2007 Orders
Orders posted below are unverified duplicates of official orders actually entered. To get an official version of the order contact:
Renee Molnes
Phone: 360-725-7047
Email: legal@oic.wa.gov
| Orders 101 to 150 of 280 | |||||||||
| Name | Violation | Issue Date | Action | Order | |||||
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| General Conference Corporation of Seventh-day Adventists Silver Springs, MD |
Issued annuities prior to recieving its Certificate of Exemption. | 2/14/2007 | $3,275 Fine | D07-14 | |||||
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| General Re Life Corporation Stamford, CT |
Failure to timely file. | 3/2/2007 | $2,000 Fine | D07-64 | |||||
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| General Star National Insurance Company Columbus, OH |
Failure to timely file. | 4/9/2007 | $750 Fine | D07-83 | |||||
| Comments: This is a Revised Consent Order Imposing a Fine | |||||||||
| Geovera Insurance Company Fairfield, CA |
Failure to timely file. | 8/7/2007 | $500 Fine | D07-0276 | |||||
| Comments: Audited Financial Report | |||||||||
| Globe American Casualty Company Milford, OH |
Order Rescinding Prior Revocation of Certificate of Authority | 4/18/2007 | Order Recinding Prior Revocation of Certificate of Authority | G07-24R | |||||
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| Globe American Casualty Company Milford, OH |
Failure to meet the minimum financial requirement of RCW 48.05.340. | 4/9/2007 | Revocation | G07-24 | |||||
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| Globe American Casualty Company Milford, OH |
Correction of financial impairment. | 4/18/2007 | Order Rescinding Prior Revocation of Certificate of Authority | G07-24R | |||||
| Comments: Company COA was Revoked for 9 Days | |||||||||
| Globe Life & Accident Insurance Company Wilmington, DE |
Failure to timely file. | 5/21/2007 | $1,625 Fine | D07-134 | |||||
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| Golf Marketing Worldwide, LLC; Golf Marketing; Golf Marketing Incorporated; Hole-In-Won.Com; Hole-In-Won.Com Worldwide; Golf Marketing, LLC, Unauthorized Insurers, and Kevin Kolenda, Tim Kirchhof, et al., Principals. Norwalk, CT |
Violation of mandates of OIC's Cease & Desist Order D04-26. | 7/24/2008 | $125,000 Fine | D07-204 | |||||
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| Great-West Life and Annuity Insurance Company Englewood, CA |
Failure to timely file. | 8/15/2007 | $250 Fine | D07-0277 | |||||
| Comments: Audited Financial Report | |||||||||
| Group Health Cooperative Seattle, WA |
Using unfiled rates. | 4/18/2007 | $11,050 Fine | D07-124 | |||||
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| Guarantee Company of North America USA, The Southfield, MI |
Failure to timely file annual financial statement. | 3/2/2007 | $1,625 Fine | D07-65 | |||||
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| Guarantee Insurance Company Ft. Lauderdale, FL |
Failure to timely file. | 8/7/2007 | $750 Fine | D07-0257 | |||||
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| Guaranty Income Life Insurance Company
Baton Rough, LA |
Failure to timely file annual financial statement. | 2/27/2007 | $250 Fine | D07-66 | |||||
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| Hartford Fire Insurance Company; Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company; Hartford Casualty Insurance Company; Hartford Underwriters Insurance Company; Hartford Insurance Company of the Midwest; Twin City Fire Insurance Company; Property and Casualty Insurance Company of Hartford; Sentinel Insurance Company, Ltd. Hartford, CT |
Issuing checks, a non-renewal notice, and using letters, facsimiles, and/or releases that did not containing the complete name or the correct name of the insurance company; unappointed agents; files did not contain documentation that the appropriate pro-rated license fees and/or taxes had been included and because files did not contain a firm salvage bid. | 10/15/2007 | $50,000 with $30,000 suspended and Compliance Plan | D07-301 | |||||
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| Hawkins, Rex L., Vancouver, WA |
Failure to respond. | 5/11/2007 | Revocation | D07-0161 | |||||
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| HCC Insurance Company Indianapolis, IN |
Failure to timely file annual financial statement. | 1/26/2007 | $750 Fine | D07-4 | |||||
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| Healthy Alliance Life Insurance Company St. Louis, MO |
Failure to timley file. | 5/17/2007 | $1,250 Fine | D07-132 | |||||
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| Hewlett Packard Company |
Failure to timley file. | 6/1/2007 | $1,000 Fine | D07-0162 | |||||
| Comments: Palo Alto, CA | |||||||||
| HM Health Insurance Company Pittsburg, PA |
Failure to timely file. | 8/15/2007 | $500 Fine | D07-0265 | |||||
| Comments: April Supplemental Filing | |||||||||
| Home Buyers Resale Warranty Corporation Denver, CO |
Home Buyers Resale Warranty Corporation held less than the required minimums on both the required deposit and the reserve account. | 6/19/2007 | $2,000 Fine | D07-0167 | |||||
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| Homesite Insurance Company Boston, MA |
Failure to timely file. | 8/7/2007 | $250 Fine | D07-0266 | |||||
| Comments: Audited Financial Report | |||||||||
| Homesite Insurance Company of the Midwest Boston, MA |
Failure to timely file. | 8/7/2007 | $500 Fine | D07-0258 | |||||
| Comments: Audited Financial Statement | |||||||||
| Howell, Michael A. and Michael A. Howell Insurance Agency Moses Lake, WA |
Commingling and failing to separate and account for funds received for premiums. Licensee deemed to be untrustworthy and a source of injury and loss to the public. | 6/25/2007 | Suspension of Licensee's Licenses for 90 days. | D07-23 | |||||
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| Humane Society of the United States Washington, DC |
Failure to timley file. | 6/4/2007 | $2,500 Fine | D07-0177 | |||||
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| Idealife Insurance Company Stamford, CT |
Failure to timely file. | 3/2/2007 | $2,000 Fine | D07-67 | |||||
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| Illinois National Insurance Company, New Hampshire Indemnity Company, and AIG National Insurance Company Chicago, IL |
Failing to clearly identify the name of the insuring company; failing to require that agents are appointed; using application and/or binder forms that did not clearly identify the insurer and the effective date of coverage; issuing notices to consumers that did not contain sufficient information for the applicant or insured to understand the Company’s decision to deny, cancel, or renew the policy in clear and simple language. | 6/3/2008 | $50,000 Fine with $15,000 suspended and Compliance Plan | D07-187 | |||||
| Comments: These violations were discovered during a Market Conduct Examination | |||||||||
| Indemnity Insurance Company of North America Philadelphia, PA |
Failure to timely file. | 3/14/2007 | $1,000 Fine | D07-39 | |||||
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| Independence American Insurance Company Wilmington, DE |
Failure to timley file. | 8/9/2007 | $500 Fine | D07-0259 | |||||
| Comments: April Supplemental Filing | |||||||||
| Insurance Company of North America Philadelphia, PA |
Failure to timely file. | 3/14/2007 | $1,000 Fine | D07-40 | |||||
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| Insurance Company of the West San Diego, CA |
Failure to timley file. | 9/4/2007 | $250 Fine | D07-0278 | |||||
| Comments: Audited Financial Report | |||||||||
| Investors Guartanty LIfe Insurance Company Los Angeles, CA |
Failure to timely file. | 3/6/2007 | $1,750 Fine | D07-69 | |||||
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| Investors Insurance Corporation Wilmington, DE |
Failure to timely file. | 3/19/2007 | $625 Fine | D07-93 | |||||
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| Investors Life Insurance Company of North America Austin, TX |
Failure to timely file. | 8/7/2007 | $500 Fine | D07-0279 | |||||
| Comments: Audited Financial Report | |||||||||
| Jefferson National Life Insurance Company Dallas, TX |
Failure to timely file. | 3/30/2007 | $2,250 Fine | D07-63 | |||||
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| Johnson Controls, Inc. Norman, OK |
Unregistered sales of service contracts. | 4/30/2007 | $25,000 Fine | D07-123 | |||||
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| Jones, Angela L. Arlington, TX |
Failure to respond. | 6/18/2007 | Revocation | D07-0194 | |||||
| Comments: Fingerprint replacement card. | |||||||||
| Jones, Matthew C. Tacoma, WA |
Failure to respond. | 10/11/2007 | Revocation | D07-0322 | |||||
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| Jungbauer, Clair P. San Antonio, TX |
Failure to respond. | 12/21/2007 | Revocation | D07-0356 | |||||
| Comments: Fingerprint replacement card. | |||||||||
| Kaiser Permanente Health Alternatives Portland, OR |
Failing to file the endorsement and all copies of all endorsements to Dental Plan T that included the $1,000 benefit maximum; issuing an individual heath care services agreement with an undisclosed benefit maximum, and failing to obtain the enrollee’s signature on an endorsement setting forth that modification and attaching the endorsement to the agreement; failing to file with the Commissioner every contract form and rate scheduled, and modification there, before the were used; failing the set forth a limitation in the contract either with the benefit provision to which applied or under the appropriate caption. | 7/23/2007 | $100,000 with $50,000 suspended | D07-153 | |||||
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| Kaiser Permanente Health Alternatives and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest Portland, OR |
Selling unfiled small group dental plans. | 4/10/2007 | $36,850 Fine | D07-100 | |||||
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| Kaiser Permanente Health Alternatives and Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwest Portland, OR |
Failure to notify of replacement or option to enroll in new small group plan. | 4/10/2007 | $30,000 Fine | D07-101 | |||||
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| King, Tyesse M. Shaker Heights, OH |
Failure to respond truthfully on insurance license application regarding criminal history. | 10/2/2007 | Revocation | D07-0314 | |||||
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| Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation Omaha, NE |
Giving services and other things of value exceeding $25.00 in value to producers of title insurance business. | 10/7/2009 | Stipulation and Agreement, Fine pending outcome of appeals process | 07-304 | |||||
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| Leaverton, Barbara C. Sunnyside, WA |
Marketed nonapproved annuities to Washington residents, instructed and assisted Washington consumers to falsely clam they had signed annuity applications in Idaho when they were signed in Washington, falsely claiming that she was the selling agent when her husband was which he was not appointed to sell. | 5/4/2007 | $3,750 fine | D07-128 | |||||
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| Leaverton, Michael R. Sunnyside, WA |
Marketed nonapproved annuities to Washington residents, instructed and assisted Washington consumers to falsely clam they had signed annuity applications in Idaho when they were signed in Washington, falsely claiming that Barbara Leaverton had been the selling agent for annuities which he had sold and which he was not appointed to sell. | 5/4/2007 | $3,750 Fine | D07-129 | |||||
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| Lemery, Julie D. and Main Street Insurance Duvall, WA |
Licensee has shown herself to be incompetent, untrustworthy, or a source of injury and loss to the public in violation of RCW 48.17.530(1)(a), (b), (c), (d), (h), and (i) and RCW 48.17.530(2). | 7/16/2008 | Licenses revoked | D07-0307 | |||||
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| Life Insurance Company of the Southwest Dallas, TX |
Failure to timely file. | 5/21/2007 | $250 Fine | D07-130 | |||||
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| Lifewise Health Plan of Arizona Seattle, WA |
Failure to comply with orders issued via letters dated June 27, 2007 and June 28, 2007 by the Washington Insurance Commissioner. | 8/15/2007 | Cease acceptance and writing of new business and to respond fully to inquiries | D07-0292 | |||||
| Comments: Failure to respond | |||||||||
| MBIA Insurance Corporation Armonk, NY |
Failure to timely file annual financial statement. | 3/2/2007 | $750 Fine | D07-72 | |||||
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These enforcement actions taken by Mike Kreidler, Washington state Insurance Commissioner, are a primary tool in protecting the people of Washington.
| Type of Entity | Authority to Suspend or Revoke | Authority to Fine |
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| Agent or broker | RCW 48.17.530 | RCW 48.17.560 |
| Insurance company | RCW 48.05.140 | RCW 48.05.185 |
| Health care service contractor | RCW 48.44.160 | RCW 48.44.166 |
| Health maintenance organization (HMO) | RCW 48.46.130 and RCW 48.46.135 | |
Updated 05/02/2013
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