All the headlines from our Policyholder Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 26 2018 // Chubb announced that it has enhanced its cyber incident response management capabilities and launched two new ways of accessing the service: a mobile application and a dedicated website.As the threat of cyber risks facing...
Jun 21 2018 // Florida’s Citizens Property Insurance Corp. will wait until December to determine its 2019 insurance rates and whether it will approve a proposed 7.9 percent statewide increase for homeowners policies.The decision to...
Jun 7 2018 // Like thousands of other Floridians, I recently received my homeowner’s insurance renewal statement only to learn that my premium was increasing by a double-digit percentage – nearly $600 annually. But like most...
Jun 1 2018 // The 2018 hurricane season is officially underway, even as the dust continues to settle on the 2017 hurricane season — one of the costliest hurricane years on record — that brought devastation to Florida from Hurricane...
May 29 2018 // Austin-based workers’ compensation carrier, Texas Mutual Insurance Company, has appointed Jeanette Ward as the company’s new chief operating officer (COO) and Kim Haugaard as its new senior vice president of...
May 23 2018 // The board of directors for LWCC, a provider of competitive workers’ compensation insurance to Louisiana employers, has declared a 2017 dividend of $81 million to its policyholders.The amount was distributed to...
May 22 2018 // Workers’ compensation insurer, Missouri Employers Mutual has awarded the company’s fourth round of safety grants to Missouri businesses this month to help them take the next step toward improving workplace...
May 7 2018 // The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) has fined Chubb Ltd. and its subsidiary, Illinois Union Insurance Company, $1.3 million for underwriting the National Rifle Association (NRA)-branded Carry Guard...
May 7 2018 // Emerging from a 10-week accelerator program, 10 technology-powered insurance startups presented ideas for enhanced customer engagement, cyber security, digital health, smart home products and supply chain management at the...
May 7 2018 // Citizens Property Insurance Corp. says it has reopened about 37 percent of its Hurricane Irma claims, according to a statement from the Florida insurer of last resort.The insurer says the reopening of claims is part of...
May 7 2018 // The deadlines for a Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) policyholder to demand appraisal of a claim for damages caused by Hurricane Harvey have been extended, the Texas Department of Insurance reports.The new...
May 4 2018 // Wisconsin-based American Family Insurance group and Florida-based The Main Street America Group will pursue a merger, the companies announced today.The combined equity of the merged entities is expected to be more than $9...
Apr 26 2018 // Workers’ compensation insurer, Missouri Employers Mutual Insurance (MEM), says it experienced an all-time high in injury-free policyholders last year.MEM’s 2017 workplace safety data show the company increased...
Apr 25 2018 // Beazley has partnered with international law firm DAC Beachcroft to launch a General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) helpline for its Beazley Breach Response (BBR) policyholders in the UK.The new GDPR regulations, which...
Apr 23 2018 // Emerging from a 10-week accelerator program, 10 technology-powered insurance startups presented their ideas for enhanced customer engagement, cyber security, digital health, smart home products and supply chain management...
Apr 17 2018 // Citizens Property Insurance Corp. says it has reopened about 37 percent of its Hurricane Irma claims, according to a statement from the Florida insurer of last resort.The insurer says the reopening of claims is part of...
Apr 16 2018 // The New York Court of Appeals has ruled that KeySpan Gas East Corporation is responsible for costs to clean up environmental contamination caused by manufactured gas plants owned by its predecessor during years when there...
Apr 13 2018 // The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) has advised its regulated insurers to encourage policyholders that investing in commercial global positioning system (GPS) equipment could reduce motor vehicle collisions...
Apr 12 2018 // Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has approved a slate of policy language changes designed to protect consumers while addressing rising costs of nonweather water loss claims and related litigation that continue to drive...
Apr 2 2018 // A typical premium charged by the National Flood Insurance Program is slated to rise about eight percent in the coming year, with the estimated average premium going from $866 to $935.When various surcharges are added, the...