Latest Carriers Headlines
All the headlines from our Carriers Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Putting Florida’s rate filing and reinsurance controversy in context
Aug 6 2007 // Currently underway in Florida is a controversy over the amount of private reinsurance homeowners insurers should purchase in addition to the now expanded $28 billion in reinsurance available from the Florida Hurricane...
Insurance company services adult Americans deem to be most important
Aug 6 2007 // Insurance company services deemed most important by adults ages 18-24 Insurance company services deemed most important by adults ages 25-34 Important insurance services among Hispanics and non-Hispanics
Insurance credit scoring: 21st century redlining and the end of insurance
Aug 6 2007 // You’ve just been laid off from your job. Or your daughter has a major medical problem that your health insurance (if you have any) doesn’t fully cover. Or you’ve just gotten a divorce. These three life...
Consumer group says FTC report proves credit scoring costs minorities
Aug 6 2007 // A national consumer group stepped up its criticism of a recent government report on the use of credit scoring by auto insurers, claiming that the Federal Trade Commission report confirms that African American and Hispanic...
Managing energy industry risk in a volatile world
Aug 6 2007 // The world has experienced rapid and profound changes in recent years, and the energy industry has been no exception. Climate changes (including global warming), market fluctuations, ever-increasing business mergers and...
Editor’s Note: Credit score concern
Aug 6 2007 // Debate on insurers’ use of credit scores in automobile underwriting and rating is heating up again, thanks to the Federal Trade Commission’s recently released, long awaited study, “Credit-Based Insurance...
Taxicab market: limousines’ ugly stepsister?
Aug 6 2007 // As an agent you may receive a request to provide insurance for a limousine operation from time to time. Limousines conjure up an image of glamour and upscale clientele — just the kind of account many carriers...
Agents in E&O Buyer’s Seat
Aug 6 2007 // If ever there was a time for insurance agents to get out and go looking for a better errors and omissions policy, this is the season. Agents who do will come across several admitted carriers that are welcoming new business...
News Currents
Aug 6 2007 // House panel votes to add wind to flood program Private insurance companies are balking at a decision by a key House panel to expand the federal flood insurance program to include wind coverage. The House Financial Services...
Oregon State Workers’ Comp Insurer Not Immune from Suit
Aug 3 2007 // The Oregon Supreme Court has ruled that State Accident Insurance Fund Corporation (SAIF), the state workers’ compensation insurer, may be sued for damages. In John Johnson v. SAIF Corp., the plaintiff alleged that...
Fifth Circuit Court Rules in Insurers’ Favor in Katrina Levee Breach Case
Aug 3 2007 // A highly anticipated federal appeals court ruling in a Hurricane Katrina class-action case has insurers breathing a little easier. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans ruled Aug. 2, 2007, in In re Katrina...
Insurers Win as Appeals Court Refuses Former Ohio Judge’s Appeal
Aug 3 2007 // A federal appeals court in Cincinnati has declined to reopen the case of a former judge ordered to pay $587,000 in legal fees she accrued while defending herself from accusations of misconduct. A district court in Columbus...
Fla. Gov.Suggests Property Insurers not Following Rate Savings Law
Aug 2 2007 // Gov. Charlie Crist suggested Tuesday that some property insurers may be deliberately flouting a new state law that requires them to buy cheaper reinsurance and pass the savings on to consumers. Crist said he was concerned...
House Committee Advances Bill to Extend Terrorism Reinsurance Backstop for 15 Years
Aug 2 2007 // The House Financial Services Committee voted yesterday to extend and expand the federal terrorism reinsurance law, going against the wishes of the Bush Administration. The panel voted by 49 to 20 in favor of H.R. 2761, the...
Del. Restricts Insurers’ Use of Credit Scoring for Auto, Home Renewals
Aug 2 2007 // Delaware Gov. Ruth Ann Minner has signed legislation restricting the use of credit information in setting auto and homeowner insurance rates, making Delaware’s credit scoring law one of the toughest in the country...
Insurers Seek 3.3% Workers Comp Premium Raise in Virginia
Aug 2 2007 // The Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) has scheduled an Oct. 30 hearing to consider an insurance industry request to increase the workers compensation premium levels for industrial risks insured in the voluntary...
WIAA Insurance Services Adds Carriers to its Portfolio
Aug 1 2007 // Rancho Cordova, Calif.-based WIAA Insurance Services, a general agency/wholesaler announced recent direct appointments with CNA and St. Paul/Travelers. WIAA Insurance Services primarily handles property and casualty risks...
Maine Insurers Question Dirigo’s $78 Million Third Year Savings Figure
Jul 30 2007 // The Dirigo Health Board of Directors has determined that the state-run Dirigo Health program will save the state’s health care system $78 million in its third year of operation. An organization representing the...
RMS: U.K. Summer Floods Could Cost Insurers £2.25 Billion
Jul 30 2007 // The June and July floods that gripped parts of the U.K. could cost insurers between £2.25 billion and £3.25 billion in total, according to latest estimates by Risk Management Solutions (RMS). Insured losses from the July...
Insurers Expect Claims from N.Y City Steam Pipe Explosion
Jul 29 2007 // Consolidated Edison in New York has agreed to let two insurance companies anticipating millions of dollars in claims monitor the cleanup of last week’s steam pipe explosion in midtown Manhattan, the utility’s...
