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Miss. Suspends 180-Day Deadline on Katrina Repairs

Mar 1 2006 // Commissioner of Insurance George Dale has suspended the 180-day repair deadline provision in personal and commercial property replacement insurance policies as to Hurricane Katrina claims. Dale also suspended the 180-day...

AIG Auto Insurance Lowers Rates for Policyholders in Nevada

Feb 27 2006 // AIG Auto Insurance has announced it would lower auto insurance costs for thousands of policyholders in Nevada. The company is implementing a 5 percent rate decrease in Nevada, lowering auto insurance costs on thousands of...

Louisiana’s Robert Wooley: Leaving office, not the industry

Feb 20 2006 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley announced he would step down as commissioner Feb. 15, 2006, leaving the office he has held since 2000. Although he is returning to the private sector, Wooley indicated he...

Louisiana’s Robert Wooley: Leaving office, not the industry

Feb 19 2006 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Robert Wooley announced he would step down as commissioner Feb. 15, 2006, leaving the office he has held since 2000. Although he is returning to the private sector, Wooley indicated he...

Allstate Consent Order for Fla. Policyholders Could Trigger Refunds

Feb 16 2006 // A Consent Order between Allstate Floridian Indemnity Insurance Company, Allstate Floridian Insurance Company and the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation includes a provision that could trigger refunds for policyholders...

Accident Fund Names First Policyholder of the Year for 2005

Feb 8 2006 // The Christman Company was named Accident Fund Insurance Company of America’s first “Policyholder of the Year” during the company’s annual all employee meeting at the Lansing Center on January 26,...

Rhode Island Beacon Mutual’s looks to write next chapter

Feb 6 2006 // Nearly 15 years ago, Rhode Island employers faced an uncertain future: state law required businesses to carry workers’ compensation insurance to cover their employees, yet no commercial insurer would write such...

Beacon Mutual bill advances over R.I. Gov. Carcieri’s opposition

Feb 6 2006 // Rhode Island Gov. Donald Carcieri lost the first round in this year’s battle to restructure the state’s dominant workers’ compensation writer, Beacon Mutual. Over Carcieri’s objections, the Rhode...

Rhode Island Beacon Mutual’s looks to write next chapter

Feb 5 2006 // Beacon Mutual remains a non-profit. Beacon remains Rhode Island based. Beacon remains focused exclusively on workers’ compensation. Nearly 15 years ago, Rhode Island employers faced an uncertain future: state law...

Rhode Island Beacon Mutual’s looks to write next chapter

Feb 5 2006 // Beacon Mutual remains a non-profit. Beacon remains Rhode Island based. Beacon remains focused exclusively on workers’ compensation. Nearly 15 years ago, Rhode Island employers faced an uncertain future: state law...

$5B in Miss. Claims Paid, Policyholders Urged to Mediate

Jan 31 2006 // Insurance companies have paid out nearly $5 billion in hurricane-related claims for hurricanes Rita and Katrina in six of Mississippi’s coastal counties according to Commissioner of Insurance George Dale. The...

R.I. Senate to Vote on Beacon Mutual Bill Opposed by Governor Today

Jan 25 2006 // Legislation to amend the charter of the Beacon Mutual Insurance Co. to reduce the number of public appointees on the workers’ compensation carrier’s board and clear the way for it to write out-of-state accounts...

GEICO REDUCING COLO. AUTO RATES

Jan 23 2006 // GEICO began reducing auto insurance rates for new policyholders in Colorado on Jan. 5. The company also said it would be reducing rates for existing policyholders beginning Feb. 20. According to the company,...

Texas Supreme Court to Reconsider Decision in Insurance Case

Jan 17 2006 // On Jan. 6, the Texas Supreme Court agreed to rehear an insurance case watched closely by policyholders nationwide. In Excess Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London v. Frank’s Casing Crew & Rental Tools Inc., the...

AIA: Paper on Insurance Claims Handling is Reckless

Jan 12 2006 // A paper issued Thursday by Americans for Insurance Reform (AIR) is “untrue, irresponsible and reckless,” according to the American Insurance Association (AIA). “Tens of thousands of insurance company...

Geico Lowering Colo. Auto Rates

Jan 3 2006 // GEICO is reducing auto insurance rates for its policyholders in Colorado. The statewide average rate decrease is 7.1 percent for GEICO and GEICO General policyholders. Overall premium changes for individual motorists will...

Hurricane mediation program underway in Louisiana

Jan 2 2006 // Beginning January 3, 2006, Louisiana residents whose Hurricane Katrina or Rita insurance claims are in dispute will have the opportunity to mediate their claim at no cost, according to the Louisiana Department of...

PIA of Louisiana resolutions seek hurricane relief assistance

Jan 2 2006 // Association calls on insurance companies to assist during extended recovery period Thanking insurance companies on behalf of Louisiana insurance agents and the policyholders they represent for the carriers’ hard work...

Living Near Restaurants, Medical Buildings, Grocery Stores Has Risks

Jan 2 2006 // If you live within a mile of a church, you’re far less likely to have a car accident than drivers who live more than a mile from a church. But if you live within a mile of a restaurant, you face a significantly...

Living Near Restaurants, Medical Buildings, Grocery Stores Has Risks

Jan 1 2006 // If you live within a mile of a church, you’re far less likely to have a car accident than drivers who live more than a mile from a church. But if you live within a mile of a restaurant, you face a significantly...