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Insurer fined $100,000 for using unapproved rates

Washington insurance officials have issued a $100,000 fine to Unicare Life and Health Insurance for selling policies with unapproved rates. The Indiana-based insurer allegedly charged unapproved

Regence improperly withdrew funds from consumers

Regence Blue Shield is again being scrutinized by the Washington insurance department--this time for "an ongoing pattern of errors and problems," including withdrawing funds from consumers' bank

Regence fined $100K for illegally denying contraception

Regence BlueShield was fined $100,000 by the Washington insurance commissioner for improperly denying coverage to women seeking to remove a birth control device. "We wanted to make sure they

Premera BlueCross stonewalls rate transaparency bill

Premera BlueCross is being accused of "stonewalling" a Washington state bill that would allow the public to scrutinize an insurer's rate request package, including actuarial formulas and reasons

Washington, Regence battle over children's health coverage

Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler and Regence BlueShield, the state's largest individual health insurer, are clashing over whether Regence must provide individual children's health