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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 protecting consumers from receiving surprise bills for lab fees related to medically necessary diagnostic testing for COVID-19 are both extended until May 28.

Kreidler's order waiving cost-sharing applies to all state-regulated health insurance plans and short-term, limited-duration medical plans. The order on…

OLYMPIA, Wash. – Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler issued the following statement in response to the story about his use of language and treatment of staff published in the Seattle Times and the Northwest News Network:

“I ran for insurance commissioner to make a difference in peoples’ lives and to protect the most vulnerable in our society. Words matter and I know they can have a lasting impact on the people who hear them, regardless of my intent. It pains me deeply to think that the careless words I have used in the past—even if infrequent—could have hurt someone. I am sorry…

OLYMPIA, Wash. – A Thurston County Superior Court judge granted an extended stay of Washington state’s rule temporarily banning credit scoring in personal lines of insurance, including auto, homeowner and renter insurance until all appeals are final.  

Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler and the parties, National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) and the Association of Property and Casualty Insurers of America (APCIA), agreed to the extended stay to help provide stability for consumers and the insurance market as the credit scoring rule moves through the court…

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 protecting consumers from receiving surprise bills for lab fees related to medically necessary diagnostic testing for COVID-19 are both extended until April 28.

Kreidler's order waiving cost-sharing applies to all state-regulated health insurance plans and short-term, limited-duration medical plans. The order on…