New York insurance regulators fined 15 insurers a total of $2.7 million for failing to notify small businesses of their eligibility to buy special coverage.

California insurance regulators initiated administrative action against New Hampshire Insurance Co. and its claims processing agent over their handling of claims after a 2008 fire in Sylmar, Calif.

A former MetLife insurance agent in New Hampshire is facing administrative actions in the state after two state agencies say he exploited an elderly client.

A health insurer was banned from operating in Rhode Island for three years and ordered to pay more than $2.3 million in restitution after allegedly engaging in illegal underwriting practices.

Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart fined Allstate Insurance Co. and Encompass Insurance Co. a total of $50,000 for violating state insurance laws, which the insurers blamed on computer problems.

Florida regulators have fined Humana $3.4 million for violating the state law requiring the national health insurer to promptly report Medicaid fraud or abuse.

Alfred W. Gross, the long-serving Virginia insurance commissioner who died just seven months after retiring, was an editor’s dream, even though many of those agents and brokers he served wouldn’t have known if they bumped into him.

The following summaries of actions taken against agents and carriers are based on information obtained from the Virginia State Corporation Commission Bureau of Insurance.

Cigna Healthcare of North Carolina agreed to pay more than $1.2 million in fines, refunds and credits to settle allegations of numerous violations state insurance regulators uncovered during a routine market conduct examination more than five years ago.

The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance recently reported the following administrative actions against two public insurance adjusters and one company.