Latest Carriers Headlines
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Mississippi Homeowners Learning How Credit Score Affects Insurance Premium
Feb 5 2010 // Mississippi Gulf Coast policyholders are well aware a hurricane is guaranteed to hike insurance rates, but fewer realize their credit reports also are factored into homeowner and automobile insurance premiums. Consumers...
Oklahoma State Sues Insurance Company Over Fundraising Program
Feb 5 2010 // Billionaire booster T. Boone Pickens and the fundraising arm of Oklahoma State’s athletic department are suing a life insurance company over a program aimed at bringing in millions of dollars, the university...
Insurers Decry Overturn of Illinois Med-Mal Caps; Attorneys Praise Ruling
Feb 5 2010 // The American Bar Association says the Illinois Supreme Court was right in striking down as unconstitutional the caps on non-economic damage awards in medical malpractice cases. Insurer groups, however, say the decision...
Game Day Prediction: Pizzerias and Insurers Win on Super Bowl Sunday
Feb 5 2010 // February 7 — Super Bowl XLIV Sunday — may be the most hyped-up day of the year for football fans, and it’s also the most exciting day of the year for many pizza parlors that see record sales that day. Yet...
House to Vote on Repeal of Health Insurers’ Antitrust Exemption
Feb 3 2010 // The U.S. House of Representatives will vote next week on repealing the antitrust exemption for health insurers, but Democrats remained uncertain Tuesday on how to proceed on a broader healthcare overhaul. Senate Democratic...
California Evaluates Continuous Coverage Discount
Feb 3 2010 // A California voter initiative that will appear on the June 8, 2010, ballot aimed at rewarding drivers who have had insurance for some time to be eligible for a “persistency discount,” even if they change...
Farm, Insurance Loss Estimates from Florida Freeze Still Weeks Away
Feb 2 2010 // It will still be weeks, into March and April, before the full extent of crop damage and insurance payments from Florida’s recent extended freeze will be known. While Florida’s citrus industry has been hard hit,...
Nevada Reminds Producers, Insurers of New Insurance Card Law
Feb 2 2010 // Starting February 1, Nevada motorists will be required to present proof of insurance at the Department of Motor Vehicles when registering a vehicle for the first time. To assist Nevadans who might not be aware of this new...
EU Insurance Regulators Annuity Capital Decision Postponed
Feb 1 2010 // European insurance regulators need a little more time to thrash out a compromise on rules for annuity providers that UK insurers fear could force them to raise up to £50 billion ($81 billion) of capital. Regulators...
Icelandic Insurer Exista HF Raided by Anti-fraud Agents
Jan 28 2010 // Law enforcement agents from Britain and Iceland searched the premises of Icelandic insurer Exista HF on Tuesday in a probe related to the trading of shares in other companies. The company said Tuesday its offices in...
Californians To Vote On Auto Insurance Persistency Discount
Jan 28 2010 // Californians for Fair Auto Insurance Rates has gained enough support to place a voter initiative on the June 8, 2010 ballot, aimed at rewarding drivers who have had insurance for some time to be eligible for a...
Hard Drive Thefts Cost Tennessee Insurer $7 Million
Jan 28 2010 // BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee says the theft of computer hard drives containing personal information on hundreds of thousands of members has already cost the insurer more than $7 million. The insurer has already...
Real Change for a Real Choice in Florida
Jan 27 2010 // A January 2010 opinion editorial, “Don’t deregulate insurance: Consumers only ‘choice’ would be bad” bylined by three consumer advocates totally misses the mark on the benefits of the Consumer...
Audit Questions Security of Louisiana Citizens’ Computer Systems
Jan 27 2010 // Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort allowed too much access to computer systems, opening the door for potential fraud, and failed to take enough steps to make sure that policy applicants were eligible for...
Prime Insurance Syndicate, Inc. Jury Verdict Rules in Favor of Insurer in Hurricane Katrina Claim
Jan 27 2010 // Reassured by jury’s unbiased decision Chicago, Illinois and Salt Lake City, Utah (January 27, 2010). Prime Insurance Syndicate, Inc. was successfully defended in a Hurricane Katrina lawsuit in the United States...
ABI Estimates November UK Flood Losses Exceed $322 Million
Jan 26 2010 // A report from the Association of British Insurers estimates that the floods in Cumbria in the northwestern part of England and parts of Southern Scotland in November have exceeded £200 million ($322 million) [See IJ...
Keystone Insurers Adds 4 More Kentucky Agencies
Jan 26 2010 // Limestone Insurance, Lexington Insurance Agency, Inc., Durrett Insurance and Insuramax have joined Keystone Insurers Group (KIG), bringing KIG’s number of agencies in Kentucky to six. Keystone is the nation’s...
Tennessee Court Says Insurer Not Liable for Damages in Sheriff Shooting
Jan 26 2010 // A Tennessee appellate court has ruled a county liability insurer doesn’t have to pay $5 million in damages won by the widow of a slain sheriff’s deputy in a wrongful death lawsuit over his shooting death. The...
Asia Special Situation Acquisition Corp. Makes Insurance Company Buy
Jan 25 2010 // The Asia Special Situation Acquisition Corp. (ASSAC) announced that it has completed its business combination by the acquisition of one insurance company together with approximately $650 million of assets from two...
Insurers Group Sues State of New York
Jan 24 2010 // A trade group for insurers in New York is suing the state, claiming lawmakers are illegally using assessments paid by insurers to fund unrelated state activities. At issue is the state’s use of the so-called...
