All the headlines from our Policyholder Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 8 2008 // For the fourth year in a row, Denver-based Pinnacol Assurance, a workers’ compensation insurance carrier, will issue a general dividend to its policyholders. In mid-May, eligible Colorado businesses will receive...
Apr 29 2008 // Columbus, Ohio-based Motorists Mutual Insurance Company recently posted financial results for 2007.Chairman, President and CEO John J. Bishop presented the state of the organization during the annual policyholder meeting...
Apr 21 2008 // Finding the flood exclusion in an insurance policy sold by Lafayette Insurance Company to a New Orleans policyholder is unambiguous, the Louisiana Supreme Court reversed, in part, a previous ruling by a state appeals court...
Apr 10 2008 // Connecticut’s Attorney General Richard Blumenthal can attempt to recover damages from Marsh & McLennan Inc. for harming the economy of the entire state, the state’s Supreme Court ruled.The ruling stems...
Apr 7 2008 // Three insurance associations are urging Californians to contact their legislators to oppose a bill that they say would influence where consumers get their vehicles repaired following an accident. The bill, SB 1167 by Sen....
Apr 4 2008 // Policyholders may not be entitled to recover any money from a sweeping antitrust lawsuit that former Attorney General Charles Foti filed against some of the nation’s largest insurers after Hurricane Katrina, a...
Mar 31 2008 // South Louisiana lawmakers are pushing to give some homeowners a 10 percent break on their property insurance, though the legislation faces firm opposition from state Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon.The bill could erase...
Mar 27 2008 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) announced it will pay a $45.5 million dividend to qualifying policyholders in April.LWCC’s board of directors declared the dividend for the calendar year 2007,...
Mar 25 2008 // A California Court of Appeals has allowed policyholders in the Farmers Insurance Exchanges to question alleged excessiveness of management fees charged to them by Farmers Group Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Zurich...
Mar 13 2008 // The Board of Governors of the Alaska Timber Insurance Exchange (ATIE), a policyholder owned workers’ compensation insurance company, is paying a $2.8 million dividend to its members based on their performance in...
Mar 12 2008 // Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty signed an order approving Citizens Property Insurance Corp. take-out plans for the year and requiring Citizens to notify policyholders whose agents have refused to allow their...
Mar 10 2008 // Levees can also erode and decay over time and require regular maintenance and upkeep to continue to offer the level of protection they were designed to provide.In the United States, floods are the most common natural...
Feb 25 2008 // The Nebraska Supreme Court has refused to reinstate a lawsuit against State Farm in a dispute over whether the insurance company delivered the medical coverage it promised in its automobile policies.The Supreme...
Feb 24 2008 // Legislation approved in early February by the Washington House of Representatives is unnecessary and limits consumer choice, according to the American Insurance Association (AIA).“Policymakers just enacted a law in...
Feb 24 2008 // The Idaho House passed legislation (HB 429) this month that requires that auto insurance policies provide underinsured motorist coverage unless the policyholder signs a form specifically rejecting the coverage.HB 429,...
Feb 15 2008 // The Idaho House passed legislation (HB 429) on Wednesday that requires auto insurance policies provide underinsured motorist coverage unless the policyholder signs a form specifically rejecting the coverage.HB 429 would...
Feb 12 2008 // It took a new state law but the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has begun to offer coverage for home invasions, child abductions, car jackings and stalking threats as part of its homeowners policies sold in New York...
Feb 11 2008 // Columbus, Ohio-based State Auto Insurance Cos. recently announced that it is now offering a comprehensive “Life Stages” identity management program providing free access to proactive and resolution services for...
Feb 8 2008 // Legislation approved Monday by the Washington House of Representatives is unnecessary and limits consumer choice, says the American Insurance Association (AIA).“Policymakers just enacted a law in 2007, SB 5052, that...
Feb 4 2008 // A federal jury has ordered an Oklahoma City-based insurance company to pay $10.8 million for improperly reducing the benefit owed to the mother of a policyholder who died.American Fidelity Assurance Co. said it was...