All the headlines from our Policyholder Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 3 2006 // The jury pool in south Mississippi has been tainted by “media propaganda” about the insurance industry’s handling of claims after Hurricane Katrina, a major insurer argued in a bid to move the trials for...
Oct 2 2006 // The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry’s net income after taxes fell 9.3 percent to $28.3 billion in first-half 2006 from $31.2 billion in first-half 2005 as investment results deteriorated. Reflecting the...
Oct 1 2006 // A federal grand jury in Jackson, Miss., has ordered a transcript from an Oklahoma case in which State Farm Insurance Co. was hit with a $13 million judgment involving a lawsuit by policyholders from a 1999 tornado.Records...
Sep 25 2006 // Residential property owners in Florida could potentially save from 4 to 14 percent on the sinkhole portion of their home insurance premium due to changes in coverage enacted earlier this year.However, because the sinkhole...
Sep 25 2006 // Despite the softening property/casualty market, commercial insureds who find liability insurance unavailable or unaffordable, as well as those who desire stability and control of their liability programs, continue to...
Sep 25 2006 // The Texas Legislature’s Texas Joint Committee on Wind-storm Coverage and Budgetary Impact held a public hearing in Corpus Christi in late August, and two of the state’s agent associations–the Independent...
Sep 25 2006 // Writing property insurance in Texas can be a difficult proposition, especially in a time when the frequency and severity of catastrophic coastal storms is increasing. To address this problem, the Texas Joint Committee on...
Sep 25 2006 // Texas agents urge legislators to address windstorm problemsThe Texas Legislature’s Texas Joint Committee on Wind-storm Coverage and Budgetary Impact held a public hearing in Corpus Christi in late August, and two of...
Sep 25 2006 // Despite the softening property/casualty market, commercial insureds who find liability insurance unavailable or unaffordable, as well as those who desire stability and control of their liability programs, continue to...
Sep 18 2006 // All Florida homeowners with insurance will likely pay a little over 2 percent extra on their premium when they renew to help bail out the state-backed insurance company for people who can’t get coverage from private...
Sep 18 2006 // Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota may pay premium refunds to some policyholders, Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem said, concluding state law does not prohibit the idea.Stenehjem’s legal opinion, issued last...
Sep 12 2006 // Residential property owners in Florida could potentially save up to from 4 to 14 percent on the sinkhole portion of their home insurance premium due to changes in coverage enacted earlier this year.However, since the...
Sep 10 2006 // In a blow to hundreds of Mississippi homeowners whose insurance claims were denied after Hurricane Katrina, a federal judge has ruled that policyholders suing their insurers must file their lawsuits individually instead of...
Sep 7 2006 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Susan Cogswell plans a public forum on Sept. 21 to air concerns over availability of property insurance in the state’s coastal areas.The forum is being called following reports of...
Sep 6 2006 // California’s largest homeowners insurance company has requested at 10.6 percent reduction in homeowners’ insurance rates for its 1.2 million policyholders in California, according to the Department of...
Sep 4 2006 // Chubb, State Farm reducing auto rates in CaliforniaState Farm Insurance, California’s largest auto insurer, has applied for an 8 percent average reduction for its policyholders while simultaneously implementing new...
Sep 4 2006 // State Farm Insurance, California’s largest auto insurer, has applied for an 8 percent average reduction for its policyholders while simultaneously implementing new auto rate regulations, according to the Department...
Aug 29 2006 // Who are the moles? The question was like a parlor game for employees of State Farm Insurance Co. after Hurricane Katrina, one they nervously played during coffee breaks or in the parking lot after work.Richard...
Aug 25 2006 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund is extending credit to policyholders who have suffered a financial loss or business disruption caused by the recent severe heat wave. “State Fund recognizes that...
Aug 23 2006 // The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies is lowering its automobile insurance rates in California by an average of 34 percent. Furthermore, the company said it is rolling out new coverage options including high limits of...