All the headlines from our Policyholder Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Feb 5 2007 // A state hearing officer recommended Friday that Delaware’s insurance commissioner approve the proposed management buyout and eventual dissolution of Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group’s U.S....
Feb 5 2007 // Facing hundreds of hurricane-damage lawsuits on the Mississippi coast, State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. cited back-to-back years of storm losses in announcing Friday it will not renew coverage for about 2,600 policyholders...
Feb 2 2007 // A North Dakota judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to change the way one of the state’s largest insurance companies picks its board of directors.Northwest District Judge Douglas Mattson of Minot ruled against...
Jan 29 2007 // Louisiana’s state-run insurer won approval for big rate increases on Jan. 17, 2007, meaning double- and triple-digit hikes in insurance costs for homeowners and businesses along the coast.The increases for Citizens...
Jan 29 2007 // Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale held a public hearing on a proposed insurance bill of rights, saying the provisions would help policyholders understand exactly what coverage they have.Dale hopes to have the...
Jan 28 2007 // New York Sens. Hillary Clinton and Charles Schumer, along with New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, have expressed concerns that the deal may leave Royal Indemnity unable to meet its obligations.A proposed management...
Jan 28 2007 // Louisiana’s state-run insurer won approval for big rate increases on Jan. 17, 2007, meaning double- and triple-digit hikes in insurance costs for homeowners and businesses along the coast.The increases for Citizens...
Jan 26 2007 // A landmark legal settlement with State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. promises to jump-start the rebuilding process for thousands of Mississippi homeowners devastated by Hurricane Katrina, but critics warn the deal could...
Jan 25 2007 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fraud said it will be extending credit terms to policyholders who have suffered a financial loss or business disruption from the widespread freezing weather across the state...
Jan 24 2007 // State Farm Insurance has agreed to settle a Mississippi class action brought by more than 600 policyholders involving property claims related to Hurricane Katrina and reopen thousands of additional Katrina claims.There is...
Jan 23 2007 // A Mississippi grand jury probing State Farm Insurance Co.’s handling of claims after Hurricane Katrina heard testimony this week from two sisters who turned over reams of internal claims records to investigators...
Jan 22 2007 // A proposed management buyout and eventual dissolution of Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group’s U.S. operations could leave policyholders in jeopardy, according to critics trying to halt the deal that is before...