All the headlines from our Policyholder Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 18 2007 // Experience rating is the interaction of claims management and insurance pricing. An organization that controls its losses also controls its experience modifier and ultimately is responsible for higher or lower...
Jun 18 2007 // One of the standard features of the typical directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy is the provision allowing the insureds to select their own defense counsel, subject only to the insurance...
Jun 12 2007 // In the Circuit Court of Hinds County Monday, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood filed a complaint against State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. alleging bad faith breach of contract related to the settlement agreement the...
Jun 11 2007 // West Virginia Auto owners insured through State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. will get a break on their premiums again this year.The amount of the reduction will vary, but the average savings equals $47. State Farm,...
Jun 7 2007 // In November, a judge gave hope to Louisiana homeowners trying to collect insurance money for flood damage caused by Hurricane Katrina. Now, that decision is under scrutiny.U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval Jr. sided with...
May 25 2007 // A Broward County Court has approved a class action settlement on behalf of more than 12,000 State Farm Insurance policyholders in Florida who will receive 100 percent of the damages they requested in a $6.8 million...
May 22 2007 // Hawaii State Insurance Commissioner J. P. Schmidt has revoked the insurance producer license of Amy Pohaiokalani Fernandez (aka Amy Pohaiokalani Waikiki and Pohai Waikiki) and fined her $20,000. Commissioner Schmidt...
May 21 2007 // State Farm to reopen 350 hurricane claims in LouisianaHolly Beach, La., October 3, 2005 – Nothing is left of the community of Holly Beach, once home to 300 residents and a favorite destination for thousands of...
May 17 2007 // Irma Kelly is frustrated over the cost of her Citizens Property Insurance coverage, so she came to a policyholder’s forum to give the state-run insurer’s chairman an earful.Kelly, a resident of a Broward County...
May 15 2007 // A new Florida law enacted during a 2007 January special session provides immediate savings for homeowners by shifting potential payments for hurricane losses from the homeowners receiving the current policy benefits to...
May 11 2007 // Lousiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon announced that State Farm has agreed to reevaluate all of the claims it denied from Louisiana policyholders whose homes or businesses were reduced to their foundations due to...
May 11 2007 // A class action settlement has been reached with Blue Cross of California, a Wellpoint subsidiary, concerning the cancellation of health insurance policies that occur after a claim for pre-authorized medical treatment. From...
May 9 2007 // Citizens Property Insurance Corp. will hold an open forum May 15 in Fort Lauderdale for policyholders and members of the public to discuss customer service plans, solicit suggestions for improvement and offer individual...
May 9 2007 // A federal judge has denied State Farm Fire and Casualty Co.’s request to dismiss a lawsuit against the insurer because the policyholders received an emergency Small Business Administration loan to help rebuild their...
May 7 2007 // The Coalition to Insure Against Terrorism (CIAT) and the American Insurance Association (AIA) jointly announced on April 24 that the two organizations have agreed on a set of common principles to be considered by Congress...
May 7 2007 // The Coalition to Insure Against Terrorism (CIAT) and the American Insurance Association (AIA) jointly announced on April 24 that the two organizations have agreed on a set of common principles to be considered by Congress...
May 7 2007 // Nationwide to readjust 500 Miss. Katrina claimsNationwide Mutual Insurance Co. will readjust claims for about 500 Mississippi policyholders whose homes were reduced to foundations by Hurricane Katrina, state Insurance...
May 7 2007 // State Farm has resolved 99 percent of all Katrina-related claims filed by policyholders.Sen. Lott settles Katrina claim with State Farm U.S. Sen. Trent Lott, R – Miss., has agreed to settle the lawsuit he filed...
May 2 2007 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale has approved rate changes for homeowners policies written by Shelter Insurance Co. and commercial policies written by Brierfield Insurance Co.The highest increase in some...
Apr 30 2007 // Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood didn’t wait long to take on the insurance industry for denying the claims of thousands of policyholders after Hurricane Katrina.Less than a month after the Aug. 29, 2005, storm...