All the headlines from our Policyholder Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 10 2005 // State Farm Insurance is issuing refunds to approximately 27,300 automobile insurance policyholders in Ontario, Canada as a result of a reported error in the application of a New Business Discount that was introduced in...
Dec 8 2005 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) announced it will oppose an amended regulator proposal to add federally-styled internal control measures to state insurance regulation, according to its...
Dec 6 2005 // Drivers who live within a mile of a church are far less likely to have a car accident than drivers who live more than a mile from a church. But those who live within one mile of a restaurant face a significantly greater...
Dec 5 2005 // In public and in an interview with Insurance Journal, Misissippi Insurance Commis-sioner George Dale comes across as a laid-back Mississippi farm-boy, but the commissioner, who has been reelected for eight terms, has...
Dec 5 2005 // Are you and your customers aware of potential policy “glitches” in their coverages? And what are you doing to help remedy the situation?Glitches in policies agents select for insureds and possible coverage...
Dec 4 2005 // In public and in an interview with Insurance Journal, Misissippi Insurance Commis-sioner George Dale comes across as a laid-back Mississippi farm-boy, but the commissioner, who has been reelected for eight terms, has...
Dec 4 2005 // Are you and your customers aware of potential policy “glitches” in their coverages? And what are you doing to help remedy the situation?Glitches in policies agents select for insureds and possible coverage...
Dec 2 2005 // An insurance broker was a representative for the California Fair Plan Insurance Co. with regard to the Northridge earthquake revival statute, which gave policyholders another year to file lawsuits against their insurers in...
Dec 1 2005 // Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal reported that more than 20 Connecticut municipalities, corporations and individuals will receive more money than anticipated from the Aon Corporation settlement after his...
Nov 30 2005 // A proposed “solution” to Florida’s hurricane insurance problems, based on impressive research and an independent actuarial analysis showing hundreds of millions of dollars in savings has been announced by...
Nov 25 2005 // Most insurance agents in Texas have never faced the damage caused by a catastrophic storm. Thankfully, massive hailstorms, tornadoes and hurricanes have been few and far between in our state. But, Hurricane Rita changed...
Nov 23 2005 // Jackson-based Mississippi Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance has announced that the strain of paying $450 million in claims after Hurricane Katrina has caused the company to cease writing policies in the state and transfer...
Nov 10 2005 // Mt. Washington Assurance Corporation announced the availability of its new Identity Fraud Expense Coverage for its New Hampshire policyholders. Offered as an inexpensive addition to existing homeowners policies, the...
Nov 9 2005 // Louisiana Department of Insurance issued a second notice regarding the Emergency Rules that require insurance companies to give policyholders affected by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita an automatic extension of time...
Nov 8 2005 // This week, Maine’s largest workers’ compensation insurer Maine Employers’ Mutual Insurance Company (MEMIC) is mailing $4 million in dividends to its policyholders for performance in 2002.More than 19,500...
Nov 7 2005 // Four days after Hurricane Wilma crossed southwest Florida and tore into South Florida, insurance agents in Naples and Miami told Insurance Journal they had not encountered the onslaught of claims they expected, but...
Nov 7 2005 // Glitches” in policies agents select for insureds and possible coverage “fixes” to close these gaps or lapses in coverage were discussed by Fred Macy, president of Gray Wolf Insurance Seminars, during the...
Nov 7 2005 // The Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corpora-tion, created in 2003 as a state-sanctioned “insurer of last resort” providing homeowners insurance to those who couldn’t get it on the open market, is...
Nov 6 2005 // Four days after Hurricane Wilma crossed southwest Florida and tore into South Florida, insurance agents in Naples and Miami told Insurance Journal they had not encountered the onslaught of claims they expected, but...
Nov 6 2005 // Glitches” in policies agents select for insureds and possible coverage “fixes” to close these gaps or lapses in coverage were discussed by Fred Macy, president of Gray Wolf Insurance Seminars, during the...