All the headlines from our Policyholder Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 7 2010 // Low rates!” “Lower your premiums!” “Compare and save!”Turn on the TV or search the Web on the term “homeowners insurance,” and you’ll be inundated with offers like these. To...
May 28 2010 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company’s board of directors approved the company’s plan to distribute $100 million in workers’ compensation dividends. Dividends reward loyal policyholders who share Texas...
May 26 2010 // The tug-of-war over surplus money in a state-created malpractice insurance fund intensified Monday, with the insurance commissioner seeking to change the fund’s rules and the policyholders heading back to court.The...
May 13 2010 // Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed into law Senate Bill 1045, which repeals and amends state statute, directing the State Compensation Fund — known as SCF Arizona — to privatize and become a mutual insurance...
May 3 2010 // The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals tossed out the $35 million settlement of two class action lawsuits against Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp., saying the deal was not fair to some policyholders.The ruling could...
Apr 29 2010 // A recent report by the Workers Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California indicates that total statewide pur premium generated after application of 2010 workers’ compensation experience modifications has not...
Apr 27 2010 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of the ACE Group, has made new enhancements to its privacy protection and network liability protection policies, including a suite of independent data breach specialists...
Apr 23 2010 // The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals tossed out the $35 million settlement of two class action lawsuits against Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp., saying the deal was not fair to some policyholders.The appellate...
Apr 16 2010 // Tampa-based American Integrity Insurance Co. said that it would provide insurance coverage for up to 20,000 of the 62,000 customers of Northern Capital Insurance Co., which is being liquidated.American Integrity said it is...
Apr 15 2010 // The U.S. property/casualty industry’s profitability as measured by their rate of return on average policyholders’ surplus (or statutory net worth) increased by 5.8 percent in 2009, while private P/C...
Apr 12 2010 // Chartis will now offer storage of electronic personal health records to clients worldwide through a strategic alliance with MMR Information Systems. The Chartis insurers will initially offer this access to electronic...
Apr 5 2010 // Homeowners who are dependent on Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort will see rates increasing by an average7 percent statewide.However, rate increases – as well as decreases – will vary widely,...
Apr 5 2010 // Among perennial directors and officers insurance issues are questions whether policy coverage is available for the costs associated with special litigation committees. A Dec. 30, 2009 decision in the coverage lawsuit...
Mar 30 2010 // Tennessee officials are trying to shut down operations of two Robertson County companies accused of defrauding more than 12,000 consumers nationwide who sought affordable health insurance.Some of the $14 million that...
Mar 29 2010 // Kentucky’s major workers’ compensation insurance carrier has decided to return some of its surplus to policyholders.The decision comes after several weeks of political pressure. Earlier this month, Gov. Steve...
Mar 24 2010 // Auto insurer Clarendon National Insurance Co. has refunded $992,000 to 1,227 automobile insurance policyholders the company overcharged when it improperly imposed a 30 percent rate hike, the New York State Insurance...
Mar 15 2010 // A bulletin from the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) notes that while it “supports the goal of the Solvency II European insurance regulatory regime, which is to enhance policyholder...
Mar 7 2010 // The Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund needs $710 million to continue to pay claims still coming in from 2005’s Hurricane Wilma but it is going to have to wait to assess policyholders to get those funds.The Florida...
Feb 25 2010 // The Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund needs $710 million to continue to pay claims still coming in from 2005’s Hurricane Wilma but it is going to have to wait to assess policyholders to get those funds.The Florida...
Feb 25 2010 // Responding to the recent filing of House Bill 2662 and Senate Bill 2232 in Oklahoma, CompSource Oklahoma, the state’s workers’ compensation fund, opposes both bills, which call for the sale of CompSource to the...