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Texas Mutual Board Approves $330 Million Policyholder Dividend Distribution

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...

81% of Flood Insurance Policyholders Will See Rate Increases, Report Says

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,...

Avatar Policyholders Have Until April 13 to Find New Coverage, Florida Regulators Say

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...

WCRA to Distribute $600 Million to Minnesota Workers’ Comp Insurers, Self-Insurers, Policyholders

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,...

Could the Ukraine Crisis Move Florida to Fix Its Insurance Crisis?

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...

Oklahoma Insurance Dept.: Insurers Must Notify Policyholders of Triggering Events Upon Renewal

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...

St. Johns Insurance Insolvent, to be Liquidated, Florida DFS Reports

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...

February 25 Is Deadline For Louisiana Policyholders to File Ida Proof of Loss

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...

Florida House Committee Gives Nod to Surplus, Citizens, Fraud Bills

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...

New Auto Insurer Sensa’s Device Analyzes Accident, Triggers Emergency Services

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...

Insurtech Startup Slide Agrees to Take On Troubled St. Johns HO Business

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...

Louisiana’s Donelon: Policyholders Should Check For Ida Deadlines

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...

Louisiana Insurance Dept. Tells Policyholders to File Ida Proof of Loss by Feb. 25

Feb 10 2022 // Louisiana policyholders seeking to file proof of loss for damage due to Hurricane Ida have until Feb. 25, when a 180-day deadline for most residential and commercial property insurance policies expire. Louisiana Insurance...

New Auto Insurer Sensa’s Device Analyzes Accident, Triggers Emergency Services

Feb 8 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...

NASA: Earth’s Temperature in 2021 Was 1.5 Degrees F Above Baseline

Feb 3 2022 // Earth’s global average surface temperatures in 2021 were 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit (0.85 degrees Celsius) above the average for NASA’s baseline period, a new report shows.The average tied with 2018 as the sixth...

Insurance Technology: C&F Pet Insurance Adds Health Tool; Frederick Mutual Adds Digital Document Protection

Feb 2 2022 // Petriage, a pet health technology company, has developed a veterinary platform it calls a “teletriage symptom analysis tool” that informs pet owners of the urgency of seeking care for their ailing dog or cat,...

Washington Commissioner Adopts 3-Year Credit Scoring Ban, Proposes Transparency Rule

Feb 1 2022 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has adopted his rule banning insurers from using credit information to set auto, homeowner and renter insurance for three years.Kreidler’s rule temporarily banning...

Risky Business: Climate Change Turns Up Heat on Insurers, Policyholders

Nov 12 2021 // Tony and Jhan Dunn never thought they would leave California, where they grew up, built a life together and planned to retire.But after a wildfire swept through their Northern California town of Paradise three years ago,...

Insurers Ordered to Pay Louisiana Policyholders’ Ida Evacuation Expenses

Sep 20 2021 // Louisiana’s top insurance regulator on Sept. 7 directed insurance companies pay policyholders’ Hurricane Ida evacuation expenses.Directive 218, issued by Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon, requires insurers to...

Insurers Urged to Pay Prohibited Use Coverage to Ida-Displaced Louisiana Policyholders

Sep 7 2021 // As tens of thousands of Louisianians are experiencing hardship after Hurricane Ida in the face of evacuations, physical damage to their homes and businesses, power outages, a lack of drinking water and localized gas...