Latest Policyholder Headlines
All the headlines from our Policyholder Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Arizona Puts the Heat on Insurers for Wildfire Protection
Aug 15 2006 // As wildfire season stretches across the Western states from June through September, Christina Urias, director of the Arizona Department of Insurance, has lit a fire under agents and insurers to work with their clients to...
Another Katrina Suit Filed Against State Farm by Mississippi Insured
Aug 14 2006 // Judy Dutruch has long questioned why her insurance company refused to send an engineer to investigate Hurricane Katrina’s destruction of her Diamondhead home on Aug. 29, 2005, before denying her claim. Batesville...
Washington Military Policyholders to Share in Settlement
Aug 11 2006 // More than 1,100 current and former military personnel in Washington will be eligible to share in a $70 million multi-state settlement signed by Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler over the improper sale of insurance and...
Calif. Approves USAA’s 8 Percent Auto Rate Reduction, Insurers Not Surprised
Aug 10 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced that he intends to approve an average 8 percent decrease in premium rates for policyholders of United Services Automobile Association (USAA), a move that the...
Kemper Auto and Home Aims to Relieve Texas Select Policyholders
Aug 8 2006 // Kemper Auto and Home announced that it is participating in the effort to help policyholders of Texas Select Lloyds Insurance Company make the adjustment away from the recently liquidated insurer to a new insurer. The...
Companies step up to take Texas Select policyholders
Aug 7 2006 // Some 150,000 Texas homeowners will be affected by the liquidation of Vesta Fire Insurance Co. and its Texas subsidiaries by the Texas Department of Insurance, but the situation seems to be not as dire as previously...
Christina Urias
Aug 7 2006 // Wildfires, captives, credit scoring, and broker compensation and disclosure have been hot topics lately especially since wildfire season in particular extends through September. But the Arizona Department of Insurance...
News Currents
Aug 7 2006 // Companies step up to take Texas Select policyholders Some 150,000 Texas homeowners will be affected by the liquidation of Vesta Fire Insurance Co. and its Texas subsidiaries by the Texas Department of Insurance, but the...
Christina Urias, Arizona, Director of Insurance
Aug 7 2006 // Wildfires, captives, credit scoring, and broker compensation and disclosure have been hot topics lately — especially since wildfire season in particular extends through September. But the Arizona Department of...
Miss. Katrina Suits: Key Wind-Water Ruling Expected Soon; Other Plaintiffs Seek Joint Trial
Aug 4 2006 // Lawyers for hundreds of Mississippi homeowners who sued their insurance companies for denying their claims after Hurricane Katrina are fighting to keep the cases joined in a “mass action” rather than split up...
GeoVera Offers Homeowners Coverage to Texas Select Policyholders
Aug 4 2006 // Fairfield, Calif.-based GeoVera Holdings Inc., which entered the Texas homeowners market in April 2006, announced they are actively working with Texas producers to secure replacement coverage for policyholders insured with...
USAA Insurance Seeks Approval for 22 Percent Rate Decrease
Aug 4 2006 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has issued a statement announcing his intention to review and consider approval of an average 22 percent decrease in homeowners insurance rates for policyholders of United...
Associated Builders and Contractors Members Receive $200,000
Aug 4 2006 // Members of Associated Builders & Contractors’ Sierra chapter received premium refunds from Builders Insurance Company as part of the workers’ comp insurer’s “retro” plan. A retrospective...
Personal Insurance Federation of California Helping California Fire Victims
Jul 31 2006 // The extreme heat, coupled with humidity, winds and an abundance of dry brush cover are perfect ingredients for serious wildfires in California this fire season. The Personal Insurance Federation of California (PIFC), an...
America First Insurance Offers Coverage to Texas Select Policyholders
Jul 28 2006 // Add America First Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, to the list of insurers that are actively working with Texas agents to assist policyholders with Texas Select Lloyds Insurance Company, which was recently put...
Republic Assists Agents in Moving Texas Select Policyholders
Jul 26 2006 // The Republic Group, based in Dallas, announced it is accepting from independent agents policies of former Texas Select customers. The Texas Department of Insurance has mandated that all Texas Select policies will be...
Texas Mutual Pays $100 Million in Policyholder Dividends
Jul 26 2006 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced it has begun distributing about $100 million in individual dividends. Approximately 34,000 policyholders will receive a share of the dividend payout, the largest in company...
P/C market takes hold of rapidly developing identity theft solutions
Jul 24 2006 // In today’s marketplace insurers are moving towards a case-managed, victim advocacy approach with far less emphasis placed on the restoration of expense reimbursements. Identity-related fraud is a virulent crime, with...
Vesta subsidiaries to be liquidated
Jul 24 2006 // On July 18 the Texas Department of Insurance announced that Vesta Fire In-surance Company (Vesta Fire) and its Texas subsidiary insurance companies were being placed into liquidation. Notices were sent out to agents to...
Minn. Blues Refunds Nonsmoking Policyholders Charged Smoker Rates
Jul 21 2006 // Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota has announced a new policy to issue refunds to nonsmoking individual policyholders who, although eligible, have not been paying tobacco-free premium rates. “Blue Cross has done...
