All the headlines from our Policyholder Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 26 2010 // Colorado’s Division of Insurance announced it has reached a settlement agreement with Pinnacol Assurance, the state’s largest workers’ compensation insurer, concerning filing issues raised earlier this...
Aug 23 2010 // A new regulation that makes it harder for health insurance companies to drop individual policyholders in California is being challenged in court by an industry trade group.The California Department of Insurance’s new...
Aug 13 2010 // The Arizona Supreme Court is weighing in on the state’s uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage selection form — a decision that could dramatically increase insurance agency’s errors and omissions...
Jul 30 2010 // The Florida Department of Financial Services says it has helped recover more than $11.1 million for Florida’s insurance consumers in the first half of 2010.“Especially in these tough economic times, it is so...
Jul 29 2010 // A majority of Americans believe that laws allowing people to sue their own auto insurance company for punitive damages, in addition to receiving benefits for their insured claim losses, are not a good idea.New public...
Jul 27 2010 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner is considering a recent court decision a victory for consumers, as a lawsuit that attempted to stop the Commissioner from protecting Californians in connection with the...
Jul 9 2010 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) announced tthat it will implement an overall rate reduction of 4.1 percent beginning Oct. 1, 2010.This marks the sixth consecutive year that LWCC has reduced overall...
Jul 7 2010 // For 2009, the New York State Insurance Fund reported workers’ compensation premium of $1.31 billion and disability benefits premium of $16.6 million.The competitive fund wrote 41 percent of the state’s...
Jul 7 2010 // Insurance company interests have long complained that the state-backed Texas Windstorm Insurance Association charges rates that are not actuarially sound for the risks it insures, making it impossible for private insurers...
Jul 5 2010 // Insurance company interests have long held that the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association charges rates that are not actuarially sound for the risks it insures, making it impossible for private insurers to compete for...
Jun 30 2010 // More than 45,000 Ohioans will receive a refund or credit from Community Insurance Co., also known as Anthem, according to Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson.The Ohio Department of Insurance alleges that Anthem has been...
Jun 23 2010 // The property/casualty industry returned to profitability in the first quarter of 2010 despite continuing declines in both written premiums and earned premiums.Private U.S. property/casualty insurers’ net income after...
Jun 16 2010 // Medical malpractice insurer, Missouri Hospital Plan, announced that it will pay a record dividend of $13.9 million to its Missouri policyholders in July. Missouri Hospital Plan is a membership association that insures...
Jun 14 2010 // MMIC Group, a Midwest provider of medical professional liability insurance to physicians, hospitals and clinics, announces today its affiliation with Rotenberg Associates LLC, a Minneapolis-based strategic communications...
Jun 14 2010 // Recent storms throughout Oklahoma caused a tremendous amount of property damage and the Oklahoma Insurance Department says some insurers have been, or currently are, issuing nonrenewal notices to many of their insured....
Jun 7 2010 // Surplus Battle“It’s pretty much as outrageously unconstitutional, illegal and in-your-face as it gets.” —Kevin Fitzgerald, a lawyer for the policyholders of New Hampshire’s Joint Underwriting...
Jun 7 2010 // The standard homeowners policy is increasingly a trap for consumers.Low rates!” “Lower your premiums!” “Compare and save!” Turn on the TV or search the Web on the term “homeowners...
Jun 7 2010 // The standard homeowners policy is increasingly a trap for consumers.Low rates!” “Lower your premiums!” “Compare and save!” Turn on the TV or search the Web on the term “homeowners...
Jun 7 2010 // The standard homeowners policy is increasingly a trap for consumers.Low rates!” “Lower your premiums!” “Compare and save!” Turn on the TV or search the Web on the term “homeowners...
Jun 7 2010 // The standard homeowners policy is increasingly a trap for consumers.Low rates!” “Lower your premiums!” “Compare and save!” Turn on the TV or search the Web on the term “homeowners...