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Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 48.02.010 (2026)

Insurance commissioner

✓ current as of May 2026
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(1) There shall be an insurance commissioner of this state who shall be elected at the time and in the manner that other state officers are elected.
(2) The commissioner in office at the effective date of this code shall continue in office for the remainder of the term for which he or she was elected and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified.
(3) "Commissioner," where used in this code, means the insurance commissioner of this state.
[ 2009 c 549 s 7001; 1947 c 79 s .02.01; Rem. Supp. 1947 s 45.02.01.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1973–2009 · leading case: Blaylock v. First Am. Title Ins., 504 F. Supp. 2d 1091 (W.D. Wash. 2007).
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Blaylock v. First Am. Title Ins., 504 F. Supp. 2d 1091 (W.D. Wash. 2007). · cites it 2× “Washington’s Regulatory Scheme for Title Insurance All insurance in Washington, including title insurance, is regulated under the Washington Insurance Code, Title 48 of the Washington Revised Code.”
Progressive Cas. Ins. v. Jester, 683 P.2d 180 (Wash. 1984). “RCW 48.02.010. Generally, no insurance policy form may be used in this state absent his approval.”
Biggs v. Dep't of Ret. Sys., 622 P.2d 1301 (Wash. Ct. App. 1981). · cites it 2× “That statute grants members of PERS a retirement allowance of 3 percent, rather than the usual 2 percent, of the average final compensation for each year of service, where the "member was elected or appointed pursuant to Articles II or III of the Constitution of the state of…”
Scanlon v. Life Ins. Co. of North Am., 670 F. Supp. 2d 1181 (W.D. Wash. 2009). “§ 48.02.010 (creating the office); Id. § 48.”
Herrmann v. Cissna, 507 P.2d 144 (Wash. 1973). “RCW 48.02.010. He is charged under the insurance code with the responsibility of carrying out the public policy of the state, which is proclaimed by the legislature in that act.”
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