Alabama Department of
Insurance - Has separate divisions for producer licensing, life and health,
receivership, property and casualty, financial examiners, and the fire marshal.
Alaska
Division of Insurance - Part of the Alaska Department of Community and Economic
Development. Develops, interprets, and enforces the insurance statutes and regulations;
protects and educates the consumer; and enhances the insurance business environment.
Arizona Department
of Insurance - Executes the state insurance laws in a manner that protects insurance
consumers and encourages economic development. [consumer content available in English and
Spanish]
Arkansas
Insurance Department - State regulatory authority for the insurance industry in
Arkansas
California
- Conservation and Liquidation Office (CLO) - Upon a Superior Court order, the Office
may take over day to day operations of an insurance company, or liquidate it altogether.
California
Department of Insurance - Works to foster an insurance market that is fair,
competitive and accessible to all Californians. Site designed to assist consumers, aid in
the licensing of insurance agents or brokers, and serve as a source of information on
insurance law.
Colorado
Division of Insurance - State regulatory authority for the insurance industry in
Colorado.
Connecticut - State of
Connecticut Insurance Department - Seeks to communicate with and serve the public as
well as those it regulates in the most efficient and responsive manner.
Delaware
Insurance Department - State regulatory authority for the insurance industry in
Delaware.
Florida -
Division of Rehabilitation and Liquidation - Part of the Department of Financial
Services, but separate from the Office of Insurance Regulation. Liquidator and
rehabilitator of insolvent insurance companies.
Florida -
Office of Insurance Regulation - Part of the Department of Financial Services.
Responsible for regulation, compliance, and enforcement of statutes related to the
business of insurance and the monitoring of industry markets.
Georgia
Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner - State regulatory authority for the insurance
industry in Georgia. [some content available in Spanish]
Hawaii
- Division of Insurance - Part of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, it
is responsible for overseeing the insurance industry in the State of Hawaii, which
includes insurance companies, insurance agents, self-insurers and captives.
Idaho Department of
Insurance - State regulatory authority for the insurance industry in Idaho.
Illinois - Office of the
Special Deputy Receiver - Statutory Receiver of insurance companies incorporated or
organized under Illinois law which the state court has found to be insolvent, in a
hazardous condition, or meets one of the other grounds for conservation, rehabilitation or
liquidation.
Illinois Department
of Insurance - Protects the rights of Illinois citizens in their insurance
transactions and monitors the financial solvency of all regulated entities.
Indiana Department of
Insurance - Protects Indiana's insurance consumers by monitoring and regulating the
financial and market conduct activities of insurance companies and agents.
Iowa Insurance
Division - State regulatory authority for the insurance industry in Iowa.
Kansas Insurance
Department - Regulate and reviews companies, educates and assists consumers, and
licenses agents.
Kentucky
Department Of Insurance - A division of the Public Protection and Regulation Cabinet.
State regulatory authority for the insurance industry. Site includes news and sections for
consumers, agents, and companies.
Louisiana
Department of Insurance - State regulatory authority for the insurance industry in
Louisiana.
Maine
Bureau of Insurance - State regulatory authority for the insurance industry in Maine.
Maryland
Insurance Administration - Independent State agency that regulates Maryland's
insurance industry and protects consumers by ensuring that insurance companies and health
plans act in accordance with insurance laws.
Massachusetts
Division of Insurance - Monitors the solvency of its licensees in order to promote a
healthy, responsive and willing marketplace for consumers who purchase insurance products.
Michigan Office of
Financial and Insurance Services (OFIS) - State regulatory agency for insurance
companies, banks, and other financial businesses. Consumer and business information,
online publications. Extensive database of statutes, rules and regulations.
Minnesota
Department of Commerce - Insurance Portal - Information and instructions for insurance
companies and licensed professionals. Access is portalized, providing a virtual site for
insurance regulation.
Mississippi
Department of Insurance - Impartially enforces the laws and regulations to create a
competitive marketplace for the sale of insurance products and services while protecting
the State's consumers.
Missouri Department of
Insurance - State regulatory authority for the insurance industry in Missouri. Site
offers news, consumer complaints, and information on the industry and related laws.
Montana
State Auditor Office - Insurance Division - Regulates the third largest industry in
Montana.
Nebraska
Department of Insurance - Site has press releases and back issues of the department's
quarterly newsletter.
Nevada Insurance
Commissioners Office - Also known as the Division of Insurance, it regulates insurance
companies and agents in Nevada.
New Hampshire
Insurance Department - State regulatory authority for the insurance industry in New
Hampshire.
New Jersey
Department of Banking and Insurance (DOBI) - State regulator of the banking,
insurance, and real estate industries. Convenient sections for consumers, insurance
industry, banking industry, etc.
New Mexico Division of Insurance
- Part of the Public Regulation Commission, the site offers forms, bulletins, contacts,
and news releases.
New York State
Insurance Department - Responsible for supervising and regulating all insurance
business in New York State.
North Carolina Department
of Insurance - The Commissioner and the Department of Insurance regulate the various
kinds of insurance sold in North Carolina and the companies and agents that sell it.
North Dakota
Department of Insurance - Protects the public good by fairly and effectively
administering the laws of North Dakota.
Ohio Department
of Insurance - State regulatory authority for the insurance industry in Ohio.
Oklahoma Insurance
Department - Serve and protect the insurance buying public by assuring that consumers
have available a solvent insurance market, a well-educated industry from which to purchase
insurance, and by providing high-quality policyholder service and education.
Oregon
Insurance Division - Part of the Department of Consumer and Business Services, the
Insurance Division ensures the financial soundness of insurers, the availability and
affordability of insurance, and fair treatment of policyholders and claimants. [some
content available in Spanish]
Pennsylvania
Insurance Department - State regulatory authority. Site provides information for
consumers, producers, and the insurance companies themselves.
Pennsylvania
Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority (IFPA) - Works to eliminate fraud in the
insurance industry. Site describes types of fraud, and offers consumer information and
Pennsylvania statistics.
Rhode
Island Division of Insurance - Part of the Department of Business Regulations, the
site exists primarily for forms and as a regulatory information base.
South Carolina
Department of Insurance - Protect the insurance consumers, the public interest, and
the insurance marketplace by ensuring the solvency of insurers. [offers automated Spanish
translation links]
South
Dakota Division of Insurance - Part of the Department of Revenue and Regulation.
Provides information for consumers as well as content directed at the industry.
Tennessee
Insurance Division - Part of the Department of Commerce and Insurance. Provides
extensive content for both the industry and consumers.
Texas Department of
Insurance - Regulates the state's insurance industry, encouraging competition to make
insurance available and affordable. [some content available in Spanish]
Utah
Insurance Department - Protects the public and consumers of insurance products by
reasonably and fairly regulating the Utah insurance industry; by fostering a competitive
insurance market in the state and by monitoring and promoting the solvency of insurance
companies in Utah.
Utah Insurance
Receivers' Office - Assists the Insurance Commissioner, in his capacity as liquidator
of Utah insolvent insurance companies, in winding up the affairs of those insolvent
companies.
Vermont Insurance Division
- Part of the Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities, and Health Care Administration
(BISHCA). Describes the division itself, and offers extensive consumer and regulatory
content.
Virginia
Bureau of Insurance - Ensures that citizens are provided with access to adequate and
reliable insurance protection.
Washington,
DC - Department of Insurance and Securities Regulation (DISR) - Provides content for
both consumers and the industry. Includes news, forms, licensing information, and filing
requirements.
Washington State
Office of the Insurance Commissioner - Includes sections for consumers, insurers, and
agents/brokers.
West Virginia
Insurance Commission - Regulating insurers to protect the insurance-buying public.
Site includes sample auto insurance rates for various types of drivers.
Wisconsin Office of the
Commissioner of Insurance - Includes a list of all companies, fraternal benefit
societies, associations, town mutual insurers, and rate service organizations allowed to
transact insurance in Wisconsin.
Wyoming Insurance
Department - Licenses and regulates insurance companies, risk retention and purchasing
groups, motor clubs, pre-need funeral homes, agents, brokers, adjusters, and consultants;
approves policy filings, investigates consumer complaints; monitors financial condition
and solvency of insurance companies and collects premium and surplus lines taxes.
