June 11, 2021 OLYMPIA, Wash. – Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has extended two 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 …
June 10, 2021 OLYMPIA, Wash. – Consumers in Washington state have the best opportunity in two decades to shop for insurance coverage for their automobiles and homes after June 20, when companies are no longer permitted to rely on the outdated and unfair …
June 8, 2021 OLYMPIA, Wash./LOS ANGELES – Insurance Commissioners Mike Kreidler of Washington and Ricardo Lara of California formally asked all insurers (PDF, 38MB) that are currently required to report to them annually on climate change to start reporting …
June 1, 2021 OLYMPIA, Wash. – Fifteen health insurers filed an average proposed rate increase of 5.47% for Washington's individual health insurance market. The plans and proposed rates are currently under review and final decisions will come this fall …
May 28, 2021 OLYMPIA, Wash. – Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler extended his emergency order directing all state-regulated health insurers to make additional coverage changes to aid consumers during the coronavirus pandemic. His order is in effect until …
May 14, 2021 OLYMPIA, Wash. – Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has extended two 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 …
May 12, 2021 OLYMPIA, Wash. – Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill (2SSB 5313) today prohibiting health insurers from discriminating against policyholders by denying medically necessary treatment, regardless of their gender expression or identity. The new law …
May 7, 2021 OLYMPIA, Wash. – Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler announced that more than 50 insurance companies met the May 6 deadline to file rating plans that comply with his emergency rule to temporarily prohibit the use of consumers’ credit scores. …
May 12, 2021 OLYMPIA, Wash. – A bill to provide a framework to captive insurers doing business in Washington state became law today after Gov. Jay Inslee signed the legislation. Second Substitute SB 5315 (leg.wa.gov) was requested by Insurance Commissioner …
April 30, 2021 OLYMPIA, Wash. – Arnold F. Bodner pleaded guilty to one count of filing a fraudulent insurance claim in Island County Superior Court in connection with an auto insurance claim. Bodner will serve 45 days in the Island County Jail starting May …
April 28, 2021 OLYMPIA, Wash. – Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is urging his colleagues in other states to consider action to ban the use of consumers’ credit scores for determining insurance rates. Kreidler’s call for action follows …
April 27, 2021 OLYMPIA, Wash. – Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is reminding insurance companies of the May 6 deadline to file rating plans that comply with his emergency rule to temporarily prohibit the use of consumers' credit scores. A …
April 23, 2021 OLYMPIA, Wash. – A Thurston County Superior Court judge today denied an insurance industry request to halt an emergency rule that temporarily bans the use of insurance credit scoring in Washington. The ruling that rejected a request for a …
April 16, 2021 OLYMPIA, Wash. – Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has extended two emergency orders. His order requiring health insurers to waive copays and deductibles for any consumer requiring testing for coronavirus (COVID-19) and his order …
April 6, 2021 OLYMPIA, Wash. – Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has extended his emergency order directing state-regulated health insurers that sell plans outside of the Exchange, Washington Healthplanfinder, to open a special enrollment through May 15 …
April 15, 2021 OLYMPIA, Wash. – Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler ordered Christian Discount Alliance LLC, doing business as Shared Health Alliance, to immediately stop selling insurance illegally and issued a fine of $7,500. Shared Health Alliance was …
April 13, 2021 UPDATE: On April 15, 2021, Thurston County rescheduled the hearing for 11 a.m. on April 23, 2020. The Zoom meeting ID is: 821 9697 0976 Passcode: 1234 OLYMPIA, Wash. – Insurance companies hiding behind their industry associations contend no …
April 2, 2021 OLYMPIA, Wash. – Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler extended his emergency order directing all state-regulated health insurers to make additional coverage changes to aid consumers during the coronavirus pandemic. His order is in effect …
March 24, 2021 OLYMPIA, Wash. – Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is urging the insurance industry in Washington state to work with Native Americans on adopting policies of consent on environmental projects that affect Tribal nations. Kreidler said …
March 23, 2021 OLYMPIA, Wash. – Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler issued an emergency rule today prohibiting insurers from using credit scoring to set rates for personal property for three years. This immediate, but temporary, response is necessary to …
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