News
Tuesday, April 7, 2020 at 08:30 am
Categories: ConsumersInsurance Commissioner Jon Godfread today encouraged renters, homeowners, farmers and business owners to take advantage of the recently announced flood insurance renewal grace period extension.
Monday, April 6, 2020 at 04:30 am
Categories: ConsumersInsurance Commissioner Jon Godfread today applauded the issuance of "Shelter-in-Place-Payback" to car insurance drivers insured by Allstate and the creation of the “Return of Premium Relief Fund” by American Family Insurance. Allstate and American Family Insurance are returning savings resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Both Allstate and American Family Insurance have acknowledged that they arrived at these relief options for customers, in part, as a result of various bulletins and guidance from the North Dakota Insurance Department.
Monday, March 30, 2020 at 02:00 pm
Categories: Companies, Consumers, Health Insurance, ProducersInsurance Commissioner Jon Godfread today announced the issuance of seven bulletins in response to executive orders made by Governor Doug Burgum and in the interest of protecting North Dakotans during the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. COVID-19 is a highly contagious, viral disease for which the only known method of prevention is to avoid being exposed to the virus by reducing contact with other individuals.
Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at 05:00 pm
Categories: Consumers, DepartmentTo better protect the health of our employees and consumers, North Dakota Insurance Department office locations will not be taking walk-in traffic until May 1, 2020.
If you need to contact NDID, we encourage you to do so via email at insurance@nd.gov.
If you are unable to contact NDID via email, please call our main phone number at (701) 328-2440 or our Consumer Hotline at (800) 247-0560.
Information and updates about NDID can be found on our website at www.insurance.nd.gov.
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Categories: Companies, Consumers, Health Insurance, ProducersInsurance Commissioner Jon Godfread today issued a Bulletin to all North Dakota health and travel insurance companies regarding coverage and access to testing for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The bulletin urges companies to waive cost sharing requirements for the testing of COVID-19 and encourages health insurance companies to review other operations in preparation for COVID-19 potentially coming to North Dakota.
Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at 08:30 am
Categories: Companies, DepartmentInsurance Commissioner Jon Godfread today brought together members of the North Dakota insurance industry to introduce a new data solution called Insurance Data Link (openIDL), governed by AAIS, a statistical agent and advisory organization, on IBM Blockchain. The openIDL is the first blockchain platform that enables efficient and secure sharing of statistical data like policy count, premium volume, claims and loss experience data.
Monday, February 10, 2020 at 10:30 am
Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread today issued a cease and desist order to AirMedCare Network for selling air ambulance subscriptions to North Dakotans illegally. Consumer protection legislation enacted in 2017 banned the sale of air ambulance subscriptions in North Dakota.
Monday, January 20, 2020 at 11:00 pm
Categories: Consumers, ProducersInsurance Commissioner Jon Godfread today encouraged renters, homeowners, farmers and business owners to better understand their flood risk and insurance coverage following a wet autumn and heavy winter snowfall.
Monday, December 16, 2019 at 03:55 pm
Categories: Consumers, Health InsuranceThe North Dakota Insurance Department was informed today that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has extended the Open Enrollment Period to accommodate consumers who attempted to enroll in coverage during the final hours of Open Enrollment but who may have experienced issues. The deadline to sign up for Jan. 1, 2020 coverage is now 2 a.m. CST on Dec. 18, 2019.
Wednesday, November 20, 2019 at 02:00 pm
Categories: Consumers, Health InsuranceInsurance Commissioner Jon Godfread today presented the Private Health Insurance Market Report for 2014-2018 to the legislative Health Care Committee at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Grand Forks. The report was compiled to provide North Dakotans with more information about the health insurance market in North Dakota.