Insurance companies and agents fined

We'll be posting a news release on this shortly, but we've issued the following fines and other enforcement actions:

• Fidelity National Title Insurance Co. and Chicago Title Insurance Co.: Fined $100,000 for wrongfully offering discount club memberships to people who were in a position to send title business to the companies.
• Aetna Life Insurance Co.: Fined $20,000 for failing to promptly handle appeals from consumers.
• Charter Warranty Services, Inc., Mechanical Breakdown Protection, Inc., and Paul Pawlusiak, of Detroit, Mich.: Ordered to stop selling unauthorized motor vehicle service contacts.
• Scott L. Stevens and RV Protection.net, of Mill Creek: Ordered to stop acting as an agent for a service contract provider not authorized to do business in Washington state.
• Cynthia L. Rushing, of Spokane: License revoked for misappropriating funds.
• Trevor D’Jon Losse, of Cle Elum: Fined $1,000 for multiple violations, including failing to disclose other state disciplinary actions against him.
• Robert Tychsen, of El Cajon, Calif.: Fined $1,750 for selling insurance in Washington without a license.
• Douglas D. Wellsandt, of Hayden, Idaho: Fined $5,000 for violations including falsely stating that Washington policies had been sold in Idaho.
• Ross S. Wolf, of Sammamish: Fined $2,000 for violations including acting as an insurance company’s agent without having been appointed by the company.