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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…

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Federal disaster assistance is available for Washington residents impacted by December’s flooding, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced on Saturday.

Individual aid is available to people in Chelan, Grays Harbor, King, Lewis, Pacific, Pierce, Skagit, Snohomish, Thurston, and Whatcom counties, as well as numerous tribal communities.

The action makes assistance available for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses, and other programs to help individuals and families recover from the effects of the…