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• Voter backlash lingers for supporters of weapons ban

  December 20, 2012 in City on Page A1 As President Barack Obama set up a task force to recommend ways to prevent tragedies like the mass murders in Newtown, Conn., a progressive group in Washington joined the call … 62

• Hole-in-one insurer has state teed off

  August 24, 2012 in City on Page A8 OLYMPIA – The state insurance regulator is going after a company that claims to offer insurance against a hole-in-one prize but refused to pay off when a golfer shot one. …

• Fabricated feline generates fraud case

  July 6, 2012 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA — A Tacoma man who asked an insurance company to reimburse him $20,000 for the loss of a cat that he said died in a car accident is facing … 6

• Report backs health reform

  June 3, 2012 in City on Page B1 Washington’s top insurance officials warned last week that undoing federal health care reforms will exacerbate the financial problems tied to growing numbers of uninsured residents. More than 1 million residents … 6

• State awarded $128 million for Health Benefit Exchange

  May 17, 2012 in City on Page A9 OLYMPIA – Washington will receive a financial reward for forging ahead with one element of federal health care reform this spring while many other states were holding back. The U.S. …

• Gregoire inks health reform

  March 24, 2012 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – Gov. Chris Gregoire and other Democratic officials marked Friday’s second anniversary of the signing of the Affordable Care Act – which Republicans prefer to call Obamacare – with …

• Geico refunds gap in promised savings, services

  December 22, 2011 in Business on Page A12 OLYMPIA – The Geico gecko might not be so chipper about promises that a few minutes will save customers a certain amount of money. The insurance giant is refunding some …

• Glitch at Regence leads to false billing

  September 8, 2011 in City on Page A14 OLYMPIA – The computer for the state’s largest medical insurance company malfunctioned one day last month, causing thousands of wrong transactions and sometimes pulling money from the bank accounts of … 1

• Laws ready state for health plan

  May 12, 2011 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – Washington will stay in the forefront of federal health care reform, and could save as much as $26 billion over the next decade, with a half-dozen bills signed … 7

• State regulator wants to limit health-plan rate increases

  January 28, 2011 in City on Page A6 Washington state’s top insurance regulator seeks new authority to limit health-insurance rate increases among the largest carriers and make insurance rates open to public review. Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler announced … 1

• Kreidler wants to limit health-plan rate hikes

  January 27, 2011 in City Washington state’s top insurance regulator seeks new authority to limit health insurance rate increases among of the largest carriers and make insurance rates open to public review. 23

• Caldwell: Rate hikes pit Kreidler against insurers

  December 5, 2010 in Business on Page E1 Suppose the State of Washington had a six-month financial reserve, instead of a looming $385 million overdraft. Suppose, too, that Gov. Chris Gregoire was to propose a 14 percent tax … 8

• Commissioner wants insurance law fixes

  November 30, 2010 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler wants authority to limit the amount of surpluses insurance companies can amass when considering rate hike requests. He’ll ask the Legislature for the authority … 2

• Insurance rate restrictions sought

  November 29, 2010 in News Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler wants authority to consider the amount of surpluses insurance companies are holding before approving rate hikes. 5

• Ads put state official in middle of I-1082 fight

  October 27, 2010 in City on Page A5 As if Initiative 1082 weren’t confusing enough, television commercials for the opposing sides now feature the same person: State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler. Kreidler is against the proposal, as he … 3

• McKenna fighting health overhaul

  March 23, 2010 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Washington’s Republican attorney general will join other states in a lawsuit against the federal health care reform plan, a move its Democratic governor denounced as “not representing the … 29

• Washington insurance commissioner lauds health bill

  March 22, 2010 in Region Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler reacted Monday to the House’s passage of health care overhaul legislation Sunday night. 2

• State’s health fund shrinks

  February 20, 2010 in City on Page B1 OLYMPIA – The fund that covers state workers’ health care is strapped for cash because the state cut its premium payments by hundreds of millions of dollars, using that money …

• Wash. state workers’ health care fund strapped

  February 19, 2010 in City OLYMPIA – The fund that covers state workers’ health care is strapped for cash because the state cut its premium payments by hundreds of millions of dollars, using that money … 13

• Credit score ban faces tough road

  January 21, 2010 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – A credit score should not be used to help determine how much a person pays for home or auto insurance premiums, State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler told a … 6

• Ranks of uninsured swell in state

    November 20, 2009 in City on Page A1 Washington state is on pace to reach a dangerous milestone within 14 months, Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler said Thursday: 1 million uninsured residents. The 1 in 5 adults lacking insurance … 5

• Washington on track for 1 million uninsured

    November 19, 2009 in City Washington state will have more than 1 million uninsured residents by 2011, Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler said in Spokane this afternoon. 6