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The commissioner is considering rulemaking to implement Substitute Senate Bill 6248, which establishes a framework for selling travel insurance in Washington.
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The commissioner is considering rulemaking to clean up and modernize rule language to better reflect the OIC’s current electronic licensing and verification processes.
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The commissioner is considering new rules due to the passage of E2SHB 1432.
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The commissioner adopted a rule to clarify the circumstances under which title insurers are permitted to conduct or sponsor educational programs.
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Rulemaking was necessary to implement ESSB 5291, which created supplemental long-term care insurance.
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The commissioner adopted rules to clarify and update the minimum standards that first-party and third-party insurers must comply with during any claim investigation and adjustment.
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The insurance commissioner has adopted rules to delay the implementation date of phase two of the premium change transparency rules until 2029.
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Producers and adjusters
The proposed rule will update Chapter 284-17 WAC to ensure producer and adjuster licensing requirements are clear, relevant and aligned with Title 48 insurance laws and the planned National Insurance Producer Registry (NIPR) interface enhancement.
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SHB 1266 (Chap. 27, Laws of 2023) clarified how the Commissioner may communicate with licensees. This rulemaking is to align which address of record the Commissioner will rely on to communicate with licensees.
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Producers and adjusters
Recent passage of HB 1061 amends existing law to eliminate the requirement that an applicant for a resident insurance producer license complete a pre-licensure course of study for the lines of authority for which the person applied.