2012 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
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| Premera Blue Cross Mountlake Terrace, WA |
Denying coverage under a Medicare Supplemental policy where such coverage is required for replacement policies and denying coverage under a Medicare Supplement policy where the applicant is entitled to guaranteed issue of the product. | 5/16/2012 | $25,000 Fine with $15,000 suspended | 12-0043 | |||||
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| Premera Blue Cross Seattle, WA |
None | 12/18/2012 | Granting approval of Permitted Accounting Practices. | 12-0337 | |||||
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| Premier Insurance & Associates LLC Vancouver, WA |
Failure to ensure a producer was affiliated with the agency before he acted on their behalf | 10/11/2012 | $500 fine | 12-0240 | |||||
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| Premier Marine Insurance Managers Group USA Inc. Seattle, WA |
Engaging in the sale, solicitation, and negotiation of Boatowners’ policies of insurance (pleasure boats 26 feet and less) in the State of Washington without a license and without approval of rates and forms | 4/5/2012 | $14,050 Fine | 12-0054 | |||||
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| Prestige Administration, Inc. Phoenix, AZ |
Issuing motor vehicle service contracts or product protection guarantees to Washington residents without being properly registered. | 5/3/2012 | Order to Cease and Desist | 12-0088 | |||||
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| Pritchett, Phillip H. Seattle, WA |
Outstanding court debt. | 6/28/2012 | Consent Order Setting Conditions for Probationary Producer’s License | 12-0196 | |||||
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| Professional Training Center and Dubree, Frank W. Pasco, WA |
Submitting late class rosters to the OIC. | 2/15/2012 | $6,300 fine with $4,800 suspended | 12-0034 | |||||
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| Professionals Direct Insurance Company Grand Rapids, MI |
Failure to timely file | 10/8/2012 | $750 Fine | 12-0252 | |||||
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| QuickQuote Financial, Inc. and Bain, Timothy S. Reno, NV |
Allowing three licensee to represent them without being affiliated. | 7/17/2012 | $750 fine | 12-0190 | |||||
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| Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon Portland, OR |
Failing to pay commissions to 4 insurance producers on 5 policies an unknown number of times within 60 days of premium payment. | 6/12/2012 | $1,000 fine | 12-0162 | |||||
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| Regence BlueShield and Asuris Northwest Health Seattle, WA |
None | 5/25/2012 | Order Granting Exemption to RCW 48.31C.030 | 12-0155 | |||||
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| Regents of the University of California, The Oakland, CA |
Failure to maintain minimum unrestricted net assets. | 11/2/2012 | Order Suspending Certificate of Exemption | 12-0276 | |||||
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| Richard, John K. McKinney, TX |
Failure to report an administrative action, failure to respond. | 9/10/2012 | License revoked. | 12-0255 | |||||
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| Riggs, Dawn M. Freemont, MI & Morely, MI |
Failure to respond to several requests for proof of payment of an outstanding debt. | 9/11/2012 | Order Revoking License | 12-0239 | |||||
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| Rix, Kenneth Eugene Cheney, WA |
Failure to respond. | 12/19/2012 | License revoked. | 12-0340 | |||||
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| Roberts, Brian P. Bothell, WA |
Intentionally and knowingly altering a document to misrepresent to an insurance company that a new client had insurance with a different company when the new client really did not have coverage with that different company, but with another company instead. | 12/18/2012 | Consent Order Suspending License And Imposing Fine $1,000 Fine | 12-0313 | |||||
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| Rogers, Steve Wheeling, IL |
Failure to respond. | 4/30/2012 | $500 fine | 12-0101 | |||||
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| Root, Nicky J. Jeffersonville, IN |
Failing to report the existence of administrative actions taken by other jurisdictions; Failing to timely respond to inquiries from the commissioner | 3/13/2012 | Order Revoking License | 12-0048 | |||||
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| Rosado, Jose A. Lakewood, WA |
Disbursement of insurer funds without advance permission from the insurer. | 12/13/2012 | Consent Order Levying A Fine Fined $500.00 | 12-0319 | |||||
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| Rosales, Geraldine Patricia Jersey City, NJ |
Failure to respond. | 7/2/2012 | $500 fine | 12-0194 | |||||
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| Rundle, Darla J. Bothell, WA |
Failure to respond. | 1/17/2012 | License revoked. | 12-0015 | |||||
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| Rutgers University Foundation New Brunswick, NJ |
Issued 19 annuities prior to receiving its Certificate of Exemption. | 10/15/2012 | $3,225 Fine | 12-0248 | |||||
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| Ryan, Kristine C. Elliott, IA |
Failure to report an administrative action. | 3/1/2012 | License revoked. | 12-0063 | |||||
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| Santos, Mark P. Houston, TX |
Failure to report an administrative action | 5/9/2012 | License revoked. | 12-0132 | |||||
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| Saunders Jr., Herbert M. Kent, WA |
Making false and misleading statements and impersonations and failing to reveal material facts relative to applications for insurance to an insurer and using fraudulent and dishonest practices and demonstrating incompetence, untrustworthiness, and financial irresponsibility. | 4/27/2012 | Order Revoking License | 12-0093 | |||||
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| Saunders, Tracy Seattle, WA |
Failure to respond. | 8/28/2012 | License revoked. | 12-0243 | |||||
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| Scaffold Industry Insurance Company Risk Retention Group Inc Washington, DC |
Placed in liquidation by the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. | 4/16/2012 | Order Revoking Registration | 12-0096 | |||||
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| Scholer, Cynthia Vancouver, WA |
Failure to respond. | 10/22/2012 | License revoked. | 12-0274 | |||||
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| Scott, Angela M. Renton, WA |
Submitting bogus policies; making false and misleading statements or impersonations and failing to reveal material facts in and relevant to applications for insurance; and using fraudulent and dishonest practices and demonstrating incompetence, untrustworthiness, and financial irresponsibility. | 4/9/2012 | Order Revoking License | 12-0077 | |||||
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| Seattle Symphony Foundation Seattle, WA |
Failure to timely file. | 3/21/2012 | $1220 Fine | 12-0055 | |||||
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| Security Life Insurance Company of America Minnetonka, MN |
Issuing dental plans on unapproved forms and using unfiled rates; Failing to file the certificate forms and trust documents for its group dental plan prior to providing the coverage. | 4/17/2013 | Consent Order Levying A Fine $75,000 Fine | 12-0292 | |||||
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| SENSIBLE HOME WARRANTY LLC fka CHW LLC, a Nevada Limited Liability Company and Harrison Gindi and Elliot Dabah Sparks, NV; Brooklyn, NY |
Engaging in or transacting the unauthorized business of insurance or acting as an unregistered service contract provider in the State of Washington | 1/6/2012 | Order to Cease and Desist | 12-0012 | |||||
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| Sentinel Insurance Company, Ltd. Hartford, CT |
Issuing and renewing polices using unfiled and unapproved rates. | 5/7/2012 | $30,000 fine and to refund overcharges with 8% interest | 12-0129 | |||||
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| Sentinel Security Life Insurance Company Salt Lake City, UT |
Issuing Medicare supplement policies to individuals under the age of 65 without having rates and forms approved and failing to respond promptly to any inquiry from the Commissioner. | 7/30/2012 | $3,500 fine and Compliance Plan | 12-0193 | |||||
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| Sherwood, Robert Scott National City, CA |
Selling, soliciting, or negotiating insurance in Washington without a license. | 11/27/2012 | $250 fine. | 12-0309 | |||||
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| Simonova, Valeriya V. Spokane, WA |
Failure to respond. | 2/8/2012 | License revoked. | 12-0037 | |||||
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| Singh, Rajanbirpal Pasco, WA |
Failing to reply in writing to inquiries of the Insurance Commissioner; providing incorrect, misleading, incomplete, or materially untrue information in a license application. | 11/30/2012 | Order Revoking License | 12-0320 | |||||
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| Skogstad, Samuel L. Spokane, WA |
Providing incorrect, misleading, incomplete, or materially untrue information in the license application; violating any insurance laws, or violating any rule, subpoena, or order of the commissioner or of another state’s insurance commissioner; Obtaining or attempting to obtain a license through misrepresentation or fraud; Having been convicted of a felony; Using fraudulent, coercive, or dishonest practices, or demonstrating incompetence, untrustworthiness, or financial irresponsibility in this state or elsewhere. | 10/23/2012 | Order Revoking License | 12-0275 | |||||
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| Slobodyan, Igor V. Kent, WA |
Providing incorrect, misleading, incomplete, or materially untrue information in two license applications and by obtaining or attempting to obtain a license through misrepresentation. | 5/29/2012 | $500 fine | 12-0112 | |||||
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| Sonsio International of Wisconsin Incorporated Arvada, CO |
Failure to timely file. | 6/12/2012 | $750 Fine | 12-0139 | |||||
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| Sorrell, Robert P. Seabeck, WA |
Failure to forward premium payments to the broker in a timely manner and failure to affiliate himself with his agency. | 9/14/2012 | Thirty day suspension and $1,000 fine | 12-0241 | |||||
| Comments: Hearing requested, order stayed pending outcome of hearing. | |||||||||
| Soundpath Health Incorporated Federal Way, WA |
Failure to timely file. | 5/30/2012 | $500 Fine | 12-0126 | |||||
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| Spokane United Methodist Homes, Inc. Spokane, WA |
Failure to maintain minimum unrestricted net assets. | 10/1/2012 | Order to Suspend Certificate of Exemption | 12-0261 | |||||
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| Spokane United Methodist Homes, Inc. Spokane, WA |
Failure to timely file. | 11/26/2012 | $500 Fine | 12-0296 | |||||
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| Sprague, Cassie Sellerburg, IN |
Failure to report an administrative action; failure to respond. | 8/28/2012 | License revoked. | 12-0244 | |||||
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| STA Travel, Inc. Seattle, WA |
Soliciting travel insurance without being licensed as an insurance producer; accepting insurance business from unlicensed employees. | 10/29/2012 | $115,000 fine | 12-0052 | |||||
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| Staley, Joshua C. Tamarac, FL |
Probation due to fees owed on a consumer debt. | 11/28/2012 | Consent Order Setting Conditions For Probationary Non-Resident Insurance Producer's License | 12-0303 | |||||
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| Standard Life Insurance Company of Indiana Indianapolis, IN |
Placed in Liquidation by Marion Circuit Court, Indianapolis, IN | 10/26/2012 | Revocation of Certificate of Authority | 12-0271 | |||||
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| State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company Bloomington, IL |
Issuing policies based upon incorrect rates | 5/2/2012 | $5,000 fine | 12-0092 | |||||
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| State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company and State Farm Fire & Casualty Company Bloomington, IL |
Charging rates not in accord with its rates then in effect. | 9/17/2012 | $50,000 fine | 12-0111 | |||||
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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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