: : , , skip to main skip to sidebar Pages Blog Home Our mission : consumer protection Insurance Consumer Hotline Thursday , September 29, 2011 Job openings : Actuaries , actuarial analyst , market conduct examiner Actuaries Due to retirements , we have two openings for actuaries now , helping with financial examinations , analysis and licensing of life insurers or health insurers . Other typical duties include reviewing rates , equity-indexed annuities , etc . For details on these jobs , including salary and benefits , please see this job listing for both acturarial . jobs Actuarial analyst We're also looking for an actuarial analyst to fill a vacancy created when a staffer shifted over to a federally-funded project that we're working on part of health care reform Duties include reviewing: skip to main skip to sidebar Pages Blog Home Our mission : consumer protection Insurance Consumer Hotline Thursday , September 29, 2011 Home warranty company ordered to stop selling illegal coverage A Florida company , its principals and subsidiaries have been ordered to stop selling unauthorized home warranties in Washington . state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has ordered International Warranty Administration Services , Inc . and related entities to stop selling service contracts in Washington . The company and its subsidiaries are believed to have sold dozens of unauthorized service contracts in the state , but are not licensed to solicit insurance . here Kreidler's order also includes The Metropolitan Benefit Group , Inc . doing business as HomeChoice Plans , HomeChoice: skip to main skip to sidebar Pages Blog Home Our mission : consumer protection Insurance Consumer Hotline Thursday , September 29, 2011 Insurance agents and brokers fined for violations Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has ordered fines and other disciplinary action for more than a dozen insurance agents and brokers . Violations include failing to properly disclose fees , using a false Social Security number and wrongly disclosing a customer’s private health . information I should point out that these cases are only a tiny fraction of the more than 118,000 agents and brokers licensed to do business here in Washington , 8221 said Kreidler . Any Washingtonian with a complaint against an insurer , agent or broker can contact Kreidler’s office at 1-800-562-6900 or file a complaint online: skip to main skip to sidebar Pages Blog Home Our mission : consumer protection Insurance Consumer Hotline Wednesday , September 28, 2011 Insurers fined for violations Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has fined insurance companies nearly 1 million this year for violating Washington insurance laws . Violations included charging unapproved rates , improper advertising , and failing to offer health coverage to . children The fines collected do not go to the agency . They are deposited in the state’s general fund to pay for other state . services Any Washingtonian with a complaint against an insurer , agent or broker can contact the office at 1-800-562-6900 or file a complaint online at http : www.insurance.wa.gov Fines and other disciplinary actions against insurers from June to: skip to main skip to sidebar Pages Blog Home Our mission : consumer protection Insurance Consumer Hotline Tuesday , September 27, 2011 Two more health plans request rate changes Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Northwes t is requesting a 9 average rate increase for its individual health plans health plan you buy yourself and Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon is asking to lower its small employer plan rates health plans for employers with 1-50 employees by an average of 1.6 See the all of the information submitted with the rate requests and a brief summary of both on our new health rate page . Both rates , if approved , take effect Jan . 1, 2012. Posted by Stephanie M at 3:23 PM Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Older Post Home Washington state Insurance: skip to main skip to sidebar Pages Blog Home Our mission : consumer protection Insurance Consumer Hotline Tuesday , September 27, 2011 Bizarre insurance claims Forbes has posted a list of bizarre insurance claims compiled by Chartis Insurance Co . Don't try these at home . Among : them A man who set his Porsche on fire trying to dry out the floor mat with a leaf . blower Someone who slowly melted an Andy Warhol painting by hanging it above a . fireplace A man who managed to destroy his car engine and the car was a Bentley Continental by trying to charge it up by setting a brick on the accelerator , and then going to take a shower . The overheated engine . seized Click on the link above for the rest . Posted by Rich R . at OIC at 9:22 AM Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share toFor the first time, consumers can now see health insurers' complete rate requests, Washington State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler recently told omcast's Newsmakers program.Kreidler pushed for a change in state law to allow the forms to be disclosed. Soon, consumers will not only be able to view the documents easily online, but comment on the requested rates.