State Insurance Commissioner

With the advent of deep summer and with the disaster declaration by Missoula County Commissioners on Wednesday, State Auditor and Insurance Commissioner Matt Rosendale urges those living in the wildland urban interface to make preparations in case of fire.

With smoke from Canadian wildfires already settling in the Missoula valley, Montana’s State Insurance Commissioner and Auditor Matt Rosendale is encouraging Montanans to prepare for the upcoming fire season.

Montana State Insurance Commissioner Matt Rosendale issued a cease and desist order on Thursday against a Tennessee man for selling auto insurance policies to Montanans through an unlicensed and unauthorized company the man created.

With all the snow that western Montana has received over the past month, Montana’s State Insurance Commissioner Matt Rosendale encourages residents to look into flood insurance as the weather warms.

With memories still fresh of the massive flooding last spring that changed the course of the Clark Fork River, destroyed or damaged hundreds of homes and caused untold property damage, State Insurance Commissioner Matt Rosendale says ‘look into flood insurance now’

The wildfires that devastated California and caused billions of dollars in damages should not greatly affect fire insurance rates in Montana.

On Friday, the Montana State Auditor and Insurance Commissioner’s Office released the new rates for the Obamacare marketplace health insurance marketplace, and there were some reductions in rates.

As the fire season has ravaged parts of western Montana, it has also affected the real estate market, in that some insurance companies are refusing to offer policies in some zones affected by wildfires.

With the state's fire season fully underway, the State Insurance Commissioner encourages residents, especially in the wildland urban interface, to check their homeowners policy for coverage.

Montana's State Auditor and Commissioner of Insurance Matt Rosendale, is calling Governor Steve Bullock's veto of House Bill 652 an act of 'petty politics'.