All the headlines from our Pricing Trends Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 24 2006 // 10 No rule change for Allstate in La.11 ID theft warning in Okla. AG cites scam targeting customers of Ketchum bank11 Agents selling federal flood policies must have trainingArk. reminds producers of their responsibilities...
Dec 20 2006 // Health care premiums grew about six times faster than earnings for Wyoming workers from 2000 to 2006, according to a report issued Monday by a consumer group.Families USA found that annual premiums for family health care...
Dec 20 2006 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department has approved a workers’ compensation voluntary loss cost decrease of 0.9 percent on average along with a reduction in assigned risk rates of 0.6 percent. The new figures go into...
Dec 19 2006 // Driver death rates in minicars are higher than in any other vehicle category and more than double the death rates in midsize and large cars, a new study shows.For the first time, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety...
Dec 11 2006 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund is calling for a 9 percent average decrease in collectible premium in its latest filing of workers’ compensation rates for 2007. The new rate will affect new and...
Dec 11 2006 // Although not as substantial as those sought by the Texas Windstorm Insurance Associa-tion, Texas Insurance Commis-sioner Mike Geeslin signed an order on Nov. 15 giving TWIA rate hikes of 3.7 percent for commercial property...
Dec 10 2006 // state’s high-risk pool is slowing recovery for small businesses on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Dec 10 2006 // Although welcome, some think it’s not enough9 Louisiana’s special session Despite protests, governor calls for 10-day session10 Judge says water may be covered in New Orleans canal caseAmbiguities in policies...
Dec 6 2006 // The typical U.S. driver will pay less for auto insurance in 2007 than in 2006, with the average premium expenditure expected to drop by 0.5 percent, reported the industry-backed Insurance Information Institute.The average...
Dec 6 2006 // Expected health insurance premium increases of between 8 and 13 percent in Massachusetts are being driven more than ever by the costs of expensive specialty drugs, according to officials from some of the state’s...
Nov 28 2006 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund is calling for a 9 percent average decrease in collectible premium its latest filing of workers’ compensation rates for 2007. The new rate will affect new and...
Nov 20 2006 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn has approved insurance rate cuts for State Farm homeowner policies as well as for private passenger auto policies from three AIG companies, from Harleysville Insurance and from...
Nov 20 2006 // N.Y. workers’ comp trusts: rising prices and broker concernsThe inadequate rates that many of New York’s workers’ compensation self-insured trusts charge may increase effective Jan. 1, 2007 due to...
Nov 20 2006 // Commercial insurance premiums fell slightly in the third quarter of this year, representing a continuation of the trends that occurred in the past two quarters, according to the RIMS Benchmark Survey, which surveys current...
Nov 20 2006 // Stock Prices: Commercial lines stock prices were up 7 percent through the first nine months of 2006. In October, insurers reported dramatic changes from 2005 third quarter earnings that were dominated by catastrophe losses...
Nov 19 2006 // Stock Prices: Commercial lines stock prices were up 7 percent through the first nine months of 2006. In October, insurers reported dramatic changes from 2005 third quarter earnings that were dominated by catastrophe losses...
Nov 19 2006 // Commercial insurance premiums fell slightly in the third quarter of this year, representing a continuation of the trends that occurred in the past two quarters, according to the RIMS Benchmark Survey, which surveys current...
Nov 16 2006 // Although not as substantial as those sought by the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin signed an order on Nov. 15 giving TWIA rate hikes of 3.7 percent for commercial property...
Nov 15 2006 // Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the state’s insurer of last resort, wants to increase homeowners rates by an average 31.7 percent for its 135,000 policyholders.Citizens, the third-largest insurer in the...
Nov 10 2006 // Four of the state’s five largest medical malpractice insurers have revised their rates to produce an average decrease of almost 2 percent for Ohio doctors this year, following years of increases, the Ohio Department...