Insurance Commissioner of Washington

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The Insurance Commissioner of Washington is the statewide elected official responsible for regulating the insurance industry, protecting consumers, and enforcing insurance laws in the state of Washington.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf insurance regulator ⓘ
state constitutional office ⓘ
statewide elected official ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Washington (state) ⓘ
linked to: Washington
country United States ⓘ
electedIn statewide general election in Washington ⓘ
hasDuty approving certain insurance forms before use in the market ⓘ
collecting and publishing insurance market data ⓘ
educating consumers about insurance ⓘ
enforcing state insurance laws ⓘ
ensuring fair competition in the insurance market ⓘ
handling consumer complaints about insurance ⓘ
implementing federal insurance-related laws within Washington when applicable ⓘ
investigating insurance fraud ⓘ
licensing insurance companies ⓘ
licensing insurance producers ⓘ
maintaining an insurance consumer advocacy function ⓘ
monitoring financial solvency of insurers ⓘ
protecting insurance consumers in Washington ⓘ
reviewing insurance policy forms ⓘ
reviewing insurance rates ⓘ
hasPower adopting insurance regulations ⓘ
approving or disapproving insurance rates where required by law ⓘ
conducting financial examinations of insurers ⓘ
conducting market conduct examinations of insurers ⓘ
imposing administrative penalties on insurers ⓘ
suspending or revoking insurance licenses ⓘ
headOfGovernmentOrganization Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner ⓘ
jurisdiction insurance business conducted in Washington ⓘ
legalBasis Revised Code of Washington (RCW) insurance statutes ⓘ
Washington State Constitution ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Olympia, Washington ⓘ
officeContestedIn Washington statewide elections ⓘ
officeType independently elected executive office ⓘ
oversees Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner ⓘ
partOf Washington state executive branch ⓘ
regulates insurance industry in Washington ⓘ
responsibleFor disability insurance oversight in Washington ⓘ
health insurance oversight in Washington ⓘ
life insurance oversight in Washington ⓘ
long-term care insurance oversight in Washington ⓘ
property and casualty insurance oversight in Washington ⓘ
sector public administration ⓘ
worksWith National Association of Insurance Commissioners ⓘ
Washington State Legislature on insurance legislation ⓘ

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Government of Washington (state) → hasOffice → Insurance Commissioner of Washington ⓘ
Executive branch of Washington (state) → includesOffice → Insurance Commissioner of Washington ⓘ
Insurance Commissioner of Washington → oversees → Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner ⓘ
linked to: Insurance Commissioner of Washington