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OLYMPIA, Wash. — 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. 

Kuderer’s office investigated Carol E. Perez, the licensee for Perez Insurance Inc. in Yakima, for accepting premiums from a consumer but not forwarding those payments to an insurer for a policy. The Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) revoked her license and the agency’s license after a pair of complaints and her failure to respond to a notification of a…

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington state Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer has been selected to chair the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ new Child Care Insurance Working Group.

The group, which met for the first time on Monday, was established to address the insurance issues facing childcare services providers — like child-placing agencies and group foster homes — and how those issues impact consumers.  

“Child-placing agencies and group family homes across the country are facing an insurance affordability and availability crisis,” Kuderer said. “We’ve…

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington state Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer is visiting Eastern Washington communities in May as part of her Community Connect outreach events, focusing on meeting residents of wildfire-threatened areas and discussing their issues with home insurance.

“Large-scale wildfires are becoming more commonplace, and wildfire risk is an increasingly important aspect of home insurance,” Kuderer said. “I’ve heard from plenty of Washingtonians about their concerns with what that risk is doing to their home insurance rates and coverage, and I’m excited to talk about…

OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS) has expanded its Wildfire Prepared Home designation program to include Washington and nine other states, the organization announced on Tuesday.

The Wildfire Prepared program is a set of research-based mitigation actions that help homeowners and builders in high-risk areas better protect their homes and neighborhoods from wildfire.

“This is an important step in building physical and financial resiliency to the increasing threat of wildfire,” Washington state Insurance Commissioner Patty Kuderer said…