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Filing Aims to Reduce Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Rates
Aug 29 2011 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak announced the National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. (NCCI) has filed to reduce workers’ compensation insurance rates in Oklahoma by 1.7 percent effective Jan. 1,...
Texas Medical Liability Trust to Reduce Rates, Pay 18.5% Dividend
Aug 25 2011 // Texas Medical Liability Trust announced a rate reduction for TMLT policyholders and an 18.5 percent dividend for renewing policyholders, effective Jan.1, 2012. The average rate decrease will be 6.9 percent, but will vary...
Hurricanes May Be Catalyst for Insurance Rate Increases
Aug 23 2011 // Hurricane Irene, threatening to become the first hurricane to hit the United States in three years, could be the catalyst the insurance industry has been seeking in its quest for across-the-board premium increases after...
HARD MARKET RETURNS!!
Aug 15 2011 // Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in Insurance Journal’s Satire Issue, August 15, 2011. The content in this issue is not real and is not to be taken seriously. It’s supposed to be humorous....
Do Flat Premums in Q2 Signal Soft Market Is Near Bottom?
Aug 11 2011 // Renewal premiums in the second quarter were essentially flat, suggesting that the soft commercial lines insurance market may be close to its bottom, risk managers report. Premiums for three of four lines tracked by the...
Florida Officials Weigh Next Step in Citizens’ Rate Hikes
Aug 8 2011 // While state officials are trying to digest Citizens Property Insurance Corp.’s proposed triple-digit sinkhole rate increase, other elected officials are taking their case to the public. Senator Mike Fasano, R-New...
Florida Considers Phasing-In Big Sinkhole Insurance Rate Hikes
Aug 4 2011 // Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater has urged state insurance regulators to consider an affordable “glide path” for homeowners seeking to buy sinkhole insurance from Citizens Property Insurance...
Meadowbrook Sees Operating Income Decrease, Premium Increase in Q2
Aug 3 2011 // Meadowbrook Insurance Group Inc., based in Southfield, Mich., reported second quarter 2011 net operating income of $8.5 million, compared to $12.6 million for the same period last year. The accident quarter combined ratio...
State Auto Reports Increase in Net Loss and Premium Written in Q2
Aug 2 2011 // Columbus, Ohio-based State Auto Financial Corp. reported a second quarter 2011 net loss of $201.4 million, or $5.01 per diluted share, versus a net loss of $26.2 million, or $0.66 per diluted share, for the second quarter...
Double Digit Rate Hikes for Allstate in Florida
Aug 1 2011 // Florida’s consumer advocate says Allstate’s two Florida home insurers are among the state’s best run and deserve double-digit rate increases along the lines they have requested. The Allstate units, Castle...
Top 25 Carriers’ Premium Growth Jumps 11.4% Q1 2011 vs Q1 2010
Aug 1 2011 // Property/casualty insurance companies have faced tough economic decisions over the last few years. Experts and analysts have expressed concern over soft pricing exhibited in the underwriting cycle. To avoid the...
Mitigation Reviews Hike Premiums for Insureds of Florida Citizens
Aug 1 2011 // Florida property owners who purchased coverage from the state- run property insurer have seen their premiums increase by an average $476 as a result of the insurer inspecting their property. Citizens Property Insurance...
P/C Commercial Prices Showed Modest Increases in Q2: Brokers’ Survey
Jul 28 2011 // Pricing in the U.S. commercial property/casualty market showed modest increases in the second quarter of this year, compared with the first quarter. That’s according to The Council of Insurance Agents &...
Florida Citizens Proceeds with Bid for 400% Sinkhole Rate Hike
Jul 28 2011 // Florida residents who purchase sinkhole insurance through the state-back Citizens Property Insurance Corp. could be looking at increases of more than 400 percent for the optional coverage next year. By a 4-0 vote, the...
Florida’s Citizens to Seek Big Rate Hike for Sinkholes Today
Jul 27 2011 // Florida’s largest insurer of homes and businesses, state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp., will ask its board to approve a sizable premium increase — 400 percent– for providing coverage on...
Feds to Review Idaho Health Insurance Rate Hikes
Jul 22 2011 // BOISE, Idaho (AP) _ The federal government will assume the responsibility of reviewing increases of 10 percent or more in health insurance premiums proposed by private Idaho insurance companies starting later this...
8.8% Reduction in Voluntary Advisory Rates Filed in Illinois
Jul 19 2011 // In response to the recent enactment of the Illinois workers’ compensation reform measure, House Bill 1698, workers’ compensation insurance database manager National Council on Compensation Insurance Inc. filed...
Mitigation Inspections Hike Premiums for Insureds of Florida Citizens
Jul 18 2011 // Florida property owners who purchased coverage from the state’s run property insurer have seen their premiums increase by an average $476 as a result of the insuring inspecting their property. Citizens Property...
Amlin Updates Cat Loss Estimates; Reports Increase in Reinsurance Rates
Jul 8 2011 // UK and Lloyd’s insurer Amlin plc held a presentation for analysts today focused on updating its catastrophe estimates. Amlin estimated that net claims from the two major U.S. tornadoes during April and May 2011 were...
Workers’ Comp Rates for Ohio Marine Industry Employers Decrease 20%
Jul 8 2011 // The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) has reduced its rates for marine industry employers by 20 percent, effective July 1, the BWC said. The change lowers the rates for employers conducting business on Ohio...
