Florida’s state-backed property insurer is lowering the amount of coverage it provides for high-value properties from $1 million to $900,000,...
Monthly Archives: January 2015

The Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Association (MPIUA) — also known as the Massachusetts FAIR Plan — has expanded to include...

Auto thefts in New York and Massachusetts have fallen by 90 percent or more from their peak years, according to...
A governor’s commission aimed at addressing New Hampshire’s high workers’ compensation costs recommended no significant changes to state laws in...
Maryland’s Republican Gov.-elect Larry Hogan has named Al Redmer, Jr. to be the state’s insurance commissioner. Maryland’s current insurance commissioner,...

Rhode Island’s Insurance Superintendent Joseph Torti III issued a bulletin on Dec. 22 on the Ocean State transitioning to new...

Los Angeles-based Farmers Insurance announced it will offer insurance and financial services to Connecticut consumers starting in January. Farmers began...
Independent insurance agents’ strengths in customer service and risk management could be challenged by changing consumer behaviors, new technologies and...
BNSF Railway Co., the railroad owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., is reconsidering a plan to buy 5,000 oil-tank...
Private mortgage insurers in the United States may have to cut premiums to better compete with the Federal Housing Administration,...