All the headlines from our Coastal Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 24 2007 // Owners of thousands of condominiums that line the Alabama Gulf Coast say they’re getting burned by soaring insurance premiums and insurance legislation to make coverage available and affordable on the coast...
Sep 24 2007 // Owners of thousands of condominiums that line the Alabama Gulf Coast say they’re getting burned by soaring insurance premiums and insurance legislation to make coverage available and affordable on the coast...
Sep 21 2007 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon and state regulators from Alabama, Florida, Mississippi and South Carolina will host a public hearing Sept. 24 on insurance issues affecting the Gulf Coast.The event is...
Sep 21 2007 // National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) President and Alabama Insurance Commissioner Walter Bell, along with other members of the NAIC’s Southeastern Zone, is holding a public hearing to address...
Sep 20 2007 // A major hurricane making landfall in Massachusetts could cause billions of dollars worth of property damage while also severely straining the resources of the state’s residual homeowners’ insurance market, the...
Sep 11 2007 // In testimony today before the North Carolina Building Code Council, the American Insurance Association urged that stronger hurricane resistant construction standards be required for all areas of the coast vulnerable to...
Sep 5 2007 // Washington’s low-lying capital city is a bit nervous in planning a new $38 million City Hall near the shoreline of Puget Sound, fearing that global warming and rising waters could submerge much of the downtown in...
Sep 4 2007 // As Labor Day tourists take an end-of-summer beach trip, owners of thousands of condominiums that line the Alabama Gulf Coast say they’re getting burned by soaring insurance premiums.Insurance legislation aimed at...
Sep 3 2007 // Southern governors and insurance executives met late last month in Biloxi, Miss., about the challenges of keeping insurance coverage in coastal areas that are vulnerable to hurricanes, but they reached no consensus on how...
Sep 3 2007 // Southern governors and insurance executives met late last month in Biloxi, Miss., about the challenges of keeping insurance coverage in coastal areas that are vulnerable to hurricanes, but they reached no consensus on how...
Aug 29 2007 // Insurance companies in New York may not refuse to renew homeowners insurance policies based on whether a policyholder has other business such as an auto or life policy with them, under a new order from the state insurance...
Aug 27 2007 // A national independent agency leader is urging Southern governors to use their “bully pulpits” to bring together the leaders in the insurance industry and help restore competition as they look for ways to ease...
Aug 16 2007 // Tropical Storms Erin and Dean should serve as a wake-up call to anyone living along the Texas coast that hurricanes may not be too far away.“There is no better time than now to prepare evacuation plans and gather...
Aug 6 2007 // While much of the talk about the current commercial and professional lines market turns to insurers lowering their prices, the soft market is requiring agents to raise their agencies’ level of attention paid to...
Aug 6 2007 // While much of the talk about the current commercial and professional lines market turns to insurers lowering their prices, the soft market is requiring agents to raise their agencies’ level of attention paid to...
Jul 23 2007 // State Farm Insurance, Florida’s largest private home insurer, said it will drop about 50,000 homeowners policies next year in what it considers risky areas along the coast.Most of the homes and condos that will lose...
Jul 12 2007 // Downstate New York insurance agents say they are seeking alternative sources of coverage, as many of their regular homeowners insurance companies continue to reduce exposure in their area.A membership survey conducted by...
Jul 10 2007 // Thousands of coastal North Carolina residents could see insurance rates surge this fall as state regulators weigh higher insurance costs against the rising cost of protecting homes.The North Carolina Building Code Council...
Jun 20 2007 // A new survey is reporting that 80 percent of drivers and 64 percent of homeowners in non-coastal areas in two states disagree with state insurance pricing regulations that benefit risky drivers and homeowners in high-risk...
Jun 18 2007 // It took O’Charley’s regional operations director in Hattiesburg, Miss., most of a week to get in touch with the restaurant chain’s Nashville headquarters after Hurricane Katrina pounded the Gulf Coast two...