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So, there you are, stuck at your desk in Wisconsin, when you receive a suspicious claim originating in Alabama. What should you do; or as. the popular movie of several years ago asked, “Who ya gonna call?” Well, here, in your very own hands, you have an invaluable resource that answers that question. On these four pages (removable for safekeeping) is a listing of Insurance and/or Fraudfighting officials from all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
While these may not be the only people you talk to about the claim, their offices can usually refer you to the right person. They can tell you if you need a special form to report an out-of-state claim. They can tell you where to get the form and where to return it. One caveat: even if you need a special form, many states will accept a report on a similar form, so it may be better to fill out a form you have and submit it. If an out-of-state form is not acceptable, you can always resubmit later.
AK
Mr. Rlck Jones Investigation Section
Department of Insurance
3601 C St., Suite 1324
Anchorage, AK 99503-5948
Phone: 907-269-7900
Fax: 907-269-7912
AL
Mr. Michael A. Bownes
General Counsel
Alabama Department of Insurance
135 South Union Street
PO Box 303351
Montgomery, AL 36130-3351
Phone: 334-241-4117
Fax: 334-241-4192
AR
Mr. Marty Nevrla
Director, Workers Comp Fraud Inv. Unit
Department of Insurance
1123 South University, Suite 1000
Little Rock, AR 72204
Phone: 501-686-2740
Fax: 501-686-2749
AZ
Ms. Catherine M. O’Neil
Assistant Director – Fraud Unit
Arizona Department of Insurance
2910 N. 44th Street, #210
Phoenix, AZ•85018-7256
Phone: 602-912-8418
Fax: 602-912-8419
CA
Mr. F. Clarke Walker
Chief, Fraud Division
CA Department of Insurance Fraud Division
1340 Arnold Drive, Suite 220
Martinez, CA 94553
Phone: 510-313-8800
Fax: 510-313-8833
CO
Mr. Mike Chavie
Investigator
Insurance Division, Fraud Bureau
1560 Broadway, Suite 850
Denver, CO 80202
Phone: 303-894-7499 x389
Fax: 303-894-7455
CT
Ms. Julia Dewey
Bureau Chief, Health & Social Svcs
Office of Chief State’s Attorney
340 Quinnipiac Street
Wallingford, CT 06492
Phone: 203-265-2373
Fax: 203-265-0768
DC
Mr. David Harper
Assistant Deputy Commissioner
Insurance Administration
441 4th Street NW 8th Floor No.
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: 202-727-8000 x 3111
Fax: 202-727-8055 or 202-727-7940
DE
Mr. Gregory Sacco
Director – Fraud Prevention Bureau
Insurance Department
841 Silver Lake Blvd.
Dover, DE 19904
Phone: 302-739-4251
Fax: 302-739-5280
FL
Mr. Frank Doolittle
Director, Fraud Division
Department of Insurance
200 East Gaines Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0324
Phone: 904-922-3115
Fax: 904-488-2632
GA
Ms. Susan Hutcheson
Director, Fraud Unit, Enforcement Division
Office of Commissioner of Insurance
708 W Tower, Floyd Bldg, 2MLK Jr. Drive
Atlanta, GA 30334
Phone: 404-656-2115
Fax: 404-657-9831
HI
Mr. Allan Gushiken
Fraud Chief Investigator
Commerce & Consumer Affairs
PO Box 3614
Honolulu, HI 96811-3614
Phone: 808-586-2790
Fax: 808-586-2806
IA
MS. Jo rage
Assistant Insurance Commissioner
Iowa Insurance Division
Lucas State Office Buildinp,
Des Moines IA 50319
Phone: 515-281-5705
Fax: 515-281-5692
ID
Mr. Ralph Krom
Supervisory Investigator
State of Idaho, Department of Insurance
700 West State Street
Boise, ID 83720
Phone: 208-334-4328
Fax: 208-334-4398
IL
Mr. Dick Rogers
Deputy Director/Consumer
Department of Insurance
320 West Washington Street
Springfield, IL 62706
Phone: 217-782-4395
Fax: 217-524-2272
IN
Ms. Donna D. Bennett
Commissioner of Insurance
Indiana Department of Insurance
311 West Washington St., Suite 300
Indianapolis, IN 46204-2787
Phone: 317-232-2385
Fax: 317-232-5251
KS
Ms. Jean Schmidt Fraud Unit Coordinator
Kansas Insurance Department
420 S W 9th Street Topeka, KS 66612-1678
Phone: 913-296-3071
Fax: 913-296-2283
KY
Mr. Gerry Lovitt
Fraud Unit Supervisor
Fraud Unit
Kentucky Department of Insurance
PO Box 4050
Frankfort, KY 40604-4050
Phone: 502-564-1461
Fax: 502-564-1464
LA
Ms. Gail McDonald
Director of Fraud
Department of Insurance
PO Box 94214
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9214
Phone: 504-342-6807
Fax: 504-342-8622
MA
Mr. Daniel L. Skelly, CFE
Vice President
Insurance Fraud Bureau
101 Arch Street Boston, MA 02110
Phone: 617-439-0439
Fax: 617-439-0404
MD
Vacant
Administrator
Insurance Fraud Unit
501 St. Paul Place – 1st Floor
Baltimore, MD 21202
Phone: 410-333-8792
Fax: 410-333-6159
ME
Mr. Brian K. Atchinson Commissioner
State House
Station 34
Augusta, ME 04333
Phone: 207-582-8707
Fax: 207-582-8716
MI
Ms. Jean Carlson
Deputy Commissioner
Department of Commerce
Ottawa Tower N Bldg. – 611 W Ottawa
Lansing, MI 48933-1020
Phone: 517-373-9273
Fax: 517-335-4978
MN
Mr. Warren Bostrom
Director — Investigative Services Unit
Department of Labor & Industry
443 Lafayette Road
St. Paul, MN 55155-4319
Phone: 612-297-5797
Fax: 612-282-5358
Mr. David Orbuch
Assistant Attorney General
Office of Attorney General, Minnesota
445 Minnesota Street, Suite 1400
St. Paul, MN 55101-7575
Phone: 612-296-8428
Fax: 612-297-4348
MO
Ms. Kathryn Turner
Associate General Counsel
Department of Insurance
PO Box 690
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0690
Phone: 314-751-1922
Fax: 314-526-4898
MS
Ms. Eloise McCraine
Chief Investigator
Department of Insurance
1804 Walter Sillers Building
Jackson, MS 39201
Phone: 601-359-3581
Fax: 601-359-2474
MT
Mr. Leon L. Belville
Chief, Insurance Investigations
Insurance Department
126 North Sanders, Room 270
Helena, MT 59604
Phone: 406-444-2040
Fax: 406-444-3497
NC
Mr. William C. Creel
Deputy Commissioner
Director of Investigations
NC Department of Insurance
Dobbs Building – 430 N. Salisbury St
Raleigh, NC 27611
Phone: 919-733-7434
Fax: 919-715-1156
ND
Ms. Laurie Wolf
Special Investigator
North Dakota Insurance Department
State Capitol – 600 East Blvd. 5th Fl
Bismarck, ND 58505
Phone: 701-224-2440
Fax: 701-224-4880
NE
Mr. Bob Lange
Director of Insurance
State Department of Insurance
Terminal Bldg. – 941 0 Street #400
Lincoln, NI 68508
Phone: 402-471-2201 Fax: 402-471-4610
NH
Mr. Robert Stanton
Director, Fraud Unit
Department of Insurance
169 Manchester Street, Suite 1
Concord, NH 03301-5151
Phone: 603-271-2261
Fax: 603-271-1406
NJ
Mr. John Butchko
Deputy Director
Insurance Fraud Division
Department of Insurance
20 West State Street, CN 324
Trenton, NJ 08625
Phone: 609-292-8637
Fax: 609-777-1146
NM
Mr. Robert Gurule
Investigations
Department of Insurance
Pera Building – PO Drawer 1269
Santa Fe, NM 87504-1269
Phone: 505-827-4436
Fax: 505-827-4417
NV
Mr. Ron Wheatley
Supervisor – Insurance Fraud Investigations
Office of Attorney General
555 East Washington Avenue -3rd Floor
Las Vegas, NV 89101
Phone: 702–486-3777
Fax: 702-486-3768
NY
Laurence LaPointe
Director – Insurance Frauds Bureau
160 West Broadway
New York, NY 10013
Phone: 212-602-0569
Fax: 212-602-8819
OH
Mr. Dan Arledge
Chief, Fraud Division
Department of Insurance
2100 Stella Court
Columbus, OH 43215-1067
Phone: 614-644-2671
Fax: 614-644-3327
OK
Ms. Karen Dixon
Director – Workers’ Comp Fraud Unit
Office of Attorney General
4545 North Lincoln, Suite 260
Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Phone: 405-522-3403
Fax: 405-522-4537 –
OR
Mr. Theodore R. Kulongoski
Attorney General
Department of Justice
Civil Enforcement Division
1162 Court Street NE – Justice Bldg.
Salem, OR 97310
Phone: 503-378-4732
Fax: 503-373-7067
PA
Mr. Robin D. Bleecher
Senior Deputy Attorney General
PA Office of the Attorney General
14 Floor, Strawberry Square
Harrisburg, PA 17120
Phone: 717-787-9707
Fax: 717-787-1190
RI
Mr. Alphonso E. Mastrostefano
Insurance Superintendent
Department of Business Regulations
233 Richmond Street, Suite 237
Providence, RI 02903-4237
Phone: 401-277-2223
Fax: 401-751-4887
SC
Ms. Catherine Christophillis
Director – Fraud Division
Office of Attorney General
113 Greenville County Courthouse Annex
Greenville, SC 29601
Phone: 803-467-8508, 803-467-8644
Fax: 803-467-8493
SD
Ms. Darla Lyon
Commissioner of Insurance
South Dakota DIvision of Insurance
500 East Capitol Avenue
Pierre, SD 57501-5070
Phone: 605-773-3563
Fax: 605-773-5369
TN
Mr. Lewis Elrod
Supervisor of Investigations
Tennessee Department of Commerce & Ins.
500 James Robertson Parkway
Nashville, TN 37243-0574
Phone: 615-741-2218
Fax: 615-532-2788
TX
Ms. Karrie Key
Director, Insurance Fraud
Texas Department of Insurance
PO Box 149104
Austin, TX 78714-9104
Phone: 512-475-1836
Fax: 512-475-1843
UT
Mr. David Lattin
Director
Insurance Fraud Unit
341 South Main Street, Felt Building #500
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
Phone: 800-440-7021 801-533-4254
Fax: 801-535-2878
VA
Mr. Steven T. Foster Commissioner
SCC – Bureau of Insurance
Jefferson Building, 1220 Bank St., 7th Floor
Richmond, VA 23219
Phone: 804-786-7694
Fax: 804-371-7873
VT
Ms. Elizabeth Castle Commissioner
Dept. of Banking, Insurance
89 Main Street, Drawer 20
Montpelier, VT 05620-3101
Phone: 802-828-3301
Fax: 802-828-3306
WA
Mr. William E. Frandsen
Deputy Insurance Commissioner
Office of Commissioner of Insurance
PO Box 40257
Olympia, WA 98504-0257
Phone: 206-753-7309
Fax: 206-586-8269
WI
Ms. Josephine Musser
Commissioner of Insurance
State of Wisconsin
121 East Wilson Street
Madison, WI 53702
Phone: 608-266-0102
Fax: 608-266-9935
WV
Commissioner
Department of Insurance
2019 Washington St., E.
Charleston, WV 25305
Phone: 304-558-3354
WY
Mr. John P. McBride
Commissioner of Insurance
Wyoming Insurance Department
122 West 25th Street, 3rd East
Cheyenne, WY 82002-0440
Phone: 307-777-7401
Fax: 307-777-6895
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