurance

• Other types of insurance - Home page
• Commercial general liability insurance
• Domestic Partner Registration
• Life and Health Insurance Laws and Regulations
• Pet Health Insurance
• Private Mortgage Insurance

Small business

• Small business buying and coverage options
• Travel Insurance
• Watch out for warranties and similar products

Insurance Tips

• Insurance tips - Home page
• A Consumer's Insurance Glossary
• Choosing an agent or broker
• CLUE (Comprehensive Loss Underwriting Exchange)
• Shopping for insurance on the Internet
• Small Claims Court
• What happens when an insurance company becomes financially troubled?
• Winter weather and insurance coverage

Agents and Brokers

• Agents and Brokers - Home page
• Agent and broker advisory committees
• Contact us or come see us in person
• FAQ - Frequently asked questions
• Frequently asked questions about the new title insurance rules
• Has a health carrier cut your commissions? Thinking of charging fees?
• Online services
• Submit a question or comment to Licensing and Education
• Suitability standards for the sale of annuities effective July 26, 2009
• Surplus lines insurance
• Surplus lines reporting and tax requirements
• Title Agent Resources
• Title insurance - New rules
• Title insurance reporting requirements

Licensing

• Cancel your license
• Court Certification Letter
• Fingerprinting requirements
• How do I know if I need a license?
• Letter of Certification
• Letter of Clearance
• Licensing Fee Schedule
• Licensing Forms
• Non-resident Business Entity - Get a license
• Non-resident Individual - Get a license
• Print your license
• Resident Business Entity - Get a license
• Resident Individual - Get a license
• What if I already have a license but I'm moving to another state?
• What licenses are not available online?

Education

• Annual LTC compliance filing form
• Continuing Education (CE)
• Flood insurance training
• For continuing education (CE) providers
• For Pre-license education (PLE) providers
• Long-term care education (LTC)
• Long Term Care (LTC) provider list
• Pre-licensing (PLE) for producers
• Pre-license education (PLE) provider list

Companies

• Companies - Home page
• 2011 Financial statement filing instructions
• Agent and company lookup
• Company admissions
• Company admissions application packets and instructions
• Company annual statements
• Company Changes
• Financial Examination Information
• Insurance company market conduct reports
• Market Conduct Annual Statement
• Market Conduct Mediators
• Rates and forms
• Index of frequently used statutes and regulations - Property and Casualty
• Health care reform FAQs from rates and forms filers
• Special Data Calls - Annual special liability report, due May 1 of each year
• Statistical reporting for P&C insurers
• Sales and Mergers
• Columbia United Providers acquisition
• Pacific Northwest Title merger
• Special data call results

News Releases

• News Releases - Home page
• 2011 Public notices
• Media resources
• News Release Archive

Publications

• Publications - Home page
• Annual Reports
• Archived reports (by year)
• Publication order form

Statewide Health Insurance Benefits Advisors (SHIBA)

• SHIBA HelpLine - We make finding health care easier! - Home page
• About SHIBA
• Become a SHIBA HelpLine Volunteer
• Contact us
• How to identify and report Medicare fraud and abuse
• List of local SHIBA HelpLine county sponsors
• Medicare Advantage plans
• Medicare.gov Plan Finder instructions
• Medicare's Prescription Drug Program Part D
• SHIBA HelpLine Contact Form
• SHIBA HelpLine volunteer/sponsor login page
• SHIBA speaker request form
• Resources

Insurance Fraud

• Avoid insurance fraud
• Examples of bogus insurance plans
• Fraud investigation units
• Insurance fraud facts
• Questions to ask yourself
• Report insurance fraud and scams
• Special Investigations Unit
• Warning signs that a health insurance offer is a scam

Laws or Regulations

• 2011 Legislative priorities
• Insurance Laws and Regulations
• New Rules
• Rule Activity
• Rules Pending
• Service of Process
• Service of Process Laws
• Washington State Insurance laws
• Washington State Insurance Regulations

Public Disclosure

• Information on filing a public records request
• Life Expectancy Table
• Public disclosure request form
• Public Records Information

Agency Orders

• Administrative hearings
• Administrative Hearings - Hearings Unit Purpose
• Companies in receivership
• Disciplinary or general orders
• Frequently asked questions about hearings
• Judicial Proceedings
• OIC Hearing Procedures
• What is the OIC Hearings Unit?

Agency Information

• About Mike Kreidler
• About us
• Agency meetings
• Ask Mike
• Contact us
• Download free readers
• Invite Comissioner Mike Kreidler to speak at your event
• Job opportunities
• Office locations and directions
• Privacy notice
• Social media

Online Services

• Agent/Broker licensing
• Agent/Company lookup
• Compare health carriers
• Disciplinary/gen'l orders
• File a complaint
• Medical malpractice
• Rates & forms filings