All the headlines from our Policyholder Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 5 2022 // The National Flood Insurance Program has approved a waiver that will allow some policyholders flooded by Hurricane Ian to receive advance payments of as much as $20,000 – with few strings attached.“The payments...
Sep 19 2022 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) announced an emergency rule removing barriers for Weston Property & Casualty Insurance Company policyholders to receive wind and hail coverage through the Texas Windstorm...
Aug 30 2022 // Travelers and policyholder International Control Services (ICS) jointly filed a stipulation to have a federal court rescind an active cyber insurance policy that the insurer claimed was void due to the insured’s...
Aug 26 2022 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) announced an emergency rule this week removing barriers for Weston Property & Casualty Insurance Company policyholders to receive wind and hail coverage through the Texas...
Aug 17 2022 // Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon announced Tuesday that Louisiana Citizens will provide an additional 60 days after cancellation for insurance agents to place Weston Property & Casualty Insurance Company policies...
Aug 10 2022 // Commissioner Jim Donelon announced the Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) recovered funds of $129 million in addition to the original amounts offered by insurance companies in Fiscal Year 2021-2022.The additional...
Aug 8 2022 // Policyholders of FM Global, which include one of every three Fortune 500 companies and similar size organizations worldwide, will collectively receive about $300 million in a first-of-its-kind ‘resilience...
Aug 3 2022 // Policyholders with three insurance companies once owned by billionaire Greg Lindberg and who have as much as $50,000 in the bank may now qualify for financial hardship payments, the North Carolina insurance commissioner...
May 24 2022 // Austin, TX., May 20, 2022 – Texas Mutual Insurance Company, the state’s leading provider of workers’ compensation insurance, announced today that its board of directors voted unanimously to approve a $330...
Apr 26 2022 // When the Federal Emergency Management Agency rolled out a major overhaul to its beleaguered National Flood Insurance Program last April, it promised that bigger, richer homes would bear the brunt of premium increases,...
Mar 21 2022 // Avatar Property & Casualty Insurance Co. has officially entered into liquidation, and insured homeowners in Florida have less than three weeks to find new carriers.The insolvent company, the second this year and the...
Mar 10 2022 // The Workers’ Compensation Reinsurance Association (WCRA) will distribute $600 million to Minnesota’s insurers, self-insurers and policyholders, the association announced this month.The WCRA Board of Directors,...
Mar 2 2022 // With the March 11 scheduled close of its regular session fast approaching, the Florida Legislature remains so focused on putting the finishing touches on its various culture-war signaling bills that one might think...
Mar 1 2022 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready informed all property and casualty insurers authorized to do business in the state that upon renewal of an existing policy, each Oklahoma policyholder must receive notice...
Feb 28 2022 // St. Johns Insurance Co., one of the larger property/casualty insurers based in Florida, is now insolvent and will soon be liquidated.The Florida Department of Financial Services posted a notice Friday that a judge in Leon...
Feb 25 2022 // February 25, 2022 is the deadline for most Louisiana policyholders to file proof of loss for Hurricane Ida damage.Friday marks the 180th day after Ida made landfall in Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane. Most residential...
Feb 24 2022 // The Florida House of Representatives’ Commerce Committee passed no fewer than five bills Wednesday that could affect property and casualty insurance, from allowing surplus lines carriers to be based in Florida, to...
Feb 21 2022 // A new auto insurer is turning the tables on car manufacturers that offer insurance with their roadside and emergency services by including these accident services with its auto insurance policy.Austin, Texas-based Sensa is...
Feb 18 2022 // Things are moving fast in Florida’s distressed property insurance market.Just days after St. Johns Insurance Co. announced it would stop writing new homeowner business in Florida, the Demotech rating agency withdrew...
Feb 18 2022 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon is encouraging policyholders who filed claims for Hurricane Ida damage to check with their agent or insurance company for any required deadlines necessary to settle their...