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Records of the INSURANCE DEPARTMENT

The Insurance Department was created in 1873 to execute the Commonwealth's insurance laws. All powers previously vested with the Auditor General relating to the licensing of insurance agents were assigned to the Department. Legislation passed in 1921 re-established and reorganized the Insurance Department and amended, revised and consolidated existing statutes pertaining to insurance companies. The Department reviews and regulates insurance rates, audits companies, supervises and oversees the incorporation and licensing of companies and agents, and investigates consumer complaints.

• Annual Statistical Reports, 2009-2011. (1 box) {#40.8} [Description] [Holdings]
• Catastrophic Loss Trust Fund Annual Report, 1987. (1 volume) {#40.10} [Description] [Holdings]
• Children's Health Insurance Program Annual Reports, 1999-2001, 2003-2010. (1 box) {#40.11} [Description] [Holdings]
• Commissioner's Holocaust Files, 1998-2002. (4 cartons, 1 box) {#40.9} [Description] [Holdings]
• Enforcement Action Summary, 1998. (1 folder) {#40.4} [Description] [Holdings]
• Insurance Commissioner Portraits, 1873-1997. (1 box) {#40.5} [Description] [Holdings]

Bureau of Licensing and Financial Analysis

• Annual Reports of Continuing Care Providers, 1990-1991. (3 cartons, 1 box) {#40.6} [Description] [Holdings]
• Annual Statements of Domestic Insurance Companies, 1961-1973, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1985, 1990, 2000. (22 cartons, 5,581 volumes) {#40.1} [Description] [Holdings]
• Organizational Documents of Insurance Companies, 1830-1990. (30 cartons, 2 boxes) {#40.3} [Description] [Holdings]

Legal Division

• Opinions of the Attorney General, 1870-1909. (1 box, 1 volume) {#40.2} [Description] [Holdings]

Last minimal processing update: 3/21/2012, acc. #6142

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