AMEX Enters N.J. Auto Insurance Market Via Internet Sales August 01, 2005AMEX Assurance Company,of the American Express Property Casualty companies, is now writing insurance...
N.Y. Auto Premium Cuts Continue June 27, 2005New York officials announced that American International Group, Chubb, and General Motors Acceptance...
W.V. Commission Approves 1.9 Percent GEICO Rate Decrease June 20, 2005The West Virginia Insurance Commission has approved Government Employees Insurance Company's (GEICO'...
N.J. Drivers Geared Towards More Savings in 2005 May 25, 2005New Jersey Banking and Insurance Acting Commissioner Donald Bryan recently announced that during the...
Keynote: Auto Insurance Web Sites Main Consumer Source for Quotes May 24, 2005New competitive intelligence from Keynote Systems, The Internet Performance Authority, reported that...
ACIC Elects Board Members May 13, 2005Members of the Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) have elected Cinda Smith, senior...
Liberty Mutual Becomes 10th Insurer to Reduce N.Y. Auto Rates May 09, 2005Liberty Mutual, a Boston-based insurer with more than a quarter-million New York auto policyholders,...
Allstate Drives Forward with N.Y. Auto Rate Cuts May 02, 2005Acting Superintendent of Insurance Howard Mills announced that Allstate Insurance Company, New York'...
Turning Politics into Green for Favored 'Blue' Insurers April 28, 2005A San Francisco-based nonprofit group that wants more consumers to support businesses that back libe...
N.Y. Central Mutual Drops Auto Rates 5% April 21, 2005Acting Superintendent of Insurance Howard Mills announced that the New York State Insurance Departme...
Fitch Moves Berkshire Hathaway's Outlook to Negative April 19, 2005Fitch Ratings has revised the Rating Outlook to Negative from Stable on the 'AAA' long-term issuer a...
S&P Lowers AIG Ratings to 'AA+'; To Hold Conference March 31, 2005And then there was one. The announcement late yesterday, March 30, that Standard & Poor's Ratings Se...
Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett on Insurance Economics and 2004 Results March 08, 2005By Chairman Warren Buffett's own admission, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. did not have one of its best ...
Warren Buffett Praises N.J. Auto Insurance Market Turnaround and Outgoing Chief Bakke March 07, 2005Star mogul Warren E. Buffett loves New Jersey, at least its auto insurance market.
In his annual ...
Progressive to Return to N.J. Auto Market March 03, 2005Tucked away in the 2004 annual report of Progressive Insurance is big news for the New Jersey auto i...
State Farm Cutting N.Y. Auto Insurance Rates 5% March 01, 2005State Farm Mutual will reduce its auto premiums in New York state by an average of 5 percent, accord...
Travelers Cuts N.Y. Auto Rates February 11, 2005New Yorkers who insure their private passenger automobile through Travelers will see on average a 5....
Amica Latest to Cut N.Y. Auto Insurance Rates February 04, 2005Acting New York Superintendent of Insurance Howard Mills announced that most New Yorkers who insure ...
N.J. Commissioner Bakke Resigns February 02, 2005Acting Governor Richard J. Codey has accepted the resignation of Banking and Insurance Commissioner ...
Consumer Group Hits Payment of Contingent Commissions in Personal Insurance as Harmful to Buyers January 27, 2005A new report by a national consumer organization claims that contingent fee arrangements "similar" t...
Nationwide Latest Auto Insurer to Cut N.Y. Rates January 12, 2005The New York State Insurance Departmentannounced that Nationwide Insurance will reduce auto rate pre...
N.Y. Rates Auto Insurers Based on Complaints January 03, 2005With only one upheld complaint, Amica Mutual Insurance Co. of Rhode Island, a perennial top 10 finis...
Another N.Y. Auto Insurer Reduces Rates December 30, 2004New York Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio announced that Progressive Northeastern Insura...
Met Life Agrees to Cut N.Y. Auto Rates 6% December 23, 2004Another auto insurer has agreed to reduce its rates in New York State in response to Superintendent ...
N.Y. Insurance Department to Approve 6% Auto Rate Drop for GEICO Customers December 16, 2004New York Superintendent of Insurance Gregory Serio announced on Thursday that GEICO auto insurance c...
Gates to Join Berkshire Board December 16, 2004Berkshire Hathaway, the longtime and phenomenally successful investment company run by Warren Buffet...
Judge Offers Decision in GEICO, Google Dispute December 15, 2004The use of the GEICO trademark to trigger Google paid ads that include the GEICO name reportedly vio...
Court Overturns Ruling on Auto Rate Settings December 02, 2004The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned a lower court ruling that would have reportedly giv...
N.Y. Superintendent Calls for Auto Rate Reassessment as Fraud-Fighting Successes Drop Insurers' Losses November 23, 2004New York Superintendent of Insurance Gregory Serio on Tuesday announced the commencement of an immed...
State Farm Decision to Stay in New Jersey Auto Market Latest Sign of Improved Insurance Environment November 10, 2004A flurry of special dividends and a series of rate reduction announcements from auto insurers, coupl...
Hurricane Losses Have $816 Million Impact on Berkshire's Q3 Earnings November 08, 2004Berkshire Hathaway Inc., the giant investment group run by Warren Buffet, reported a significant dec...
GEICO Expansion Creates Jobs in Buffalo September 14, 2004Last month, New Jersey state officials announced that GEICO is now selling private passenger automob...
S&P Affirms GEICO and Subs 'AAA' Ratings September 03, 2004Standard & Poor's Ratings Services announced that it has affirmed its 'AAA' counterparty credit rati...
Crawford & Company Names Crawford as CEO September 03, 2004Crawford & Company has announced that its board of d...
I.I.I. Lists Insurance "Hotlines" for Frances September 03, 2004The Insurance Information Institute has published a list of insurance company toll free numbers for ...
Crawford & Co. Board of Directors Names Crawford CEO August 26, 2004Atlanta-based Crawford & Co. announced that its Board of Directors has named Thomas Crawford as CEO....
J.D. Power Study: Satisfaction High for Auto Insurance Consumers Using the Internet August 19, 2004A small but growing group of customers are turning to the Internet rather than phone calls or office...
GEICO Returns to N.J. Auto Market August 16, 2004New Jersey state officials this morning announced that GEICO has "good news" for state residents. Be...
Md. Appeals Court Backs Insurer in PIP Waiver Case August 03, 2004A Maryland appeals court has upheld a 2003 circuit court decision by maintaining that personal injur...
Sacramento Mortgage Broker Arrested in Alleged Auto Insurance Scam July 07, 2004Jesse L. Jackson, 34, of Sacramento, was arrested at his residence June 28 and booked into the count...
Best Affirms GEICO's 'A++' Rating June 14, 2004A.M. Best Co. announced that it "has affirmed GEICO's "A++" (Superior) financial strength rating, an...
S&P Affirms GEICO and Subs 'AAA' Ratings May 27, 2004Standard & Poor's Ratings Services announced that it has affirmed its 'AAA' counterparty credit rati...
Berkshire to Acquire 16% Stake in White Mountains May 27, 2004Berkshire Hathaway Inc., the investment holding company headed by Warren Buffett, has agreed to exer...
New Mexico Court Invalidates Family Exclusions in Umbrella Policies April 26, 2004Insurance companies in New Mexico may no longer exclude family members from coverage under so-called...
State Officials to Welcome GEICO at Opening of New La. Claims Office April 12, 2004State and local Louisiana officials will be on hand to welcome GEICO when it opens its new claims se...
Calif. Attorney Sentenced in Alleged Auto Fraud Ring March 05, 2004A five-year undercover investigation into a staged auto collision ring came to a conclusion Friday w...
GEICO Names John Zinno, Greg Jacobi for New Buffalo Center March 02, 2004GEICO's board of directors announced that it has named John Zinno as general manager of the company'...
NYSID Publishes Annual Ranking of Automobile Insurance Complaints December 31, 2003The New York State Insurance Department has published its annual compilation of the state's 50 large...
GEICO to Open New Facility in Buffalo December 24, 2003GEICO and New York Governor George Pataki's office announced that the auto insurer has selected Buff...
Insurers Urge 11th Circuit to Overturn Fla. Ruling That Usurps State Regulation of Insurance July 21, 2003The four national property/casualty insurance industry trade associations filed an amicus brief late...
