Latest Department of Insurance Headlines
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Louisiana Department of Insurance Offers Guidance Following Severe Storms
May 15 2024 // Severe storms killed three people and caused significant damage in southwest Louisiana Monday. At least one EF3 tornado hit Lake Charles, officials said. The St. Martin Parish coroner reports that a female died in Cecilia...
Michigan Department of Insurance Recovers $19.5M for Consumers in 2023
Feb 21 2024 // The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) announced that the department helped recover more than $19.5 million for Michigan consumers in 2023. In addition, DIFS staff answered nearly 140,000...
Louisiana Department of Insurance Chief of Staff Denise Gardner Wins National Award
Dec 27 2023 // Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) Chief of Staff Denise Gardner was recently presented with the Robert Dineen Award for her outstanding service and contributions to the state system of insurance regulation at the...
Texas Department of Insurance to Hold Meet The Regulator Event
Dec 11 2023 // The Texas Department of Insurance will hold a Meet the Regulator event from 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday, January 16, 2024. Commissioner Cassie Brown starts the event with an agency update in Barbara Jordan Building...
Texas Department of Insurance Proposes Amendments to Benefit Texas Military Forces in Workers’ Comp System
Nov 16 2023 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation’s (DWC) General Counsel notified workers’ compensation system participants that DWC is proposing amendments to the Texas Administrative...
Texas Department of Insurance Names Rudnai as Captive Specialist
Oct 18 2023 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has announced the hiring of Robert Rudnai as its captive insurance specialist. Rudnai is responsible for licensing and monitoring Texas-based captives and alerting businesses to the...
Louisiana Department of Insurance Opens Second Round of Incentive Program
Sep 18 2023 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) has opened the second round of the Insure Louisiana Incentive Program, which is designed to offer grants to insurers that write new policies in the state. The application period...
Louisiana Department of Insurance Opens Second Round of Incentive Program
Sep 1 2023 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) has opened the second round of the Insure Louisiana Incentive Program, which is designed to offer grants to insurers that write new policies in the state. The application period...
Indiana Department of Insurance Launches Site for Reporting Cybersecurity Events
Jun 30 2023 // The Indiana Department of Insurance (IDOI) launched a new online form for insurers and entities to cybersecurity events. The online form can be found on IDOI’s website. “If an insurer and/or other licensed...
Insurer Group Reacts to California Department of Insurance Musing on Cat Modeling
Jun 8 2023 // Insurer groups may be seeing the light at the end of the tunnel with a hint of a possible change in a regulator’s attitude toward the use of catastrophe modeling in the California market for wildfire insurers. The...
Louisiana Dept. of Insurance Reminds Residents of Roof Coverage Ahead of Hurricane Season
May 31 2023 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) is reminding residents to review and assess their roof insurance coverage ahead of the 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season, which begins June 1. LDI recommends policyholders review...
California Department of Insurance Bans Sender of Misleading Wildfire Mailers
May 26 2023 // A California Department of Insurance investigation into misleading mailers on insurance claims following wildfires led to a ban of public adjuster and California Recovery Group owner Argen Youssefi of Glendale. The...
Louisiana Dept. of Insurance: $92M in Payouts Collected in 2022
May 16 2023 // Louisiana Commissioner Jim Donelon announced the Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) helped consumers collect over $92.3 million in payouts in addition to the original amounts offered by insurance companies in...
California Department of Insurance Orders Refunds over Bogus Mailers
Apr 20 2023 // An insurance company offering home warranties must refund Californians who were reportedly deceived by a misleading mailer sent to hundreds of thousands of consumers. According to an investigation by the California...
Texas Department of Insurance Updates COVID Data Call Results
Mar 31 2023 // The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) updated COVID-19 workers’ compensation claims data, with insurance carriers reporting 98,000 COVID-19 claims and 468 fatalities through...
People Moves: PCF Names New President; California Department of Insurance Appoints Members
Mar 9 2023 // PCF Insurance Services in Lehi, Utah, named Jenni Lee Crocker president. Crocker was PCF’s senior vice president, growth and operations for the past year. She will remain on the board of directors at PCF after...
Supreme Court Won’t Take up Applied Suit Against California Department of Insurance
Jan 24 2023 // The U.S. Supreme Court will not take up a lawsuit from Applied Underwriters Inc. over a decision by the California Department of Insurance to put its affiliate into conservatorship. The court on Monday declined to hear the...
People Moves: Ohio Dept. of Insurance Restructures Office of Legal Services; N.D. Commissioner Godfread Elected VP of NAIC
Dec 21 2022 // Ohio Department of Insurance Office of Legal Services Restructured, Fitch Named Chief Legal Officer Ohio Department of Insurance has promoted several employees in the department’s Office of Legal Services, including...
Texas Dept. of Insurance Extends COVID Data Call
Dec 7 2022 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) announced it has extended its mandatory data call through December 2022 for certain information related to COVID-19 injuries reported to...
Missouri Dept. of Insurance Recommends 6.4% Decrease in Workers’ Comp Rates
Nov 22 2022 // The Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance (DCI) is recommending a 6.4 percent decrease in workers’ compensation insurance loss costs for 2023. This marks the seventh time in eight years that average...
