OLYMPIA, Wash. – Ivan Kriger was recently found guilty of insurance fraud for a second time in Spokane County Superior Court.  

Ivan Kriger (also known as Evaun Syrah Solomon), of Spokane, was recently convicted of insurance fraud after Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s Criminal Investigations Unit (CIU) completed a second criminal investigation into his filing of false insurance claims. Kriger pled guilty to another charge of filing false claims after he was found guilty by a jury earlier this year. 

In this case, CIU’s investigation found that Kriger…

OLYMPIA, Wash. – Washington state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler and the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies and American Property Casualty Insurance Association have agreed to a final order  in response to the recent Thurston County Superior Court ruling on Kreidler’s credit scoring rule. Kreidler will not appeal the court’s decision. 

Thurston County Superior Court Judge Indu Thomas had previously issued an oral ruling  stating that Kreidler’s office did not violate the Administrative Procedure Act and that the commissioner’s actions were not…

OLYMPIA, Wash. – Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has extended three emergency orders. His order requiring health insurers to waive copays and deductibles for any consumer requiring testing for the coronavirus (COVID-19) and his order protecting consumers from receiving surprise bills for lab fees related to medically necessary diagnostic testing for COVID-19 are both extended until September 25.

Kreidler also extended his order requiring health insurers to cover coronavirus vaccine counseling until October 4.

Kreidler's order waiving cost-sharing applies to all state-…

OLYMPIA, Wash. – Medova Healthcare Financial Group, LLC (Medova) of Wichita, Kansas and its president and CEO, Daniel Whitney, were ordered to stop selling illegal health insurance in Washington state and agreed to a $310,000 suspended fine. Medova and Whitney also surrendered their insurance producer licenses and agreed to stop doing insurance business in Washington. 

Medova sold unauthorized health insurance plans called Lifestyle Health Plans to approximately 140 small businesses and their 1,487 employees through Washington chambers of commerce. The company misrepresented…