Insurance News from April 12, 2011
National News
Gulf Coast Officials Enjoy Spending Spree at BP’s Expense
In the year since the Gulf oil spill, officials along the coast have gone on a spending...
International & Reinsurance News
Japan Insured Losses Up to $34 Billion: RMS
The March 11 Japan earthquake and tsunami are likely to have caused up to $34 billion...
East News
Pennsylvania House Passes Tort Reform Bill
Pennsylvania House lawmakers have passed a major tort reform bill, an agent-supported...
West News
Oregon Bar Clears State Lawmaker in Insurance Contract Dispute
The Oregon State Bar has cleared a Republican state lawmaker from central Oregon in a...
Southeast News
Florida Approves 18.8% State Farm Rate Increase
Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty has approved a statewide average 18.8...
Texas / South Central News
State Farm Again Ordered to Refund Texas Policyholders
A judge in Austin, Texas, has ruled that State Farm Insurance Co. must comply with a...
Midwest News
Cleanup of Tornado-Swept Iowa Town to Take Months
Tom Sanford stepped carefully through his tornado ravaged home in Mapleton, Iowa, his...