All the headlines from our Policyholder Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 9 2017 // The Illinois Department of Insurance has posted in the Illinois Register a second notice of the approval by the Illinois Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (IJCAR) of rules concerning size limits on large deductibles...
Jan 9 2017 // Only recently, and mostly due to pressure created in the media by high-profile cyber attacks, executives at large companies have a new awareness of cyber risks to business. As a result, companies are spending more to...
Dec 28 2016 // Chubb has expanded its suite of cyber loss mitigation services for U.S. and Canadian policyholders to reduce the impact and likelihood of a cyber incident.Chubb’s expanded suite of cyber services for loss mitigation...
Dec 19 2016 // The Illinois Department of Insurance has posted in the Illinois Register a second notice of the approval by the Illinois Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (IJCAR) of rules concerning size limits on large deductibles...
Dec 19 2016 // A North Dakota mutual insurer with ties to the Farm Bureau is awaiting a decision from the state insurance commissioner as to whether it can proceed with a plan to convert to a stock insurance company.Nodak Mutual...
Dec 12 2016 // A North Dakota mutual insurer with ties to the Farm Bureau is awaiting a decision from the state insurance commissioner as to whether it can proceed with a plan to convert to a stock insurance company.Nodak Mutual...
Dec 8 2016 // Policyholders of American Family Mutual Insurance Co. (AFMIC) have voted to approve the company’s plan to convert its corporate structure to a mutual holding company.Madison, Wis.-based American Family said it...
Dec 8 2016 // Florida lawmakers can expect substantial pressure to tackle the assignment of benefits (AOB) and water loss claims crisis from the state’s insurer of last resort when Florida’s legislative session begins early...
Dec 5 2016 // The Rutgers Center for Risk and Responsibility at Rutgers Law School in Camden, N.J., in collaboration with United Policyholders, is seeking to improve homeowners insurance nationally through its recently launched national...
Nov 29 2016 // Texas Mutual Insurance Co. has paid more than $3 million in early qualifier dividends to approximately 4,000 newer policyholders across the state. The payout is the final component of the workers’ compensation...
Nov 21 2016 // Pinnacol Assurance’s board of directors has approved a 2017 decrease in workers’ compensation rates that will average 3.2 percent for the insurer’s Colorado policyholders.The decrease surpasses the...
Nov 17 2016 // Rutgers Law School’s Camden, N.J., location, in collaboration with United Policyholders, is seeking to improve homeowners’ insurance nationally through its recently launched project.The Rutgers Center for Risk...
Nov 10 2016 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) announced the passage of an important milestone in its Assumption Reinsurance Depopulation Program (Assumption program): agents have approved 18,000 policies for possible...
Nov 7 2016 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones late last month announced he obtained an agreement from State Farm General Insurance Co. to reduce their rental dwelling program policyholders’ rates statewide by an...
Nov 7 2016 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has extended the deadline for National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policyholders to file claims from Hurricane Hermine.“After productive discussions between Insurance...
Oct 28 2016 // BrickStreet Mutual Insurance and Motorists Mutual Insurance Co. announced they have begun to formalize an affiliation agreement between the two companies.If approved by state regulators and closed as anticipated in July...
Oct 27 2016 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has extended the deadline for National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policyholders to file claims from Hurricane Hermine.“After productive discussions between Insurance...
Oct 19 2016 // California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on Wednesday announced he has obtained an agreement from State Farm General Insurance Co. to reduce their rental dwelling program policyholders’ rates statewide by an...
Oct 10 2016 // Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is urging its policyholders to call Citizens first to report losses following Hurricane Matthew in order to protect themselves from assignment of benefit (AOB) scams, according to a...
Oct 3 2016 // Rates are going up for many Florida homeowners. The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has approved a 6.4 percent overall rate increase for 2017 for Citizens Property Insurance Corp. homeowners’ multiperil...