All the headlines from our Policyholder Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 6 2004 // Policyholders in insurer-funded programs were concerned that they might have to pay twice—some had originally posted large amounts of collateral and were now being requested to pay again.On June 28, 2004, Pennsylvania...
Sep 6 2004 // The Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) urged Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to sign into law three significant bills that respond to issues raised following last year’s Southern California wildfires....
Sep 2 2004 // St. Paul Travelers and its subsidiary First Floridian have mobilized their Catastrophe Response Team to assist policyholders who may be affected by Hurricane Frances.Because of the company’s response to Hurricane...
Aug 19 2004 // The Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) today urged Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to sign into law three significant bills that respond to issues raised following last year’s Southern California...
Aug 9 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services affirmed its “A+” counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Gulf Insurance Co. and the other members of Gulf Insurance Group (Gulf) and removed them...
Aug 6 2004 // New Jersey Banking and Insurance Commissioner Holly Bakke recently commended Liberty Mutual’s decision to return nearly $15 million to more than 200,000 policyholders.Liberty Mutual’s decision brings the total...
Aug 4 2004 // Anthem Inc. filed a lawsuit against the California Insurance Commissioner in the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles.The suit seeks to set aside the Commissioner’s decision to...
Jul 29 2004 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long has signed three settlement agreements with companies that reportedly participated in discriminatory rating practices in North Carolina.The settlements with the companies,...
Jul 28 2004 // After four years of litigation, and on the eve of trial, four companies in the ACE insurance group have reportedly agreed to pay $14 million to settle a national class action brought by a company in Lancaster County,...
Jul 22 2004 // Acknowledging that Arkansas law imposes minimal restrictions on underwriting, the Arkansas Insurance Department nevertheless announced that it expects property and casualty insurers to give proper attention to the explicit...
Jul 21 2004 // The Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) is opposed to a Department of Insurance (DOI) proposal that would overcharge policyholders with excessive fees.“The department may exceed its authority under...
Jul 19 2004 // In recent months, Montana lawmakers have been discussing the state’s workers’ comp system, primarily the existence and function of the Montana State Fund. There has been talk of privatizing the Fund, or selling...
Jul 8 2004 // U.S. property/casualty insurers are expected to pay homeowners and businesses an estimated $1.65 billion for insured property-loss claims from six catastrophes affecting 23 states in the second quarter, according to...
Jul 6 2004 // A new law signed last week by Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell marks the successful conclusion of a multi-year effort to fix problems arising from the Reliance Insurance Company insolvency, according to the American...
Jun 28 2004 // New Jersey Banking and Insurance Commissioner Holly Bakke predicted recently that positive financial results for a majority of companies in the auto insurance marketplace will continue to produce returns for New Jersey...
Jun 24 2004 // At the recently held Texas Mutual Insurance Company annual policyholder meeting Chairman Martin H. Young Jr. took the opportunity to credit the company’s success to the board of directors, management and all of the...
Jun 21 2004 // Both the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America and the American Insurance Association issued bulletins lauding the Treasury Department’s action in extending the availability provisions of the Terrorism...
Jun 21 2004 // The Colorado Division of Insurance (DOI), responding to a recent state Supreme Court ruling, is expected to issue an emergency regulation requiring insurance companies to change the way that they bill for uninsured and...
Jun 21 2004 // The California Department of Insurance announced it has received $110 million on behalf of California policyholders of insurance sold by Executive Life Insurance Company (ELIC) and its 330,000 former policyholders. The...
Jun 21 2004 // State Compensation Insurance Fund announced a seven percent rate decrease on new and renewal policies with an effective date on or after July 1, 2004. The decrease is a result of the cost saving reforms adopted by the...