An Indiana-based insurer agreed to pay the $100,000 fine for charging unapproved rates to thousands of medical insurance policies for college students in Washington State.

GEICO was fined $100,000 by Washington State officials and ordered to refund about $7.5 million in overcharges to thousands of its customers in the state.

A Portland, Ore.-based health insurance company is experiencing system change problems, which the company says is from the new system required under the federal health reform.

The Washington State insurance commissioner has acted against two insurance agents who misappropriated thousands in premiums paid by their clients.

Washington state insurance regulators issued an order that would prohibit six commercial property-casualty companies of Chubb & Sons from selling new insurance policies in the state for nine months, an extreme step in response to the carriers’ repeated failure for more than a decade to properly document rate decisions.

A federal jury in Washington state has issued a $19.3 million verdict against three individuals and their company for pocketing millions of dollars owed to financially troubled insurance company Cascade National.

A Washington state judge’s ruling that regulators can hold insurance companies responsible for the actions of their appointed agents could have ripple effects in the state and elsewhere.

Insurance regulators in both Oklahoma and Washington state have issued sanctions against companies they say are illegally selling health coverage in their states.