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Associated Press - February 5, 2010 3:14 PM ET
ATLANTA (AP) - Staffers at the state Insurance Department raised questions internally about the merits of an investigation into an Iowa-based insurer.
Dr. Jeffrey Gallups filed a complaint against Indianapolis Life Insurance Co. in February 2006 with state Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine. State records show he and his wife, Nancy, would later donate $50,000 to Oxendine who is now running for governor in the Republican primary. Oxendine's office launched a probe of Indianapolis Life.
Gallups was also pursuing a legal claim against Indianapolis Life. Insurance Department staffer Charlie Parr noted in an e-mail that the department typically stays out of cases involving attorneys and lawsuits. But he said the Gallups case was different because of Oxendine's "personal interest."
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