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Health insurance in California to be affected by Insurance Commissioner race

June 2, 2014May 31, 2014 S.Vagus

Dave Jones California insurance commissioner insurance industry rates

Dave Jones fights to keep his position as the state’s Insurance Commissioner California is currently searching for a new Insurance Commissioner and the state’s incumbent, Dave Jones, is facing some serious opposition. Jones has become a regulatory powerhouse over the past few years, using his authority to hold the state’s insurance companies to a higher standard. Jones has won support for being an enthusiastic consumer advocate, but he has also made enemies within the insurance industry due to his aggressive stance on regulation. More aggressive regulations could keep insurers in…

North Carolina homeowners insurance rate increase resistance building

January 27, 2014January 25, 2014 H. Cutner

Residents of the state are becoming frustrated and angry about the spike of up to 25 percent. As the cost of North Carolina homeowners insurance comes closer to its August increase of an average of 25 percent, residents are keeping a careful watch on the regulator in the state, which held a public hearing on Friday to give these customers the opportunity to voice their opinions on the prospect that they will be seeing their premiums skyrocket this year. The hearing fell three weeks after the insurers in the state…

Insurance news made as D.C. replaces its ousted commissioner

November 19, 2013November 18, 2013 H. Cutner

After the sudden firing of the official in the District of Columbia, a new acting commissioner has been named. Following the surprising insurance news that occurred when William P. White, the previous commissioner in Washington D.C., was ousted, a new acting commissioner has now been named. This naming has occurred only days after the firing of the previous official. White was removed from his position the day after President Obama made his announcement of the fix that was going to be put into place for the problem regarding the cancelled…

Texas Insurance Commissioner Rathgeber receives approval

June 18, 2013June 15, 2013 G. Turner

Within her first 18 days in the position, Julia Rathgeber was able to obtain the Senate’s approval. Although Julia Jeffrey Rathgeber has only just been appointed the Texas Insurance Commissioner, she was able to do in only 18 days what the previous person in that position wasn’t able to do in her entire 140 days of the regular legislative session. The vote was held on Friday and it has now been announced that the Senate has given its approval. The vote was held by the Senate Nominations committee in order…

Insurance news from Washington state includes Commissioner testifying in support of HB1212

February 2, 2013April 30, 2013

Insurance news Mike Kreidler, Washington Commissioner

Mike Kreidler has announced that he has testified against of the use of credit scores by insurers. The latest insurance news out of Washington is that Mike Kreidler, the state’s commissioner, testified on January 30 as a reflection of his support of a new bill that is a bipartisan initiative to stop insurers from being able to use credit information to calculate homeowners policy premiums. House Bill 1212 separates homeowners coverage from the current Washington law restricting credit history use. The current regulations within the state limit the extent to…