Latest Pricing Trends Headlines

All the headlines from our Pricing Trends Topic Page, ordered by recency.

NO WORKERS’ COMP PREMIUM INCREASES SCHEDULED IN WASHINGTON

Dec 5 2005 // Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) has announced there will be no general increase in workers’ compensation premiums for 2006. In late August, the agency proposed a 3.8 percent increase....

COLO. COMP PREMIUM TO DECREASE

Dec 5 2005 // Beginning Jan. 1, 2006, the standard premium for workers’ compensation in Colorado will de-crease an average of 1 percent, as a result of an order signed by Colorado Insurance Commissioner David Rivera. Although...

Citizens Board Agrees to Increase Florida Rates; OIR Approval Necessary

Dec 4 2005 // Home insurance rate increases as high as 31 percent for some properties, were approved Nov. 17 by the board of governors of Citizens Property Insurance Co., Florida’s insurer of last resort, and now have to go to the...

Calif. State Fund Files an Average 16% Rate Decrease

Nov 29 2005 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund has filed an average rate decrease of 16 percent on new and renewal workers’ compensation policies with an effective date on or after Jan. 1, 2006. This marks the...

Miss. Motorists Can Expect Auto Rate Hike After Jan. 1

Nov 28 2005 // Thousands of drivers in Mississippi can expect their auto insurance rates to increase dramatically after Jan. 1, when the minimum required coverage in the state will double, increasing costs for even those who have less...

RATE DECREASE GRANTED

Nov 21 2005 // The West Vir-ginia Mutual Insu-rance Company has been granted a 5 percent rate increase according to Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline. West Virginia Mutual filed for the rate decrease with the Offices of the Insurance...

Calif. Commissioner Calls for 15.3 Percent Workers’ Comp Rate Decrease

Nov 21 2005 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has recommended a 15.3 percent decrease in the state’s workers’ compensation pure premium rates by winter. In announcing the move, the Commis-sioner also...

Calif. Commissioner Calls for 15.3 Percent Workers’ Comp Rate Decrease

Nov 20 2005 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has recommended a 15.3 percent decrease in the state’s workers’ compensation pure premium rates by winter. In announcing the move, the Commis-sioner also...

No Workers’ Comp Premium Increases Scheduled in Washington

Nov 18 2005 // Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) has announced there will be no general increase in workers’ compensation premiums for 2006. In late August, the agency proposed a 3.8 percent increase....

IFSL Report Notes 15% Decline in London Market Premiums in 2004

Nov 17 2005 // A report from International Financial Services, London (IFSL) notes that gross premiums on the London Market fell 15 percent in 2004 to £21.7 billion ($37.3 billion) According to a new edition of IFSL’s Insurance...

Conn. to Reconsider ProSelect 12% Med-Mal Rate Hike Rejected by Department

Nov 16 2005 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Susan Cogswell will conduct a public hearing on Nov. 29 to reconsider her department’s disapproval of ProSelect’s Medical Malpractice, Physicians and Surgeons Professional...

Colo. Comp Premium to Decrease

Nov 15 2005 // Beginning Jan. 1, 2006, the standard premium for workers’ compensation in Colorado will decrease an average of 1 percent, as a result of an order signed by Colorado Insurance Commissioner David Rivera. Although...

California Commissioner Calls for 15.3 Percent Workers’ Comp Rate Decrease

Nov 11 2005 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has recommended a 15.3 percent decrease in the state’s workers’ compensation pure premium rates. This is his fifth consecutive decrease, which will bring the...

Alabama DOI Predicts Price Increases; Expects 50,000 Hurricane Claims

Nov 10 2005 // More than 50,000 claims are expected in Alabama from hurricane damage according to Ragan Ingram, assistant insurance commissioner for the Alabama Department of Insurance. He said, however, that complete cost estimates...

Citizens Property Board to Consider Rate Hikes When it Meets Next Week

Nov 9 2005 // Back-to-back insurance rate increases averaging 20 percent for non-hurricane premiums and 32 percent for wind-only premiums could be requested by Citizens Property Insurance Corp.’s board of directors after it meets...

MarketScout Barometer Shows Continued Softening in Professional Liability Market

Nov 7 2005 // MarketScout has analyzed the submissions from its agency network in an exclusive market evaluation on behalf of the Insurance Journal. Additionally, MarketScout conducted in person interviews with various industry leading...

W. Va. Legislation Effectively Reduced Homeowners, Auto Rates

Nov 7 2005 // Automobile and homeowners rates have been dramatically reduced as a result of legislative changes made by the West Virginia Legisla-ture, Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline, told Professional Independent Insurance Agents...

ARIZONA AUTO INSURANCE RATES RISING

Nov 7 2005 // Automobile ins-urance costs in Arizona are on the rise and remain on the high side nationally. The average rate has gone up 16.6 percent in Arizona in the latest five-year measurement, although the increase is lower than...

W. Va. Legislation Effectively Reduced Homeowners, Auto Rates

Nov 6 2005 // Automobile and homeowners rates have been dramatically reduced as a result of legislative changes made by the West Virginia Legisla-ture, Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline, told Professional Independent Insurance Agents...

MarketScout Barometer Shows Continued Softening in Professional Liability Market

Nov 6 2005 // MarketScout has analyzed the submissions from its agency network in an exclusive market evaluation on behalf of the Insurance Journal. Additionally, MarketScout conducted in person interviews with various industry leading...