All the headlines from our Alaska Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 28 2002 // Insurers are weighing the ramifications of a directive filed by the Arkansas Department of Insurance that amends the requirements for insurers using credit-based insurance scores for personal lines ratings and...
Sep 23 2002 // The Arkansas Department of Insurance has issued a rule that establishes standards for developing and protecting customer information, Rule and Regulation 77-Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information. It was drafted...
Sep 20 2002 // A proposed state privacy regulation does not comply with the enabling legislation, and therefore the state Insurance Division does not have authority to adopt the rule, according to the National Association of Independent...
Sep 2 2002 // In seven Western fire-prone states, only eight large property and casualty insurers are exposed to 72.9 percent of the home insurance risk, according to a recent analysis by Weiss Ratings Inc. At year-end 2001, eight...
Aug 15 2002 // In seven Western fire-prone states, only eight large property and casualty insurers are exposed to 72.9 percent of the home insurance risk, according to a recent analysis by Weiss Ratings, Inc.At year-end 2001, eight...
Aug 7 2002 // The National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) is asking the Arkansas Department of Insurance (DOI) to remove several what its feels are burdensome and costly requirements from its recently released directive on...
Jun 10 2002 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens reported a 4.5 percent loss decrease in the state’s workers’ compensation voluntary insurance market. Workers’ comp costs have declined for eight straight...
May 23 2002 // Skirmishing over credit-based insurance scores occupied much of the attention of the 2002 Alaska legislative session that ended last week with legislators failing to come to any agreement on the issue. The Legislature then...
Apr 24 2002 // Two very different bills restricting insurers’ use of credit-based insurance scores are pending in Alaska House and Senate committees with no clear indication as to which is more likely to move.National Association...
Mar 5 2002 // An Alaska Senate committee has approved a bill prohibiting insurers from using credit-based insurance scores last week after amending the bill to make it apply to all insurance. Senate Bill 320 previously applied only to...
Feb 14 2002 // Alaska has joined the growing number of states considering legislation to prohibit insurers from using credit-based insurance scores.“This legislation would result in higher insurance premiums for most consumers in...
Jan 28 2002 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Mike Pickens recently assured Arkansas doctors that medical malpractice insurance is still available in the state. Pickens made the announcement in response to the decision by St. Paul...
Jan 8 2002 // According to a Jan. 7 Los Angeles Times article, California has refused to allow insurers to adopt terrorism exclusion language, a move which has already been by approximately 20 other states in the wake of Sept. 11.The...
Dec 6 2001 // According to National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) Northwest Regional Manager Michael Harrold, insurance companies’ use of credit information clearly benefits most consumers, in terms of both price and...
Sep 10 2001 // In seven western fire-prone states, eight large property and casualty insurers are exposed to 74.5 percent of the home insurance risk, according to a recent analysis by Weiss Ratings Inc. States ranked by acres burned from...
Aug 28 2001 // In seven western fire-prone states, just eight large property and casualty insurers are exposed to 74.5 percent of the home insurance risk, according to a recent analysis by Weiss Ratings Inc., a provider of independent...
Jan 5 2001 // InsuranceNoodle recently received its license to sell insurance in Alaska, said Rick Madock, InsuranceNoodle chairman and co-founder. The online insurance e-broker for small businesses is now licensed to provide its...
Dec 11 2000 // In the latest action in the volatile workers’ compensation arena, Argonaut Insurance Company announced it will acquire the renewal rights and other tangible assets associated with the workers’ comp business of...
Feb 1 2000 // An Alaska Airlines MD-83 jetliner that originated in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and was headed for San Francisco and Seattle, crashed in the Pacific Ocean at 4:36 p.m. PST Monday.On Tuesday morning, search crews said hope of...