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Everest Subsidiary Offers Non Standard Auto Product in South Carolina
Sep 12 2008 // Everest Security Insurance Co., a U.S. insurance subsidiary of Everest Re Group Ltd., is now offering non-standard automobile insurance in South Carolina through its network of independent agents. Everest Security...
Drug Maker Not Liable in Death Caused by User, Maryland Court Rules
Sep 11 2008 // The Maryland Court of Appeals has ruled that drug manufacturer Eli Lilly was not liable for a fatal accident caused by a user of one of its diabetes drugs who blacked out while driving and crashed into another...
North Carolina Insured Drivers to See Rate Decrease of 16.1%
Sep 11 2008 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long signed an order requiring a 16.1 percent reduction in private passenger auto rates and a 11.7 percent reduction in motorcycle liability rates. The decreases will become...
California To Discuss PAYD Auto Insurance on Oct. 20
Sep 10 2008 // The California Department of Insurance has announced that it will host a public hearing at 10 a.m. on Oct. 20, 2008, in San Francisco, to discuss Commissioner Steve Poizner’s proposed pay-as-you-drive auto insurance...
State Auto Adds Real Time Rating for Agents in Ohio, Kentucky
Sep 10 2008 // The State Auto Insurance Companies announced today its introduction of real-time rating via SilverPlume Rating Solutions’ PL Rating for agents. State Auto is partnering with SilverPlume to offer their Web-based...
California in Holding Pattern on Insurance Bills
Sep 9 2008 // With Democratic and Republican legislators unable to agree on a budget since California’s fiscal year began on July 1, 2008, many state services — as well as insurance bills — are at a standstill. Gov....
Online Broker Upgrades Car Crash Safety Ratings Tool
Sep 9 2008 // Darien, Ill.-based Insure.com, Inc. has upgraded its Car Crash Safety Ratings Tool, which is a free, online information tool that displays car-safety data from both the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety and the...
S&P Report Says U.K. Auto Insurers Use of Prior-Year Reserves ‘Unsustainable’
Sep 8 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has issued an analysis of the U.K. motor insurance industry’s reported results, which concludes that “healthy reported numbers continue to hide high releases from...
Unitrin to Acquire Auto Insurer Direct Response Corp. for $220M
Sep 3 2008 // Unitrin, Inc. reported today that its subsidiary, Trinity Universal Insurance Co. is buying Direct Response Corp. and its subsidiaries. Trinity will acquire Direct Response in a cash transaction valued at approximately...
Report: Highly Satisfied Customers Have Higher Auto Renewal Rates
Sep 2 2008 // Auto insurance customers with high commitment levels not only make more recommendations and are more likely to renew their policies, but are also significantly less sensitive to pricing offers from competitors, according...
Gas Prices Drive N.Y. Rate Decreases
Sep 1 2008 // One of New York state’s largest auto insurers, GEICO, agreed to drop two requests for rate hikes after a plea by the state’s top regulator to consider the effect of high gas prices on customers’ driving...
Ballinger Keeps the Beat at the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas
Sep 1 2008 // SLSOT Celebrates its 20th Anniversary This Year Phil Ballinger, executive director of the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas, knows a lot about rhythm. He was a drummer with the Van Wilks Band long before he joined...
Auto Rates Rising for State Farm, Allstate Customers
Sep 1 2008 // Allstate and State Farm are raising their auto rates in Texas. State Farm filed with the Texas Department of Insurance increases of 2.4 percent and 7.3 percent, respectively, for its two auto insurance subsidiaries, State...
Montana Launches Driver’s Ed/Insurance Classroom Training
Sep 1 2008 // Montana State Auditor John Morrison’s office has launched a new auto insurance training program for teen drivers. The program, called “The Road to Understanding Auto Insurance,” is free to high school...
Drunk Driving Fatalities Decline in 32 States But Rise for Motorcyclists
Aug 29 2008 // New national figures show a significant decline in the number of drunk driving-related fatalities occurring nationally and in 32 individual states, according to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters. However, Peters...
Connecticut Says Use of Fake Auto Insurance Cards Growing
Aug 29 2008 // Counterfeit auto insurance cards have been a problem for years, say Connecticut insurance officials, but recently, the department’s fraud and investigations’ divisions have been seeing seen a lot more of the...
AAA Chicago Forecasts Slight Decrease in Labor Day Holiday Travel
Aug 29 2008 // AAA Chicago projects a slight decrease in the number of Americans traveling during the Labor Day holiday weekend. Nearly 34.38 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home this Labor Day holiday weekend, down...
California Commissioner Proposes Pay-As-You-Drive Regulations
Aug 27 2008 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has proposed regulations that would make green auto insurance option available for California consumers. If implemented, pay-as-you-drive auto insurance would allow motorists...
Update: Largest Florida Insurers Report Homeowners, Auto and Flood Claims
Aug 24 2008 // Insurers continue to tally claims from Tropical Storm Fay after its fourth landfall occurred on the Panhandle. The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation compiled and released the latest numbers from some of the...
Florida Homeowners and Auto Owners File Fay Claims
Aug 23 2008 // The claims are piling up in Florida as Tropical Storm Fay is knocking on the Panhandle’s door. The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation compiled and released the latest numbers from some of the state’s...
