November 26, 2012 - ST. PAUL, MN – Commissioner Mike Rothman announced that a Regulatory Settlement Agreement has been entered into with National Union Fire Insurance Company (NUFIC), an AIG Company.

November 20, 2012 - SAINT PAUL, MN –The Minnesota Department of Commerce urges family chefs to use caution when frying turkeys this Thanksgiving. Each holiday season, fire related insurance claims skyrocket. As one might expect, grease and oil fires from turkey fryers play a large role in creating this spike.

November 16, 2012 - SAINT PAUL, MN – Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman recently ordered Chicago-based Legal Helpers Debt Resolution, LLC (Legal Helpers) and its five subsidiaries to cease and desist from operating as debt settlement providers in the state of Minnesota.

November 14, 2012 - SAINT PAUL, MN – The Minnesota Department of Commerce recently took action against Renaissance Marketing of Property for running an alleged “bait and switch” timeshare scheme that targeted consumers across the country. The Commerce Department ordered Renaissance Marketing of Property to immediately halt further activity in the State of Minnesota.

November 09, 2012 - SAINT PAUL, MN – Each year about 50,000 people visit emergency rooms in the United States for CO poisoning, and more than 500 die each year from this silent, odorless, colorless gas.

October 24, 2012 - Despite the rising cost of retirement, research shows that seventy-five percent of Americans have less than $30,000 in retirement savings.

October 15, 2012 - SAINT PAUL, MN – The Coalition Against Insurance Fraud estimates that fraud costs insurance carriers and consumers $80 billion a year. That averages out to about $950 per family in the United States. On October 16, Commissioner Mike Rothman will address this problem as the keynote speaker at the Minnesota Insurance Fraud Summit.

October 15, 2012 - It’s important to protect the things you value. Life insurance protects your loved ones, auto insurance protects your car, health insurance protects your good health and homeowners insurance protects your possessions. As with any insurance purchase, it’s important to evaluate coverage and research your options to find the best coverage for your dollar.

October 10, 2012 - Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman recently announced the Minnesota Department of Commerce has taken action against the Oregon-based “Embassy of Heaven Church” and its leader Paul Revere for offering invalid auto insurance policies in Minnesota.

September 29, 2012 - Minnesota’s focus on financial literacy, highlighted by April’s extensive calendar of events during Financial Literacy Month and the strong coalition of more than 140 stakeholders from state and local government, community organizations, non-profits, financial institutions, and foundations that participated in the Second Annual Financial Literacy Roundtable, has not gone unnoticed.