All the headlines from our Department of Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 7 2004 // The “Ask Robert Wooley, Your Commissioner of Insurance” consumer column has once again won a first-place award in the annual Louisiana Press Women’s communications competition.According to the Louisiana...
May 4 2004 // Sam Sorich, president of the Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC), released a statement in response to Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi’s recent comments regarding the response of the insurance...
Apr 30 2004 // On April 29, the WCIRB testified at a California Department of Insurance (CDI) public hearing called to assess the impact of the recently-enacted Senate Bill 899 (SB 899) on advisory pure premium rates effective July 1,...
Apr 19 2004 // If after 16 years of off-and-on court cases, attempting to interpret the ambiguous and contradictory language of Proposition 103 isn’t enough, this month, another interpretation came down from the Second District...
Apr 13 2004 // Calling the ongoing escalation in medical malpractice insurance rates “a threat to doctors and their patients,” Ohio Governor Bob Taft on Monday signed House Bill 282 authorizing establishment of a new Medical...
Apr 5 2004 // States show signs of stability, but problem areas remainDespite continuing availability issues and sky-high loss ratios, the U.S. homeowners market is stabilizing as a whole. Of course, most industry observers who make...
Apr 5 2004 // In 2004, the California homeowners and dwelling marketplace continues to erode. In October 2003, catastrophic wildfires destroyed 790,000 acres of brush and forest land, and along the way destroyed 3640 homes, 1141...
Mar 26 2004 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced that a Mandeville, La., insurance producer (agent) was shut down and booked on charges of felony theft and insurance fraud involving misappropriation of premiums.Allen James...
Mar 22 2004 // The Interinsurance Exchange of the Auto Club filed with the state Department of Insurance for an overall 5 percent reduction in its California auto insurance rates. The rate reduction should save Auto Club policyholders an...
Mar 16 2004 // The Texas homeowners insurance market has turned the corner and is regaining momentum to be more competitive, according to year-end reports that carriers file with the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI).TDI said the top...
Mar 9 2004 // The Alabama Department of Insurance has launched an updated Web site. It remains at the same address, which is http://www.aldoi.gov/. The new site, designed by department webmaster Jelene Hardy, should reportedly provide...
Mar 8 2004 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced that a bail bond agent operating in the Greater New Orleans area and beyond signed a departmental “Consent to Voluntary Revocation” document, which revokes all...
Feb 23 2004 // Insurers’ use of credit scoring in underwriting and rating personal lines insurance harms poor and minority policyholders in Missouri, according to a study released by the state’s insurance department.The...
Feb 12 2004 // Elliott Flood, vice president of special investigations for Texas Mutual Insurance Company, addressed the Texas Committee on Insurance Fraud (TCIF) recently. Flood discussed workers’ compensation fraud, one of...
Jan 29 2004 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance Fraud Unit investigators served Dereius Djuan Davis of Alexandria with a cease and desist order, prohibiting him from conducting any kind of insurance business in Louisiana, according...
Jan 26 2004 // The distinction between an agent and broker has had increased significance in California following Proposition 103 as brokers may charge broker fees and agents may not. Producers rely heavily on broker fee income due to...
Jan 14 2004 // With the creation of the Texas Committee on Insurance Fraud, the Texas insurance industry, state and county agencies, and national organizations are pulling together for the first time a coordinated effort to battle...
Jan 12 2004 // The Seibels Bruce Group Inc. has received approval from the Tennessee Department of Insurance allowing subsidiary Catawba Insurance Company (CIC) to resume writing new risk-bearing commercial lines business in Tennessee....
Dec 31 2003 // Healthcare Underwriters Group of Kentucky (HUGKY), a medical professional liability insurance company owned by Kentucky doctors, has received authorization from the Kentucky Department of Insurance to begin operations.The...
Dec 22 2003 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance announced that two department employees have been arrested for Public Bribery and Conspiracy to Commit Public Bribery.According to the LDI, in February 2001 the Louisiana State Police...