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Calif. State Fund Files Average 9 Percent Premium Decrease

Nov 28 2006 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund is calling for a 9 percent average decrease in collectible premium its latest filing of workers’ compensation rates for 2007. The new rate will affect new and...

Delaware Approves Home, Auto Insurance Rate Reductions

Nov 20 2006 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn has approved insurance rate cuts for State Farm homeowner policies as well as for private passenger auto policies from three AIG companies, from Harleysville Insurance and from...

N.Y. workers’ comp trusts: rising prices and broker concerns

Nov 20 2006 // N.Y. workers’ comp trusts: rising prices and broker concerns The inadequate rates that many of New York’s workers’ compensation self-insured trusts charge may increase effective Jan. 1, 2007 due to...

Commercial premiums, except coastal property, continue to fall

Nov 20 2006 // Commercial insurance premiums fell slightly in the third quarter of this year, representing a continuation of the trends that occurred in the past two quarters, according to the RIMS Benchmark Survey, which surveys current...

Commercial lines prices up 7%; carriers reap benefits of higher renewals

Nov 20 2006 // Stock Prices: Commercial lines stock prices were up 7 percent through the first nine months of 2006. In October, insurers reported dramatic changes from 2005 third quarter earnings that were dominated by catastrophe losses...

Commercial lines prices up 7%; carriers reap benefits of higher renewals

Nov 19 2006 // Stock Prices: Commercial lines stock prices were up 7 percent through the first nine months of 2006. In October, insurers reported dramatic changes from 2005 third quarter earnings that were dominated by catastrophe losses...

Commercial premiums, except coastal property, continue to fall

Nov 19 2006 // Commercial insurance premiums fell slightly in the third quarter of this year, representing a continuation of the trends that occurred in the past two quarters, according to the RIMS Benchmark Survey, which surveys current...

Texas Commissioner Agrees to Windstorm Rate Hikes

Nov 16 2006 // Although not as substantial as those sought by the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association, Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin signed an order on Nov. 15 giving TWIA rate hikes of 3.7 percent for commercial property...

La. State Insurance Program to Seek rate Increases

Nov 15 2006 // Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the state’s insurer of last resort, wants to increase homeowners rates by an average 31.7 percent for its 135,000 policyholders. Citizens, the third-largest insurer in the...

Ohio Department Says Malpractice Insurance Rates Decrease for Docs

Nov 10 2006 // Four of the state’s five largest medical malpractice insurers have revised their rates to produce an average decrease of almost 2 percent for Ohio doctors this year, following years of increases, the Ohio Department...

Allstate Floridian Reduces Rate Increase Request

Nov 10 2006 // Allstate Floridian Insurance, the state’s third largest home insurer, is lowering its proposed rate increase in the face of resistance from state regulators. The company said that it was still seeking a rate...

Commercial Premiums, Except Coastal Property, Continued Falling in 3Q

Nov 7 2006 // Commercial insurance premiums fell slightly in the third quarter of this year, representing a continuation of the trends that occurred in the past two quarters, according to the RIMS Benchmark Survey, which surveys current...

Consumer group says property-casualty rates drop ‘irrespective’ of tort reform enactment

Nov 6 2006 // There is continuing evidence that the skyrocketing insurance rates of 2000 to 2003 have led to record industry profits, but commercial insurance rates have stabilized or dropped in almost every sector, including medical...

Calif. auto body regulations would increase rates

Nov 6 2006 // California policyholders would see their automobile insurance premiums increase, under proposed Department of Insurance regulations that mandate payments to auto body shops for insured repair work, according to three...

Survey: Commercial market softens, insurer appetite increases

Nov 6 2006 // The commercial property/casualty market continued to soften during the third quarter, with indications that some insurers are finding an appetite for business in which they previously were not interested, according to the...

Survey: Commercial market softens, insurer appetite increases

Nov 5 2006 // The commercial property/casualty market continued to soften during the third quarter, with indications that some insurers are finding an appetite for business in which they previously were not interested, according to the...

Consumer group says property-casualty rates drop ‘irrespective’ of tort reform enactment

Nov 5 2006 // There is continuing evidence that the skyrocketing insurance rates of 2000 to 2003 have led to record industry profits, but commercial insurance rates have stabilized or dropped in almost every sector, including medical...

Texas Occupational Injury, Illness Rate Declines Slightly in 2005

Oct 26 2006 //

Consumer Group Says P/C Rates Drop ‘Irrespective’ of Tort Reform Enactment

Oct 26 2006 // The latest insurance industry data show continuing evidence that the skyrocketing insurance rates of 2000 to 2003 have led to record industry profits but commercial insurance rates have stabilized or dropped in almost...

Rate Reductions Approved for MiniCo Self-Storage Program

Oct 26 2006 // MiniCo Insurance has received approval for rate reductions in seven states for self-storage risks eligible for the MiniCo self-storage specialty insurance program. The seven states are Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,...