2021 news releases

DECEMBER

• Kreidler extends emergency order on coronavirus testing and surprise billing to Jan. 28

  Dec 29, 2021

• Rule to protect gender-affirming medical treatment takes effect Jan. 1

  Dec 28, 2021

• Former Snohomish insurance agency owner sentenced in federal wire fraud

  Dec 9, 2021

• Kreidler asks insurers for more information on credit scores

  Dec 6, 2021

NOVEMBER

• Kreidler extends emergency order on coronavirus testing and surprise billing to Dec. 29

  Nov 22, 2021

• Kreidler fines unauthorized health insurer $100,000

  Nov 10, 2021

• 4.14% average rate change approved for 2022 individual health insurance market

  Nov 1, 2021

OCTOBER

• Kreidler extends emergency orders on coronavirus testing and surprise billing to Nov. 29, 2021

  Oct 29, 2021

• Kreidler names Mark Dietzler as new chief deputy commissioner

  Oct 20, 2021

• Kreidler pursues January date for rule to ban use of credit scores

  Oct 19, 2021

• ‘Lost’ Rolex watch turns up at jewelry shop, owner faces fraud charge

  Oct 15, 2021

• Former insurance agent pleads guilty to $2.8 million theft

  Oct 13, 2021

• Medicare open enrollment for 2022 starts Oct. 15 and SHIBA can help!

  Oct 13, 2021

• Kreidler considers options after court ruling on credit scoring emergency rule

  Oct 8, 2021

• Kreidler extends emergency order on coronavirus testing and surprise billing to Oct. 31

  Oct 1, 2021

SEPTEMBER

• Lakewood man sought to face insurance fraud charges

  Sep 24, 2021

• New SHIBA sponsor, Solid Ground to help King County seniors with Medicare

  Sep 23, 2021

• Kreidler hosts Climate Summit 2021, free virtual event open to the public

  Sep 22, 2021

• Most insurers miss opportunity to offer better auto and homeowner rates for Washington consumers

  Sep 21, 2021

• Average 4.17% rate change approved for 2022 Exchange health insurance market

  Sep 20, 2021

• Kreidler extends orders on coronavirus and surprise billing to Oct. 3

  Sep 3, 2021

• Kreidler fines Aetna for discriminating against transgender women

  Sep 2, 2021

• Kreidler slams Taliban-like abortion law in Texas

  Sep 1, 2021

AUGUST

• Abshir Ali joins Kreidler’s insurance fraud most wanted

  Aug 27, 2021

• Kreidler extends emergency order on coronavirus testing and surprise billing to Sept. 5

  Aug 9, 2021

• Kreidler requires employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19

  Aug 9, 2021

JULY

• Alliance for Shared Health, Inc., and its insurance producer pay $87,500 in fines for bogus operations

  Jul 27, 2021

• Kreidler extends emergency order on coronavirus testing and surprise billing to Aug. 8

  Jul 9, 2021

• Kreidler requests auto insurance claims and rebate data from insurers in Washington

  Jul 7, 2021

JUNE

• Kreidler extends emergency order on telehealth to July 25

  Jun 25, 2021

• Two plead guilty in King County to separate auto insurance fraud charges

  Jun 18, 2021

• Kreidler calls Supreme Court ruling on ACA a win for millions of Americans

  Jun 17, 2021

• Kreidler extends orders on coronavirus testing and surprise billing to July 11

  Jun 11, 2021

• Best time to shop auto, home insurance in Washington starts June 20

  Jun 10, 2021

• Commissioners Kreidler, Lara urge insurers to report climate risks through international financial stability framework

  Jun 8, 2021

• Fifteen health insurers request average rate increase of 5.47% for Washington’s individual market

  Jun 1, 2021

MAY

• Kreidler extends emergency order on telehealth to June 27

  May 28, 2021

• Kreidler extends orders on coronavirus and surprise billing to June 13

  May 14, 2021

• Washington, feds take action to solidify insurance protections for transgender people

  May 12, 2021

• Kreidler’s groundbreaking captive insurer bill signed into law

  May 12, 2021

• Over 50 insurers meet deadline to comply with emergency rule on credit

  May 7, 2021

APRIL

• Oak Harbor man will serve 45 days in jail for claiming theft of car he sold

  Apr 30, 2021

• Kreidler extends emergency order on telehealth coverage

  Apr 30, 2021

• Kreidler urges nation’s insurance commissioners to ban use of credit scores

  Apr 28, 2021

• Kreidler: Deadline is May 6 to comply with emergency rule on credit

  Apr 27, 2021

• Court denies industry challenge to Kreidler’s emergency rule on credit

  Apr 23, 2021

• Kreidler extends emergency order on coronavirus testing and surprise billing to May 16

  Apr 16, 2021

• Kreidler fines Shared Health Alliance, orders it to cease operations in state

  Apr 15, 2021

• Kreidler: Industry favors profits over people in challenge to credit score rule

  Apr 13, 2021

• Kreidler extends emergency order requiring special enrollment period

  Apr 6, 2021

• Kreidler extends emergency order on telehealth to May 2

  Apr 2, 2021

MARCH

• Kreidler urges insurers to craft consent policies with Native American tribes

  Mar 24, 2021

• Kreidler issues emergency rule banning credit scoring for three years

  Mar 23, 2021

• Kreidler extends emergency orders on coronavirus testing and surprise billing to April 18

  Mar 19, 2021

• Kreidler sets record straight on vaccines and life insurance

  Mar 18, 2021

• Sequim man pleads guilty to attempted insurance fraud charge

  Mar 12, 2021

• Biden's American Rescue Plan will lower health insurance costs for over 200,000 in Washington

  Mar 12, 2021

• Kreidler: Legislature can keep credit scoring ban proposal alive

  Mar 10, 2021

• Former Bellevue attorney charged in connection with $1.8 million theft

  Mar 9, 2021

• Kreidler extends emergency order on telehealth coverage to April 4

  Mar 5, 2021

FEBRUARY

• Kreidler extends emergency orders on coronavirus testing and surprise billing to March 21

  Feb 19, 2021

• Insurance industry guts proposed ban on use of credit scores

  Feb 18, 2021

• Federal Way woman pleads guilty after filing fraudulent auto insurance claim

  Feb 12, 2021

• Pro fighter wanted to face insurance fraud charges in Benton County

  Feb 10, 2021

• Kreidler calls for special enrollment for all state-regulated health insurers

  Feb 8, 2021

• Emergency order on telehealth coverage extended to March 7

  Feb 5, 2021

• Kreidler fines OneShare Health LLC $150,000 for selling illegal insurance

  Feb 1, 2021

JANUARY

• Kreidler extends emergency orders on coronavirus testing and surprise billing to Feb. 21, 2021

  Jan 22, 2021

• Regence parent company pays $10,000 fine to Washington state

  Jan 14, 2021

• Kreidler bill to ban insurers from using credit scores goes to Senate Jan. 14

  Jan 12, 2021

• Emergency order on telehealth coverage extended to Feb. 7

  Jan 8, 2021