CHICAGO TITLE INS. v. STATE OFFICE OF INS.

No. 87215-5.

309 P.3d 372 (2013)

178 Wn.2d 120

CHICAGO TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, an Authorized Insurer, Respondent, v. WASHINGTON STATE OFFICE OF the INSURANCE COMMISSIONER, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Washington.

Decided August 1, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marta Uballe Deleon , Elizabeth Christina Beusch , Office of the Attorney General, Olympia, WA, for Petitioner.

David Conrad Neu , K & L Gates LLP, Jessica Anne Skelton , Matthew J. Segal , Sarah Christine Johnson Pacifica Law Group LLP, Seattle, WA, for Respondent.

Stephen John Sirianni , Sirianni Youtz Spoonemore Hamburger, Seattle, WA, amicus counsel for Stewart Title Guaranty Company.


WIGGINS, J.

¶ 1 Washington State strictly regulates how insurance may be provided and marketed in order to protect the consumer. Applicable statutes and regulations prohibit an insurer or its agent from giving out inducements for the purpose of obtaining title insurance business. Chicago Title Insurance Company (CTIC) appointed Land Title Insurance Company as its agent for the purpose of soliciting and effectuating CTIC's insurance policies. Land Title violated...

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