Latest Policyholder Headlines
All the headlines from our Policyholder Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Pennsylvania Insurance Department Offers Tips for Winter Storm Victims
Jan 6 2014 // The Pennsylvania Insurance Department offers the following advice and tips about homeowner’s and auto insurance policies in wake of last week’s winter storm. First, damage to the house and its contents caused...
P/C Insurers Boost Bottom Line on Big Gain in Underwriting Through 9 Months
Dec 23 2013 // Private U.S. property/casualty insurers’ net income after taxes rose to $43 billion in nine-months 2013 from $27.8 billion in nine-months 2012, with insurers’ overall profitability as measured by their...
Insurance Questions, Lawsuits Arise in Wake of Target’s Data Breach
Dec 22 2013 // U.S. retail giant Target Corp. is busy dealing with the aftermath of the massive data breach that exposed account details of some 40 million credit and debit cards. Already, at least two lawsuits seeking class-action...
Obama Exempts Canceled Policyholders from Individual Mandate
Dec 20 2013 // Americans whose health plans are being canceled because their coverage doesn’t meet Obamacare rules will be exempt from the mandate that they carry insurance, under a change announced by the Obama...
N.Y. Approves Esurance Program Aimed at Preventing Teen Texting and Driving
Dec 18 2013 // New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration announced it has approved Esurance’s new telematics program designed to help prevent teens from texting while driving. This new voluntary program, called...
LAMMICO Declares 10.5% Dividend for Medical Liability Policyholders
Dec 18 2013 // The board of directors of medical professional liability insurer, LAMMICO, has declared another dividend for all policyholders in Louisiana and Arkansas, marking the seventh time since 2008 the company has authorized the...
Deadline to Claim 2009 Louisiana Citizens Insurance Rebates Near
Dec 12 2013 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon is reminding property insurance policyholders that the clock is ticking on the deadline to claim a rebate for the Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (Citizens)...
Obamacare Proposal Boosts Payments to Insurers for Sicker Policyholders
Nov 27 2013 // The U.S. government is proposing compensation to help insurers participating in Obamacare health exchanges who fear that their costs will spin out of control if their plans are dominated by sicker people. Fears about cost...
California’s State Fund Board Declares $100M Dividend
Nov 18 2013 // The board of directors for California’s State Fund Compensation Insurance approved a $100 million dividend to qualifying policyholders for the 2013 policy year. The dividend represents roughly 8.6 percent of...
Technology Spurs Industry, Government Modernization
Nov 4 2013 // Technological innovations are revolutionizing how businesses and consumers operate — prompting quick action from the insurance industry and the government to enable people to adopt and embrace this rapidly emerging...
Maryland’s Chesapeake Employers: Business as Usual for Policyholders, Agents
Nov 1 2013 // Maryland’s largest writer of workers’ compensation insurance and the insurer of last resort adopted a new name and a new corporate structure in October. The 99-year-old Injured Workers’ Insurance Fund...
Schumer: Sandy Victims Need More Time to Challenge NFIP Payout Amounts in Court
Oct 25 2013 // Two U.S. senators representing New York State, Sen. Charles Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, this week called on Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to extend the statute of limitations for Sandy victims seeking...
For Some Sandy Victims, Flood Insurance Payouts Fall Short
Oct 21 2013 // Many homeowners who got slammed by Superstorm Sandy are finding their flood insurance checks are nowhere near large enough to cover their repairs, and consumer advocates put some of the blame on errors by the multitude of...
MEMIC to Issue $16M in Dividends to Maine Policyholders
Oct 11 2013 // Workers’ compensation insurer The MEMIC Group announced this week that policyholders of its Maine-based company, Maine Employers’ Mutual Insurance Company (MEMIC), will receive dividend checks totaling more...
AIG Sued by Small Businesses Over Workers’ Compensation Reporting
Oct 10 2013 // Class action lawsuits in federal courts on both coasts have been initiated on behalf of small businesses in California, New York and New Jersey against American International Group (AIG) over workers’ compensation...
Underwriting, Investment Gains Boosted P/C Insurers’ Bottom Line in First Half 2013
Oct 3 2013 // Private U.S. property/casualty insurers’ net income after taxes rose to $24.5 billion in first-half 2013 from $17.2 billion in first-half of last year. Insurers’ overall profitability as measured by their...
Florida’s Citizens, Heritage Defend Controversial Takeout Deal
Sep 27 2013 // Florida’s state-backed property insurer found itself on the defensive in Tallahassee this week as state lawmakers inquired into a deal whereby a private insurer stands to receive millions in exchange for removing...
Tech Firm Trōv Promises to Reinvent ‘Insurance to Value’ for P/C Industry
Sep 25 2013 // A high tech start-up is promising to raise the standard for determining “insurance to value” by giving property/casualty insurance companies and brokers access to real-time data on their upscale insureds’...
NJM, Everett Cash Mutual Join NAMIC’s ‘Century Club’
Sep 24 2013 // The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) announced that two Northeast-based member companies, New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Company and Everett Cash Mutual Insurance Company, will be joining...
FEMA Chief Disappoints Senators, Says He Can’t Delay Flood Insurance Rates
Sep 23 2013 // Pressure continues to build in Congress to delay implementation of flood insurance reforms that are raising premiums for thousands of property owners across the country. But the man in charge of administering the program...
