All the headlines from our Policyholder Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 16 2014 // Fireman’s Fund has unveiled new coverages and enhancements to its Prestige Home Premier product, now available in six states and filing nationwide through 2016.Homeowners in Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois,...
Sep 12 2014 // Following up on issues that were raised at the July 30 hearing on post-Sandy flood insurance claims, U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) sent a letter on Wednesday, Sept. 10, to Federal Emergency Management Agency’s...
Sep 9 2014 // Florida’s insurance regulator has approved rate decreases for policyholders of Citizens Property Insurance Corp.The approval means for the first time in five years a majority of the state-backed insurer’s...
Sep 8 2014 // Despite big storms and wildfires highlighting the need, home inventories are rare, say insurance industry experts.A recent Allstate Insurance survey of Atlanta homeowners found that while than more than 90 percent of...
Sep 8 2014 // The commercial general liability (CGL) occurrence form policy is like a row of briefcases each filled with $1 million.Inscribed on the front of each briefcase is a year representing a specific annual policy period. Each...
Sep 5 2014 // Kentucky Employers’ Mutual Insurance (KEMI), the largest workers’ compensation insurer in Kentucky, announced that it plans to file for an overall rate reduction of 5 percent effective Jan. 1, 2015.KEMI said...
Aug 26 2014 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas B. Leonardi announced Monday that the Connecticut Insurance Department recovered nearly $1.8 million for policyholders and taxpayers in the second quarter of 2014.“The advent...
Aug 20 2014 // The recent legislative session in Tallahassee was relatively quiet, a matter some attribute to this being an election year. But even in quiet years, Florida lawmakers tend to make some noise about the insurance industry...
Aug 18 2014 // Despite big storms and wildfires highlighting the need, home inventories are rare, say insurance industry experts.A recent Allstate Insurance survey of Atlanta homeowners found that while than more than 90 percent of...
Aug 18 2014 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is being praised for moving quickly and ahead of schedule to get $100 million in flood insurance premium refunds into the hands of the one million policyholders who...
Aug 7 2014 // A former Wichita insurance agent accused of defrauding policyholders has struck a deal with prosecutors for a 42-month prison sentence.Jason Matthew Pennington pleaded guilty on Aug. 5 to two counts of wire fraud and one...
Aug 5 2014 // The North Dakota State Fire and Tornado Fund (F&T) for the first time in its history will waive insurance premiums for its policyholders, the state insurance department announced“The State Fire and Tornado Fund...
Aug 5 2014 // A crop insurer has reached an agreement with North Dakota insurance regulators under which it will return a portion of premiums to some crop/hail insurance policyholders.North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm...
Aug 4 2014 // The Missouri Department of Insurance announced it reached a regulatory settlement with Healthy Alliance Life Insurance Co. and HMO Missouri Inc., subsidiaries of Anthem BlueCross BlueShield of Missouri, which are part of...
Aug 4 2014 // Florida’s state-backed property insurer’s proposed rate reduction is raising questions about whether it will make the insurer competitive with the private market.Citizens Property Insurance Corp. recently...
Aug 4 2014 // South Carolina Insurance Director Ray FarmerSouth Carolina Insurance Director Ray Farmer has issued a bulletin drawing the industry’s attention to the provisions of the Competitive Insurance Act passed this year. The...
Jul 30 2014 // A U.S. Senate committee today conducted a hearing titled “The Flood Insurance Claims Process in Communities After Sandy: Lessons Learned and Potential Improvements,” where lawmakers had a chance to listen to...
Jul 28 2014 // Insurance agent, insurance carrier and real estate lobbyists praised federal regulators in charge of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) last week on Capitol Hill, agreeing that the process of issuing flood...
Jul 23 2014 // Texas Homebuilder Workers’ Compensation Group (THB) announced that 2014 dividend payments to policyholders will total more than $500,000.The program is available only to homebuilders in Texas. Founded in 2004 by...
Jul 22 2014 // Florida’s state-backed property insurer’s proposed rate reduction is raising questions about whether it will make the insurer competitive with the private market.Citizens Property Insurance Corp. recently...