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News: 2007 Press Releases

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December 20, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Announces $7.2 Million Settlement, Declares Victory for California Seniors

December 18, 2007
Commissioner Poizner Convenes First Of Its Kind Summit to Aid Wildfire Survivors

December 13, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Announces Sentencing of Bel Air Market Store Directors for Workers' Comp Insurance Fraud

December 13, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Hosts Insurance Recovery Forum to Assist Malibu and Los Angeles County Wildfire Survivors with Recovery Efforts

December 13, 2007
California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Announces $12.6 Million Action Against Blue Shield For Rescissions And Poor Claims Processing

December 12, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Announces Low Cost Automobile Insurance Program Now Available to Entire State of California

December 11, 2007
California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Releases Reports on Examination of State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF)

December 7, 2007
California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Honored by University of Texas School of Engineering as "2007 Distinguished Graduate"

December 5, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Hosts Insurance Recovery Forum to Assist San Bernardino County Wildfire Survivors with Recovery Efforts

November Back to Top

November 29, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Hosts Insurance Recovery Forum to Assist San Diego Wildfire Survivors with Recovery Efforts

November 28, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Announces a 70% Decrease in Insurers' Workers' Comp Costs

November 15, 2007
Commissioner Poizner Obtains Benefits for Victims of Race-Based Insurance Policies

November 14, 2007
California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Announces New General Counsel

November 9, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Announces the Sentencing and Conviction of Southern California Fraud Perpetrators

November 8, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Announces More Than 500 Additional Insurance Adjusters Have Registered To Assist Southern California Fire Victims During Recovery Efforts

November 8, 2007
Two Southern Californians Arrested for Work-Related Insurance Fraud

November 7, 2007
Two Southern California Insurance Brokers Arrested for Insurance Fraud

November 1, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Reminds Small Businesses They May Qualify For Business Interruption Coverage Through Their Insurance Policies

October Back to Top

October 31, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Reminds Insurance Companies of their Legal Obligations to Policyholders as Southern California Wildfire Victims Begin Recovery Effort

October 30, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Joins San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis and San Diego Sheriff’s Department to Announce Joint Disaster Fraud Task Force

October 27, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Tours Orange County Fire Damage Area with Governor Schwarzenegger, Orange County Sheriff Mike Carona and Orange County District Attorney Tony Rau

October 26, 2007
Commissioner Steve Poizner today announced his final determination of need for the California Low Cost Automobile Insurance program to rest of California

October 26, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Meets with Governor Schwarzenegger, Announces Action Plan for Rebuilding Southern California

October 25, 2007
California Insurance Commissioner Poizner Tours Southern California Fire Zones with President Bush and Governor Schwarzenegger

October 24, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Issues Declaration of Insurance Emergency for Southern California Fire Storms

October 24, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Approves $100 Million Rate Reduction For Northern California AAA Customers, Announces More Than $700 Million In Auto Insurance Savings This Year

October 23, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Joins DMHC in Battle Against Rescissions

October 22, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Issues Statement on Southern California Wildfires

October 15, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Partners with CAL FIRE to Prevent and Mitigate Fire Losses for Californians

October 9, 2007
CA Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Joins CA Land Title Association to Announce TitleWizard 

October 5, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Announces Senior Issues Task Force, Warns Seniors to Be on the Lookout for Insurance Scams

October 2, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Expands Affordable Auto Insurance Option To Twenty Additional California Counties

September Back to Top

September 24, 2007
Fraud Update - Former Insurance Agent Sent to Prison for $1.5 Million Fraud Scheme

September 19, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Urges Parents And College Students To Evaluate Insurance Needs As They Head Back To School

September 14, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Announces $14.5 Million Savings in Homeowner Insurance Rates

September 12, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Announces National Settlement With United Healthcare

September 11, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Names New Deputy Commissioner of Consumer Services And Market Conduct Branch

September 5, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Announces Consumer Victory Through Settlement

August Back to Top

August 29, 2007
Commissioner Poizner Urges Californians to Protect Their Vacation Investments with Travel Insurance

August 28, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Announces Settlement With Stewart Title Guaranty Company To Halt Illegal Rebate Activity, Pay Over $1 Million In Penalties

August 27, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Proposes Expansion Of California’s Low Cost Auto Insurance Program To Entire State

August 27, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Announces Arrest Of Fugitive, Co-Conspirator In $500,000 Auto Insurance Fraud Scam

August 23, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Hosts Townhall Meeting in Lake Tahoe, Offers Recovery Assistance to Local Residents

August 22, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Announces Conviction of Workers' Compensation Insurance Fraud Perpetrator

August 20, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Announces Fugitive Extradited and Arrested After Scamming California Homeowners Out of Almost $100,000

August 17, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Announces Brothers Arrested for Attempting to Defraud Insurance Companies of Nearly $100,000

August 16, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner to Expand Low Cost Automobile Insurance Program to Eleven Additional Counties

August 15, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Announces Suspects Arrested for More Than $20,000 in Auto Insurance Fraud Charges

August 14, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Announces Bel Air Market Store Managers Arraigned on Felony Counts of Workers' Compensation Fraud

August 8, 2007
Southern Californian Agents and Broker Busted for Fraud

August 6, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Announces First-Ever "Healthcare Report Card" for PPO Health Plans

August 3, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Approves $65.8 Million Rate Reduction for GEICO Customers

August 2, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Commands Palos Verdes-based Company to Stop Adjusting Insurance Claims in South Lake Tahoe Fire Zone

August 2, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Names New Acting Deputy Commissioner of Consumer Services and Market Conduct Branch

August 1, 2007
Bellflower Insurance Broker Arrested for Grand Theft

July Back to Top

July 31, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Approves $65.8 Million Rate Reduction for GEICO Customers

July 27, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Announces Former Insurance Agent Arrested For Stealing $20,000 From Customer

July 25, 2007
Task Force to Probe Allegations Involving Former SCIF Employees

July 25, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Warns Seniors to Beware of Aggressive Medicare Marketing Schemes

July 24, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Announces New Service to Streamline Insurance Agency Application Process

July 23, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Urges Sacramento Residents to Prepare for Possible Disaster

July 19, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Names New Deputy Commissioner of Rate Regulation

July 19, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Announces Two Arrested for Vehicle Arson, Insurance Fraud Scam

July 19, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Urges Bay Area Residents to Prepare for Possible Disaster

July 18, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Orders Stewart Title and E-Title to Pay $1.5 Million to Settle Charges that the Firms Used Illegal Methods to Generate More Business

July 13, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Announces Expansion of State's Low Cost Auto Insurance Program

July 12, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Names Interim General Counsel and Interim Deputy General Counsel

July 12, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Poizner Announces Insurance Broker Charged, Arrested for Grand Theft

July 11, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Announces Joint Partnership to Create Youth Education and Mentoring Program

July 10, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner to Expand Low Cost Automobile Insurance Program to Nine Additional Counties

July 5, 2007
Five Contractors Arrested in South Lake Tahoe for Preying on Angora Fire Survivors

July 2, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Provides Consumer Tips to Avoid Getting Burned Twice

July 2, 2007
California Reaches Settlement on Discretionary Clause in Disability Income Insurance Policies

June Back to Top

June 28, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Announces Former Insurance Agent Charged for Fraud Scam

June 26, 2007
California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Dispatches First Response Teams to Aid in Lake Tahoe Blaze Recovery Efforts

June 25, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Announces Former insurance Agents, Married Couple Charged for $750,000 Fraud Scheme

June 22, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Announces Personnel Change

June 22, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Announces CDI Investigation Uncovers, Helps Prosecute Insurance Agent for Grand Theft

June 20, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Provides Update on Crop Freeze Insurance Issues

June 13, 2007
Commissioner Steve Poizner Announces Expansion of State's Low Cost Auto Insurance Program

June 5, 2007
Commissioner Steve Poizner Signs Operating Agreement with German Insurance Department

May Back to Top

May 31, 2007
Commissioner Steve Poizner's Task Force on Insurance Fraud Holds Inaugural Session

May 31, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Announces Efforts for Rate Reductions and Reforms in Title Insurance

May 30, 2007
Dozens Arrested Across Five Counties in Regional Insurance Fraud Busts

May 29, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Unveils Reform Package for Workers' Comp System

May 29, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Urges San Diegans to Prepare for Possible Fires, Other Natural Disasters

May 23, 2007
California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Announces He Will Seek Refunds for Allstate Customers

May 22, 2007
Santa Clarita Husband and Wife Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison for Insurance Fraud

May 22, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Urges Southern Californians to Prepare for Possible Disasters

May 16, 2007
Three Doctors Arrested in Unity Outpatient Surgery Center Scam for Performing Unnecessary Surgeries and Fraudulent Insurance Billing

May 10, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Responds to Allstate's Announcement They Will No Longer Write New Homeowners Policies in California

April Back to Top

April 26, 2007
Pre-paid Funeral Scam Targets Elderly; Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Urges Senior Citizens and their Families to Check Their Policies

April 25, 2007
Fraud-Fighting Measure Passes Assembly Insurance Committee

April 20, 2007
U.S. Government Report Shows California Leading the Nation in Enforcement of Title Regulations

April 19, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Proudly Announces the Department of Insurance Fraud Division's Participation in this year's 23rd Annual Baker to Vegas Cup Relay

April 18, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Marks 100th Day in Office, Unveils "100 Day Report" and Strategic Vision for 2007

April 10, 2007
Long Beach Insurance Broker-Agents to Pay Restitution After Issuing Bogus Insurance Certificates and Pocketing Premiums

April 2, 2007
Los Angeles Bail Agent Arrested on Grand Theft

April 2, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Announces Former Insurance Agent Sentenced for Insurance Fraud and Petty Theft

March Back to Top

March 29, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner to Announce Expansion of Low Cost Automobile Insurance Program to Six Additional Counties Effective March 30, 2007

March 28, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Orders Audit of State Compensation Insurance Fund (SCIF)

March 14, 2007
Bay Area Man Sentenced To Ten Years in Prison for Selling Fake Insurance Policies

March 14, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Issues Cease and Desist Order Against Richmond Title for Conducting Business in the State Without Proper Insurance License

March 6, 2007
Department of Insurance Investigators Break Up Auto Fraud Ring

March 2, 2007
Newhall Man Arranges for "Theft" of His Truck; "Thief" Turns Out to Be Undercover Officer

March 2, 2007
California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Announces $443.5 Million Arbitration Award

February Back to Top

February 28, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Announces His Executive Team

February 23, 2007
Glendale Skin Care and Massage Business Owner Pleads Guilty In Scheme that Bilked Insurance Companies

February 22, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Issues Statement Following Decision by OAL on New Regulations

February 16, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Announces Orange County Insurance Fraud Arrests

February 15, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Praises Superior Court Decision on Auto Rating Factors

February 8, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner to Expand Low Cost Auto Program to Merced and Tulare Counties

February 8, 2007
Bakersfield Businesswoman Charged with Insurance Fraud, Workers' Comp Fraud, Money Laundering, Employer Tax Evasion and Conspiracy

February 7, 2007
Three Senior Citizens Sentenced in Financial Scam Targeting Elderly

February 1, 2007
Superior Court Upholds California Department of Insurance Protections for Homeowners

February 1, 2007
High-Tech Era Arrives at California Department of Insurance to Streamline Insurance Agency Requests

January Back to Top

January 25, 2007
Commissioner Steve Poizner Joins Governor Schwarzenegger for Briefing on Agricultural Crisis

January 23, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Takes Next Step In Bringing Low Cost Auto Insurance Program To Merced County

January 23, 2007
Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner Takes Next Step in Bringing Low Cost Auto Insurance Program to Tulare County

January 22, 2007
Commissioner Steve Poizner Issues Declaration of Insurance Emergency in Agricultural Freeze

January 17, 2007
La Habra Woman Charged with Fraud and Forgery

January 17, 2007
Monterey County Contractor Accused of Leaving Employees Without Workers' Comp

January 10, 2007
Los Angeles District Attorney's Office, California Department of Insurance Discuss "Operation Store Front" As Part of Auto Insurance Fraud Crackdown

January 8, 2007
Steve Poizner Takes Oath of Office as California’s New Insurance Commissioner Today