Δ Get these articles in your inbox Sign up for our daily newsletter Newsletter Signup - Single Field Email * Sign up If you are human, leave this field blank. The Washington State Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) told Scotsman Guide it did not participate in the multistate settlement because it has a separate statement of charges pending “regarding the forced-placed insurance issue and significant other alleged violations of Washington state law.” “Washington homeowners rely on licensed mortgage servicers to correctly service their loans,” Washington DFI Director Charlie Clark said when the charges were announced, “and we will hold companies accountable when they put consumers at risk of losing their homes or when they financially harm consumers.”