Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner

Office of the Insurance Commissioner
Division overview
Jurisdiction Washington (U.S. state)
Division executive
  • Mike Kriedler, Commissioner
Website www.insurance.wa.gov

The Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner was created in 1889–90, and became a separate agency in 1907 with an elected commissioner.[1] As of 2016 the Commissioner is Mike Kreidler.

In 2014, a bill was introduced to replace the elected commissioner with a 10-person board which would hire the commissioner.[2] In 2015, the office denied applications by a number of association health plans, resulting in a legal dispute with those affected.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Overview and history - Office of the Insurance Commissioner". www.insurance.wa.gov. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
  2. ↑ GOP Senator has Washington’s Insurance Commissioner in her sights.
  3. ↑ "Small-Business Employees' Group Slams Washington State For Rejecting Health Plans". Kaiser Health News. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
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