All the headlines from our Pricing Trends Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 30 2004 // Maryland medical malpractice insurer, GE Medical Protective Co., has obtained approval for a 59.6 percent rate increase on its medical professional liability policies, slightly less than it had requested. GE Medical had...
Jun 28 2004 // Despite reductions in workers’ comp insurance premiums, California lawmakers will continue to debate the merits of rate regulation.After years of double-digit rate increases, many companies have filed with the...
Jun 21 2004 // The North Dakota Workforce Safety and Insurance (WSI) board of directors has authorized a premium increase for workers’ compensation coverage beginning July 1, 2004, according to a WSI statement. The rate increase is...
Jun 21 2004 // West Bend is far from the only Wisconsin-based regional mutual insurer making a mark. The CEO of Appleton, Wis.-based SECURA Insurance Cos., John Bykowski, took some time recently to talk with IJ during the Independent...
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...
Jun 18 2004 // The CEO of Appleton, Wis.-based SECURA Insurance Cos., John Bykowski, took some time recently to talk with IJ during the Independent Insurance Agents of Wisconsin’s annual convention. SECURA has total assets of $406...
Jun 17 2004 // A Standard & Poor’s survey found that two-thirds of insurance executives and analysts believe the recent mergers of St. Pauls/ Travelers and John Hancock/ Manulife indicate heightened industry consolidation...
Jun 17 2004 // Texas Lt. Governor David Dewhurst has reportedly taken State Farm and Farmers to task for not lowering their homeowners rates in the state at a faster pace and contesting the decreases in court.A report in the Houston...
Jun 10 2004 // Dallas-based MarketScout recently released its Market Barometer for May. Market Barometer for May MarketScout’s Market Barometer According to Richard Kerr, chairman and CEO, “The composite premium increase for...
Jun 7 2004 // Medical malpractice insurance rates are on the rise in Wyoming, and lawmakers anticipate being called into a special legislative session this summer to address the issue.The Doctors Co., which insures about 30 percent of...
Jun 7 2004 // At the California Department of Insurance (CDI) public hearing on May 13, the WCIRB submitted its July 1, 2004 regulatory filing reflecting the WCIRB’s analysis of the provisions of Senate Bill 899 and the impact of...
Jun 4 2004 // Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi approved the Automoblie Club of Southern California’s filing to reduce its insurance affiliate’s policy premiums by five percent.The filing, officially made by the...
Jun 1 2004 // The North Dakota Workforce Safety and Insurance (WSI) board of directors has authorized a premium increase for workers’ compensation coverage beginning July 1, 2004, according to a WSI statement. The rate increase is...
May 28 2004 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has recommended that California workers’ compensation insurers lower their rates by 20.9 percent for policies issued or renewed on or after July 1, 2004....
May 27 2004 // Zenith National Insurance Corp. reported that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Zenith Insurance Company, has filed with the California Department of Insurance its workers’ compensation rates for use on or after July 1,...
May 21 2004 // First Premium Insurance Group (FPIG) has introduced its new Supplemental Natural Disaster Protection (SNDP) program.The program pays directly to your insureds the monthly sum they select should their home become...
May 21 2004 // A recommendation from the New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board (CIRB) to increase employers’ average workers’ compensation premiums by 29 percent is “stunning and frightening,” according to...
May 19 2004 // The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) on Wednesday called on the commissioners of insurance in all 50 states to immediately make it clear that no insurance company should deny auto coverage to...
May 17 2004 // One of Wyoming’s major malpractice insurance providers has been granted an 11.9 percent increase in rates charged to doctors.The Doctors Co., which is based in Napa, Calif., and serves 31 percent of the state’s...
May 14 2004 // At the California Department of Insurance (CDI) public hearing on May 13, the WCIRB submitted its July 1, 2004 regulatory filing reflecting the WCIRB’s analysis of the provisions of Senate Bill 899 (SB 899) and the...