Latest Policyholder Headlines
All the headlines from our Policyholder Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Miss. Judge Has Katrina Insurance Lawsuit Case
Jul 21 2006 // A groundbreaking case that challenges one of the nation’s largest insurers for refusing to cover damage from Hurricane Katrina’s monster storm surge went into the hands of a federal judge on Wednesday. U.S....
Allstate Subs Granted Rate Hikes in La.; 65% Jump Expected for Some Insureds
Jul 20 2006 // Two subsidiaries of Allstate Insurance Company have received approval by the Louisiana Insurance Rating Commission to raise their homeowner coverage rates in the state. Encompass Insurance Co. of America and Encompass...
Vesta Fire and Subsidiaries Headed for Liquidation in Texas
Jul 19 2006 // Vesta Fire Insurance Company (Vesta Fire) and its Texas subsidiary insurance companies have begun issuing notices to agents to cease writing new and renewal insurance business, including homeowners policies for Texas...
Peerless Offers Disaster Planning Guide for Northeast Homeowners
Jul 19 2006 // Peerless Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, is helping its 151,000 homeowner insurance customers throughout the northeast protect their families and homes during hurricane season. A six-page Disaster Planning...
Colorado Casualty Offers Policyholders Disaster Planning Guides
Jul 18 2006 // Colorado Casualty, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, is helping its 14,000 homeowner insurance policyholders and homeowners throughout the West and Southwestern states protect their families and homes during wildfire...
America First Creates Disaster Plan Guide for South Central Customers
Jul 14 2006 // Dallas-based America First Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, announced it has created a disaster planning guide to help its 8,500 homeowner insurance customers throughout Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Arkansas...
Indiana Insurer Offers Midwest Tornado Disaster Preparation Guide
Jul 13 2006 // Indiana Insurance, a member of the Liberty Mutual Group, has released a six-page Disaster Planning Guide available to its 92,000 homeowner insurance customers throughout the Midwest. The Guide, which provides tips on...
Auto Club of Southern California To Cut Rates 7 Percent
Jul 11 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced he intends to approve a 7 percent decrease in premium rates for policyholders of the Automobile Club of Southern California. The requested decrease coincides with...
Court Order Allows Hawaii Commissioner to Take Over Hawaiian Insurance & Guaranty
Jul 7 2006 // Hawaii’s First Circuit Court has granted Hawaii Insurance Commissioner J.P. Schmidt an Order of Rehabilitation on The Hawaiian Insurance & Guaranty Company Ltd. The order authorizes Commissioner Schmidt to take...
Circuit Court Judge Orders Florida Select into Rehabilitation
Jul 6 2006 // A Leon County Circuit Court Judge has ordered Florida Select Insurance Company into rehabilitation according to Tom Gallagher, Florida’s CFO. Under the order, the company’s 70,000 homeowners policies are not...
Mo. Department Revises Workers’ Comp Loss Costs for 2003-2005
Jul 6 2006 // The Missouri Department of Insurance has directed the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) to revise loss costs for years 2003-2005. According to the statement issued by the Department, historical payrolls...
8 Washington policyholders to share in Aon settlement
Jul 3 2006 // 8 Federal insurance antitrust exemption: friend or foe? 9 California’s mandatory investment reporting unnecessary 10 Three insurers sue to recover claims paid in 2002 wildfire 10 Washington’s Ethel Adams...
California Commissioner Questions Homeowners’ Insurance Rates
Jun 30 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has announced he will approve an 18 percent decrease in homeowner and renter premium rates by The Hartford Insurance Co. The Hartford’s filing for a decrease contrasts...
Washington Policyholders to Share in Aon Settlement
Jun 26 2006 // More than 9,500 insurance clients of Aon Corp. in Washington are qualified to share $2.4 million in restitution as part of an agreement signed by Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler. Kreidler said the restitution is part...
La. Workers’ Comp Corporation to Pay $19.6 Million Dividend
Jun 23 2006 // Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) announced it is paying a $19.6 million dividend to qualifying policyholders. LWCC’s board of directors declared the dividend, which is believed to be the...
Fla. Gov. Signs Long-Term Care Legislation
Jun 23 2006 // Legislation to provide new protections for long-term care insurance policyholders has been signed into law today by Florida’s Gov. Jeb Bush. The measure prevents insurers from contesting policies years after selling...
A lawsuit in the making — the EPLI insurance application
Jun 19 2006 // Every day, the Equal Employment Opportu-nity Commission receives some 200 new employment practices liability complaints alleging discrimination based on race, sex, national origin, religion, retaliation, age and...
A lawsuit in the making – the EPLI insurance application
Jun 19 2006 // Every day, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission receives some 200 new employment practices liability complaints alleging discrimination based on race, sex, national origin, religion, retaliation, age and disability....
A tale of two New Orleans hotels
Jun 19 2006 // If there’s anything to be learned from last year’s hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma, it’s that the value of relationships before, during and after a claim is immeasurable, according to Mel Bangs,...
A lawsuit in the making – the EPLI insurance application
Jun 19 2006 // Every day, the Equal Employment Opportu-nity Commission receives some 200 new employment practices liability complaints alleging discrimination based on race, sex, national origin, religion, retaliation, age and...
