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The Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner was created in 1889–90, and became a separate agency in 1907 with an elected commissioner. The current commissioner is Mike Kreidler, a Democrat first elected in 2000 and reelected five times.

In 2014, a bill was introduced to replace the elected commissioner with a 10-person board which would hire the commissioner. It was passed in both houses but vetoed by Governor Jay Inslee.

In 2015, the office denied applications by a number of association health plans, resulting in a legal dispute with those affected.

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References

1. "Overview and history - Office of the Insurance Commissioner". www.insurance.wa.gov. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
2. GOP Senator has Washington's Insurance Commissioner in her sights.
3. "Washington State Legislature". apps2.leg.wa.gov. Archived from the original on 2018-11-27. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
4. "Small-Business Employees' Group Slams Washington State For Rejecting Health Plans". Kaiser Health News. Retrieved 2016-01-18.
5. "Past Commissioners". Office of the Insurance Commissioner.
6. Washington State Yearbook: The Evergreen State Government Directory. Olympia, WA: Washington Roll Call. 2017. p. 260.

External links

• Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner
• Washington State Office of the Insurance Commissioner consumer-focused blog

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