All the headlines from our Pricing Trends Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 24 2005 // The Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund has prevailed over a challenge to its most recent 52.8 percent rate increase by sedan owners.The Maryland Insurance Administration upheld the increase in an order signed by Acting...
Oct 24 2005 // Commercial insurance brokers from across the country say so far, the impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita has been minimal, but they are bracing for higher prices, reduced capacity, increases in deductibles and tighter...
Oct 18 2005 // The Florida Insurance Council, (FIC) is warning regulators against steep, politically-motivated cuts in workers’ compensation insurance rates.FIC said the reforms resulting from the massive workers’ comp bill...
Oct 17 2005 // Colorado automobile insurance rates have dropped between 16 and 39 percent, depending on the location of the driver and coverages purchased, according to a new Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, (PCI) and...
Oct 17 2005 // Colorado automobile insurance rates have dropped between 16 and 39 percent, depending on the location of the driver and coverages purchased, according to a new Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, (PCI) and...
Oct 14 2005 // The decline in airline insurance premium rates will slow during the October to December renewal season, despite a good industry safety record in 2005, according to the “Airline Insurance Market Review,” a new...
Oct 14 2005 // Medical Assurance Co. of Mississippi, a physician owned provider which covers about 70 percent of the state’s physicians, has announced a 5 percent decrease in its 2006 malpractice rates and a 10 percent refund on...
Oct 13 2005 // In an effort to reduce expenses for consumers, The New York Public Interest Research Group is calling on the state Insurance Department to compile rate information and post it online so state residents can more easily shop...
Oct 4 2005 // Horace Mann Educators Corp. has lowered auto insurance rates for West Virginia consumers an average of 4.4 percent effective Nov. 1, 2005. “We are pleased to reduce rates for educators in West Virginia,” said...
Oct 4 2005 // Medical insurer ProSelect has received approval for an average 2.3 percent increase in physicians’ and surgeons’ medical malpractice insurance rates in Rhode Island. However, the insurer lost its bid for an...
Oct 3 2005 // The cost of malpractice insurance for Arkansas doctors didn’t rise as much this year, but a new law limiting damages in liability suits isn’t getting the credit, according to the Associated Press and the...
Oct 3 2005 // Texas Medical Liability Trust announced that effective Jan. 1, 2006, it will reduce medical liability rates for new policyholders by 5 percent across the board. Current TMLT policyholders will receive this rate decrease...
Oct 3 2005 // The cost of malpractice insurance for Arkansas doctors didn’t rise as much this year, but a new law limiting damages in liability suits isn’t getting the credit, according to the Associated Press and the...
Oct 3 2005 // Industry pundits have praised today’s insurance chief executive officers as better informed and more disciplined than their peers of the past. The next few months may put that notion to the test as these leaders are...
Sep 30 2005 // One thing is known: auto insurance rates in Massachusetts will be going down in 2006. How much remains a matter for Insurance Commissioner Julianne Bowler to decide by the end of the year.Bowler today received her third...
Sep 26 2005 // In 2004, after growing significantly for three consecutive calendar years, direct premium volume for the surplus lines industry remained relatively flat, according to a special report released by A.M. Best Co. The...
Sep 25 2005 // Democrats questioned claims by the auto insurance industry and Colorado state insurance commissioner that rates declined after the state switched from a no-fault system to a tort system, saying 48 of 200 companies have not...
Sep 23 2005 // Pennsylvania State Rep. Phyllis Mundy this week explained to fellow lawmakers why they should approve a bill she has introduced to cut down on medical errors and rein in health-care inflation.Mundy’s legislation...
Sep 20 2005 // Texas Medical Liability Trust announced that effective Jan. 1, 2006, it will reduce medical liability rates for new policyholders by 5 percent across the board. Current TMLT policyholders will receive this rate decrease...
Sep 19 2005 // An overall 4.5 percent decrease for workers’ compensation in Florida in five major industrial classifications has been requested by the National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. of Boca Raton, Fla. This is the...