All the headlines from our Policyholder Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 20 2005 // With three weeks remaining before the end of the 2005 sessions of the Florida Legislature, it appears that only a few insurance-related proposals have made it through the process of elimination. Remaining proposals...
Apr 20 2005 // Calling insurers “dead wrong” for canceling or non-renewing homeowners who file a legitimate insurance claim, California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced new regulations to protect homeowners...
Apr 18 2005 // Insurance, Recovery Services and Preventive MeasuresOne in 23 adults can expect to be victimized this year by identity thieves, at a cost to Americans of more than $50 billion. That’s according to the 2005 Identity...
Apr 18 2005 // GAO Study Explores Examples of How Public-Private Insurance Partnerships OperateA new U.S. government report indicates that the private U.S. insurance industry would be placed under enormous strain without government...
Apr 18 2005 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has approved a 4.2 percent reduction in personal auto policy rates for “loyal” State Farm customers, a savings of more than $110 million for those policyholders....
Apr 5 2005 // Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has approved a -4.2 percent reduction in personal auto policy rates for “loyal” State Farm customers, a savings of more than $110 million for those policyholders.The...
Apr 4 2005 // Charges by the California Department of Insurance that the California homeowners insurance industry arbitrarily nonrenews or raises rates on homeowners who file one claim or make an inquiry about their coverage is little...
Mar 31 2005 // A new U.S. government report indicates that the private U.S. insurance industry would be placed under enormous strain without government intervention if there were a major terrorist or catastrophic event or series of...
Mar 30 2005 // Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher on Wednesday raised concerns with confusing policy language and recommended solutions for helping consumers navigate through their homeowners insurance policies and...
Mar 21 2005 // Thousands of irate homeowners mobbed state insurance officials in Florida and Alabama to complain about a wait of more than six months for their claims to be settled from the 2004 hurricanes.Tom Gall-agher, Florida Chief...
Mar 21 2005 // In an annual statement filed with the California Department of Insurance, State Compensation Insurance Fund documented that its policyholder surplus–assets minus claims reserves and other liabilities–increased...
Mar 21 2005 // Tom Gallagher, Florida’s CEO and House Insurance Committee Chair Rep. Dennis A. Ross, R-Lakeland, listened intently to an array of hurricane-related complaints – from families with nowhere to live to homeowners...
Mar 8 2005 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced the launch of its health care provider referral service for policyholders. The toll-free phone number, (800) 381-8067, provides a list of network health care providers for...
Mar 2 2005 // Commercial and industrial property insurer FM Global has reported a third consecutive year of strong operating performance, with 2004 marking a period in which the company increased its policyholder surplus significantly;...
Mar 2 2005 // In an annual statement filed Wednesday with the California Department of Insurance, State Compensation Insurance Fund documented that its policyholder surplus — assets minus claims reserves and other liabilities...
Mar 2 2005 // On Feb. 2, 2005, Utah Third District Judge Leslie A. Lewis ruled in favor of Workers Compensation Fund, dismissing an action brought by the Utah State Auditor. In that action, the State Auditor asserted that WCF was a...
Feb 25 2005 // Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Diane Koken, in her role as statutory liquidator for Reliance Insurance Company, announced today that the department has finalized the negotiation of an $85 million settlement with the...
Feb 22 2005 // The chairwoman of a state Senate oversight committee has requested an audit of a $600 million settlement between the state insurance department and defendants accused of fraudulently acquiring the assets of the now-defunct...
Feb 21 2005 // Citizens Property Insurance Co. is in the limelight again, this time because it is refusing to pay property losses, even after losing a South Florida appeals court decision.Hurricane Irene brought both wind and water when...
Feb 16 2005 // The Executive Life Action Network, an activist group of former Executive Life Insurance Co. policyholders, called on California State Senator Jackie Speier, Chairperson of the Senate Insurance Committee, to investigate the...