Latest Property Headlines
All the headlines from our Property Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Europ Assistance to Offer Property/Security Coverage
May 16 2007 // Europ Assistance, one of the UK’s leading providers of domestic emergency assistance, said that in response to concerns from its customers regarding property and personal security, it’s adding a...
Insurers Call for Additional Reforms for Florida Consumers
May 15 2007 // A new Florida law enacted during a 2007 January special session provides immediate savings for homeowners by shifting potential payments for hurricane losses from the homeowners receiving the current policy benefits to...
Allstate To Cease Issuing New Homeowners Policies in Calif.
May 11 2007 // Allstate has announced that as of July 1, 2007, it will stop offering new homeowners and landlord package polices (LPP) in California. The announcement does not affect its existing property insurance customers in...
La. House Panel OKs Governor’s Property Insurance Package
May 11 2007 // Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco won a House committee’s approval for her plan to ease Louisiana’s property insurance crisis by offering $100 million in financial incentives to insurance companies. Blanco’s...
Fla. Gov. Praised Legislature for Continued Property Insurance Reform
May 8 2007 // Gov Charlie Crist commended the Florida House and Senate for continuing the work of lowering property insurance rates by passing legislation that “ensures affordability and consumer choice within Florida’s...
Pet food case raises product recall, ‘special property,’ new coverage issues
May 7 2007 // While the manufacturer of the contaminated multi-brand pet foods that have caused an unknown number of pet deaths and illnesses wants to put the controversy behind it, the pet food maker along with insurers, lawyers and...
Pet food case raises product recall, ‘special property,’ new coverage issues
May 7 2007 // While the manufacturer of the contaminated multi-brand pet foods that have caused an unknown number of pet deaths and illnesses wants to put the controversy behind it, the pet food maker along with insurers, lawyers and...
Dog daze: pet food case raises product recall, ‘special’ property claims
May 7 2007 // The tragedy could even lead to some new coverage opportunities for the insurance industry if lawyers are successful While the manufacturer of the contaminated multi-brand pet foods that have caused an unknown number of pet...
Commercial property/casualty premiums drop, underwriting relaxes, 1st quarter survey finds
May 7 2007 // Commercial property/casualty premiums for all sizes of accounts dropped sharply during the first quarter of 2007, with indications that insurance companies are starting to loosen underwriting standards and price...
Another report details property/casualty insurers’ 2006 profitability, escape from storms
May 7 2007 // Warns falling prices mean profits are at, or are steadily, approaching the cyclical peak Another report on the insurance industry confirms and details what has been widely acknowledged: a sharp decline in catastrophes in...
News Currents
May 7 2007 // Dog daze: pet food case raises product recall, ‘special’ property claims The tragedy could even lead to some new coverage opportunities for the insurance industry if lawyers are successful While the...
Pet food case raises product recall, ‘special’ property, new coverage issues
May 7 2007 // While the manufacturer of the contaminated multi-brand pet foods that have caused an unknown number of pet deaths and illnesses wants to put the controversy behind it, the pet food maker along with insurers, lawyers and...
Pet food case raises product recall, ‘special property,’ new coverage issues
May 7 2007 // While the manufacturer of the contaminated multi-brand pet foods that have caused an unknown number of pet deaths and illnesses wants to put the controversy behind it, the pet food maker along with insurers, lawyers and...
Commercial property/casualty premiums drop, underwriting relaxes, 1st quarter survey finds
May 7 2007 // Commercial property/casualty premiums for all sizes of accounts dropped sharply during the first quarter of 2007, with indications that insurance companies are starting to loosen underwriting standards and price...
News Currents
May 7 2007 // Another report details property/casualty insurers’ 2006 profitability, escape from storms Warns falling prices mean profits are at, or are steadily, approaching the cyclical peak Another report on the insurance...
Texas’ March Enforcement Actions Lead to $188K in Fines, Restitutions
May 3 2007 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced enforcement actions that became final during March include nine license revocations, four license denials and fines and restitution totaling $188,826. Copies of Insurance...
Ala. Treasurer’s Vault has Plenty of Unclaimed Valuables
May 1 2007 // The Alabama state treasurer’s job is to reconnect lost items such as pearls, coins, timepieces, old Elvis records and a half a million dollars to their rightful owners, and right now the office has $317 million in...
Professional Program Insurance Brokerage Lowers Property Rates Nationwide
May 1 2007 // Due to the huge success and continued growth of all of their offered programs, combined with a catastrophe free season, Professional Program Insurance Brokerage has reduced their property rates nationwide. New rates take...
Florida Lawmakers Faced with Lengthy to-do List in Final Week
Apr 30 2007 // The Republicans who control the Florida Legislature swore they would solve the property tax imbroglio before the 2007 session ends May 4, but their competing bills remain unresolved along with several other bills of...
Aspen Appoints Warde President-U.S.
Apr 30 2007 // Bermuda-based Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited announced that Nathan Warde has been appointed President of Aspen Insurance U.S., with immediate effect. He will report directly to Chris O’Kane, Aspen’s...
