All the headlines from our Policyholder Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 14 2007 // Some of the lawyers who helped negotiate a proposed settlement with State Farm Insurance Cos. over Hurricane Katrina damage claims withdrew their request Monday for a federal judge to approve the multimillion dollar...
Mar 14 2007 // Citizens is one step closer to providing policyholders with more options and premium savings, thanks to approval of the Multi-Peril Business Plan by the Financial Services Commission.“We are excited about providing...
Mar 12 2007 // Louisiana’s state-run insurer has agreed to a mass settlement with more than 100 policyholders, a deal believed to be the first of its kind in the state since hurricanes Katrina and Rita spawned thousands of...
Mar 12 2007 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. recently announced it will pay $1.25 billion in dividends to its mutual auto insurance policyholders in 46 states, the District of Columbia and the Canadian province of New...
Mar 12 2007 // Alleging that insurers failed to pay or properly adjust claims for 200,000 policyholders in Florida by ignoring fees for rebuilding permits, a group representing homeowners has filed suits against three insurers.The...
Mar 12 2007 // U.S. District Judge L.T. Senter Jr., the federal judge weighing competing plans to resolve thousands of disputed claims in Mississippi against State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. after Hurricane Katrina, held a hearing...
Mar 12 2007 // La. insurance regulators probe Allstate’s policy cancellationsLouisiana insurance regulators are investigating whether Allstate Insurance Co. is canceling policies without properly inspecting homes to see if they are...
Mar 9 2007 // With its financial records in disarray, Louisiana’s state-run insurance company of last resort will get a new chief administrator and beef up its management with a chief financial officer and internal auditor,...
Mar 6 2007 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon has ordered Allstate to scrap its property inspection process that led to the cancellation of more than 4,700 homeowners policies and reinstate coverage on those homeowners...
Mar 5 2007 // Arrowpoint Capital Corp. has completed the acquisition of all Royal & SunAlliance USA businesses formerly owned by Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group plc of London. Arrowpoint Capital Corp. was formed in June...
Mar 2 2007 // Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon announced that Department of Insurance staff will be inspecting the properties of 18 Allstate policyholders in Jefferson, Orleans and St. Bernard Parishes who complained to...
Mar 2 2007 // A federal judge weighing competing plans to resolve thousands of disputed claims against State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. after Hurricane Katrina heard emotional testimony Wednesday in Gulfport from Mississippi...
Mar 1 2007 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. announced that auto insurance policyholders in California will receive a dividend 15 percent of their semi-annual premium. The total amount to be distributed is estimated to total...
Feb 28 2007 // Alleging that insurers failed to pay or properly adjust claims for 200,000 policyholders in Florida by ignoring fees for rebuilding permits, a group representing homeowners has filed suits against three insurers.The...
Feb 21 2007 // Louisiana’s state-run insurer is nearing a mass settlement with policyholders that would be the first deal of its kind in the state since hurricanes Katrina and Rita spawned thousands of lawsuits, an attorney for the...
Feb 21 2007 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matthew Denn has conditionally approved a management buyout of Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group’s U.S. operations, even while chastising the company’s British parent for...
Feb 15 2007 // Mississippi officials are concerned about the effect State Farm’s decision to curtail its insurance writings will have on rebuilding efforts and remaining insurance markets.State Farm, Mississippi’s largest...
Feb 14 2007 // Insurance companies are seeking to invalidate an emergency rule adopted last month by the Florida Financial Services Commission that restricts their right to price and drop homeowners policies.The rule, 690ER07-01,...
Feb 8 2007 // Citizens Property Insurance Corp. paid out more than $520,000 in claims payments to policyholders affected by the Feb. 2 storms according to a company official.“We’ve paid $521,951 in damage claims and have...