All the headlines from our Policyholder Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 6 2005 // Arkansas2006 Comp Rates Released The Arkansas Workers’ Compens-ation Commission released its revised Advisory 2000-1, which describes the maximum and minimum rates to be paid to employees who suffer job-related...
Nov 2 2005 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance issued a reminder that the department’s Emergency Rules required insurance companies to give policyholders affected by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita an automatic extension...
Nov 1 2005 // U.S. property/casualty insurers will pay an estimated $4.7 billion for insured property losses to residential and commercial policyholders affected by Hurricane Rita, according to preliminary analysis by ISO’s...
Oct 31 2005 // Four days after Hurricane Wilma crossed southwest Florida and tore into South Florida, insurance agents told Insurance Journal they had not encountered the onslaught of claims they expected, but since a large percentage of...
Oct 28 2005 // Southwest and South Florida are recovering, very slowly, from the after-effects of Hurricane Wilma, which crossed over Naples on Monday and then speedily traveled due east to Miami and South Florida. Margaret M. Weems,...
Oct 27 2005 // The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has collaborated with National Equipment Register (NER) to help deter heavy contractors equipment theft and increase the chances of recovering stolen equipment by offering its...
Oct 24 2005 // Hailed as a means of saving Louisiana’s foundering insurance industry when it was formed two years ago, a state-created insurance company is being slammed by policyholders and an advocacy group for its alleged...
Oct 24 2005 // A settlement has been reached between the North Carolina Department of Insurance and the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, the nation’s largest minority owned insurer, based in Durham. Insurance...
Oct 24 2005 // In July, James Fry of Dagsboro, e-mailed Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn about an increase in his homeowner insurance premium that he knew couldn’t be right.Fry asked for an explanation of a proposed annual...
Oct 24 2005 // With thousands of Floridians impacted by Hurricane Wilma, Citizens Property Insurance Corporation has activated its toll-free claims reporting hotline for policyholders to report property damage, according to Bob Ricker,...
Oct 21 2005 // St. Paul Travelers and its member company First Floridian have mobilized their Catastrophe Response Team to assist policyholders that may be affected by Hurricane Wilma.The company has deployed team members to Tampa and...
Oct 18 2005 // Integrity Insurance of Appleton, Wis., is introducing a victim resolution and education program to aid its policyholders.The program, Integrity Identity Theft Services, is being offered in partnership with Identity Theft...
Oct 17 2005 // Marsh & McLennan reported that about 70,000 policyholders have opted for payouts from an $850 million fund formed to settle New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer’s investigation into bid rigging and price...
Oct 17 2005 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has announced that $386 million has been distributed this year to policyholders and claimants of insolvent (bankrupt) insurers liquidated through the state’s...
Oct 17 2005 // Marsh & McLennan reported that about 70,000 policyholders have opted for payouts from an $850 million fund formed to settle New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer’s investigation into bid rigging and price...
Oct 17 2005 // National and state insurance associations are to be congratulated for contributing funds, supplies and manpower to thwart the after-effects of Hurricane Katrina; while Mississippi politicians, including Attorney General...
Oct 17 2005 // CaliforniaJudge throws out $700 million jury award in Executive Life Suit A federal judge has thrown out a $700 million (euro586 million) award for punitive damages won by the state of California in a lawsuit stemming from...
Oct 14 2005 // An analysis rate structure analysis of Citizens Property Insurance Corp. was just completed after an order by the Office of Insurance Regulation, indicates that Palm Beach, Broward and Dade county policyholders could soon...
Oct 12 2005 // Several solutions to hasten the Hurricane Katrina claims process have been suggested by Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale, such as a mediation program to settle contested insurance or a town hall meeting to...
Oct 12 2005 // Nationwide Insurance has reached an agreement with the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation to audit its claims from the 2004 hurricane season and correct any underpayments.OIR announced that under the agreement...