All the headlines from our Policyholder Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 27 2015 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department announced on July 24 that the Merrimack County Superior Court issued an order appointing Insurance Commissioner Roger A. Sevigny as receiver of the New Hampshire Medical Malpractice...
Jul 20 2015 // A Travis County, Texas, district court has granted preliminary approval of a settlement with Farmers Insurance Group that will return $84.4 million to policyholders stemming from a 2002 homeowners insurance rate case.The...
Jul 20 2015 // Vermont regulators recently issued a bulletin addressing the issue of price optimization in personal lines ratemaking, warning insurers that adjustments to rates may not be based on non-risk-related factors.The Vermont...
Jul 8 2015 // The New York State Assembly recently approved a bill (A04458) that would require insurers to expedite claims investigation and settlement processes after declared disasters and emergencies.Under the legislation, which...
Jul 7 2015 // A Travis County, Texas district court has granted preliminary approval of a settlement with Farmers Insurance Group that will return $84.4 million to policyholders stemming from a 2002 homeowners insurance rate case.The...
Jul 6 2015 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. Insuring property along our nation’s coastlines can be either extremely lucrative or laden with risk. Many coastal residents are underinsured—which puts...
Jul 6 2015 // Citizens Property Insurance Corporation’s Board of Governors has approved a 2016 rate package that lowers rates for nearly half of Citizens’ personal lines policyholders while responding to increased water loss...
Jul 6 2015 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that Sept. 15 would be the last day for National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policyholders who filed Superstorm Sandy flood claims to sign up for the review...
Jul 2 2015 // Vermont regulators issued a bulletin last week addressing the issue of “price optimization” in personal lines ratemaking.The Vermont Department of Financial Regulation (DFR) noted in the bulletin that some...
Jun 29 2015 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that Sept. 15 would be the last day for National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policyholders who filed Superstorm Sandy flood claims to sign up for the review...
Jun 25 2015 // Citizens Property Insurance Corporation’s Board of Governors has approved a 2016 rate package that lowers rates for nearly half of Citizens’ personal lines policyholders while responding to increased water loss...
Jun 18 2015 // Malaysia’s Islamic insurers are seeking to double policyholders in five years by investing more in digital technologies to attract a younger audience, according to the industry association’s head.Takaful...
Jun 15 2015 // Differences of opinion on the never-ending problem of what to do about property insurance along the coast had lawmakers from coastal areas pitted against inland representatives in the waning days of the Texas legislative...
Jun 15 2015 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty championed flexible state insurance regulation and warned against “one-size-fits-all” bank-like regulation for insurers in recent testimony before the U.S. Senate...
Jun 4 2015 // Florida Gov. Rick Scott has vetoed legislation that would modify Citizens Property Insurance Corp.’s depopulation program enacted to lower the state-created insurer of last resort’s policy count and reduce its...
Jun 3 2015 // The outgoing director of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) says the program is a “melting iceberg” that is incapable of properly managing its various players including the private insurance carriers...
Jun 2 2015 // Property/casualty insurance information company Verisk Insurance Solutions is teaming with technology firm Vehcon to provide insurance companies with the ability to collect automobile odometer readings for insurance rating...
Jun 1 2015 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency on May 18 mailed out its first round of letters to the National Flood Insurance Program policyholders who filed Superstorm Sandy-related claims, asking whether they want their claims...
Jun 1 2015 // More than 65,000 homeowners in coastal parishes covered by the Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort could see their rates jump 10 percent in mid-August.Under state law, Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance...
May 29 2015 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) last week sent out its first round of letters to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) policyholders who filed Superstorm Sandy-related claims, offering them a chance to...