The District of Columbia Insurance Regulatory Trust Fund Bureau was established pursuant to the District of Columbia Insurance Regulatory Trust Fund Act of 1993 (DC Official Code § 31-1201 to 1210). Under this act, all DC licensed insurance companies and health maintenance organizations (HMOs) are automatically members of the District of Columbia Insurance Regulatory Trust Fund Bureau (RTFB).
The primary function of the RTFB is to monitor the budget and operations of the DC Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking (DISB). DISB is the agency that regulates insurance companies. In as much as it is funded through assessments on licensed insurers, the RTFB was created by statutory authority to provide the insurance industry with a mechanism by which to ensure that the monies that are assessed are properly and most efficiently utilized. RTFB is charged with reviewing DISB’s annual budget, submitted to the DC Council. Additionally, RTFB is also responsible for conducting periodic audits of the Department’s expenditures pursuant to DC law.
In order to carry out these activities, the RTFB assesses its membership (DC licensed insurance companies) dues, billed annually, in the amount of $100 per carrier. The RTFB relies on DISB to provide a listing of current licensed carriers to which dues statements are mailed by the RTFB Executive Director. Prior to the Annual Members’ Meeting, each member carrier receives a proxy to return if unable to attend the Annual Meeting in person. In-person votes and proxies enable the election of Directors; officers are subsequently elected by action of the Board at the Director’s Meeting, routinely convened following the adjournment of the Annual Members’ Meeting. Directors, aided by the services of an Executive Director engaged by the Board, oversee the operations of the RTFB as charged under DC law.
Effective November 1, 2016, the address for the DCRTFB changed. The new address is noted below and is applicable to Regular and Overnight USPS mail, as well as FEDX, UPS and other express mail service providers:
1455 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20004
NOTE: Please use the above address for dues payment and other non-electronic mail correspondence going forward. Please notify internal staff to purge all prior address information. The PO Box has been discontinued. Mail will be forwarded by the US Postal Service to the new address, but only for a limited time.
Questions may be addressed to the Executive Director, Wayne E. McOwen, at the following email address: [email protected].
