Under the order, insurers must offer a minimum 45-day grace period for missed property and auto insurance payments and waive late fees and reinstatement fees.

Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler will be leaving office in January 2025. (Courtesy of Washington state Office of the Insurance Commissioner) Mike Kreidler, currently Washington’s oldest and ...

This November, Washington will elect a new insurance commissioner for the first time in more than 20 years. The candidates, two sitting state senators, have both acknowledged the skyrocketing prices ...

Longtime Washington state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler said Monday he would not seek reelection. Kreidler’s announcement comes about a year after Gov. Jay Inslee and bipartisan legislative ...

Despite significant insurance rate hikes last year, Washington residents may not get much relief when their policies are up for renewal again. Home, auto and health insurance rates continue to see ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has adopted a rule prohibiting insurers from using credit scoring to set rates for auto, homeowner and renter insurance for ...

Washington’s individual health insurance market could be seeing a price spike. The proposed increase comes as a first-of-its-kind rule goes into effect Saturday. According to a news release from the ...

If your car insurance premium went up recently, you’ve probably called your insurance company to ask why. But you’ve also probably come across insurance agents who provide you little to no information ...

Your tooth started throbbing in the middle of the night. You don’t have dental insurance, so you try treating it at home to save money. But the cost you pay in the long run could be far more painful ...

Education: Graduated high school from Valley Forge Military Academy in 1972. Attended Rutgers University and studied landscape architecture but did not graduate. Work experience: Owns and operates ...

Patty Kuderer, a Democrat and current member of the Washington State Senate, has gained enough votes in the November 2024 election to become the next Washington state insurance commissioner. Kuderer ...