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Pennsylvania Sting Nets 24 Arrests for Auto Insurance Fraud
Jan 10 2010 // Twenty-four people, including 17 New York residents, six from New Jersey and one Pennsylvania resident, have been charged with insurance fraud and other related offenses after falsely claiming to be Pennsylvania residents...
Auto Premiums Decline in Ohio; Homeowners Rates Rise
Jan 10 2010 // The Ohio Department of Insurance reports that auto insurance rates in that state declined for the third consecutive year but homeowners rates have risen slightly. The department based its assessments on data released by...
Mich. Auto Insurance Bills Stall
Jan 10 2010 // The insurance industry got a reprieve in late December when the state Senate adjourned without taking up legislation passed by the House of Representatives that carriers say would have stripped insurers of underwriting...
West Virginia Court Sides with Insurer on Antitrust Claim by Cancelled Agent
Jan 10 2010 // An insurance company has won a victory over one of its former West Virginia agents who claimed the insurer violated state antitrust law when it cancelled his contracts to sell its life and property/casualty products. The...
North Dakota Has 3rd Lowest Auto Insurance Rates, Commissioner Says
Jan 8 2010 // North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm says drivers in his state are still paying among the lowest auto insurance premiums in the nation, according to the “Auto Insurance Database Report 2006/2007”...
Foremost Offers New Auto Product in Maryland
Jan 7 2010 // Foremost Insurance Group is offering a new auto insurance program in Maryland that includes increased limit and deductible options. The new program, called DistinctChoice Auto, includes multi-policy discounts (Farmers,...
Auto Insurance Key to Michigan State Senator’s Gubernatorial Bid
Jan 7 2010 // State Sen. Hansen Clarke has jumped into the Michigan governor’s race now that Lt. Gov. John Cherry has decided not to run. Auto insurance reform will likely figure prominently in Clarke’s bid for the...
Richardson Named State Auto Middle Markets Western Region VP
Jan 6 2010 // Todd Richardson has been promoted to regional vice president – State Auto Middle Markets Insurance (SAMMI) for the company’s Western region, which includes Utah, Colorado, Arizona, Oklahoma and...
Michigan’s H.E.A.T. Recovers $51M in Stolen Property in 25 Years
Jan 5 2010 // Since its inception in 1985, tips to Michigan’s Help Eliminate Auto Thefts (H.E.A.T.) program have led to recovery of more than $51 million in stolen property and arrests of more than 3,300 suspects involved in auto...
Car Insurance Premiums to Rise for Many Louisiana Drivers
Dec 31 2009 // A law that goes into effect Jan. 1, 2010, increasing the required minimum liability auto insurance coverage is expected to increase insurance rates for more than 1 million Louisiana motorists. Though the change was...
Vehicle Safety Inspections Fade into D.C. History
Dec 31 2009 // The District of Columbia has done away with vehicle safety checks, but car owners still must pay $35 and wait in long lines for federally mandated emissions tests. The inspection charge is the same as it was before Oct. 1,...
Pennsylvania Sting Nets 24 Arrests for Auto Insurance Fraud
Dec 30 2009 // Twenty-four people, including 17 New York residents, six from New Jersey and one Pennsylvania resident, have been charged with insurance fraud and other related offenses after falsely claiming to be Pennsylvania residents...
Report: Deregulation Made Massachusetts Auto Insurance Market Worse
Dec 28 2009 // The deregulation of the Massachusetts auto insurance market has driven up prices, boosted insurer profits, reduced consumer protections and generally created confusion in the marketplace, according to a new report by the...
Michigan Auto Insurance Bills Stall As Senate Adjourns Without Acting
Dec 28 2009 // The Michigan Senate adjourned before Christmas without taking action on a property/casualty insurance bill package already passed by the House of Representatives. The package would, among other things, give the insurance...
Auto Warranty Firms Shut Down in Florida
Dec 22 2009 // Florida insurance officials have shut down four firms selling motor vehicle service warranties for being unlicensed. Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty announced that the Office of Insurance Regulation has...
Study: Homeowner Insurance Claimants Less Satisfied Than Auto Claimants
Dec 22 2009 // Homeowners insurance customers who file a property claim are much less satisfied with their claims experience than auto claimants, according to a new study. The satisfaction level of homeowners claimants is significantly...
Washington Keeps Auto Rate Down $26 Million
Dec 22 2009 // Rate reviews by the Washington State Insurance Commissioner’s office reduced proposed automobile insurance rates by $26 million over the first 10 months of this year, a reduction of about 1 percent. In 2008, the rate...
Georgia Father, Son Agents Charged with Defrauding Goodwill, Insurer
Dec 21 2009 // Georgia Insurance Commissioner John W. Oxendine said two Macon insurance agents — a father and son– have been arrested after being charged with keeping premiums paid to them for auto and business liability...
Washington Auto Glass Installer Pleads to Insurance Fraud
Dec 21 2009 // A Battle Ground, Washington, auto glass installer who overbilled an insurance company for years has pleaded guilty to first-degree theft. Robert T. Wooster, 51, doing business as Dr. Bob’s Auto Glass and DRB...
2009 P/C Insurance Mergers, Acquisitions Large and Small
Dec 20 2009 // Large insurers AIG, Farmers and The Hartford made moves in 2009, as did large brokers Marsh, Aon, Willis, Gallagher, Brown & Brown, Hub and Wells Fargo. So, too, did, many regional insurers and Main Street agencies....
