Southeast’s Top Stories: Disasters That Happened and 1 That Didn’t December 23, 2010 By Andrew G. Simpson The top insurance stories in the Southeast in 2010 included several disasters that caused considerable death and destruction in the...
Best Affirms Fireman’s Fund Companies ‘A’ Ratings; Upgrades ICR December 23, 2010 A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the issuer credit ratings (ICR) to “a+” from “a” and affirmed the financial strength rating...
Louisiana Citizens Receives Rating Upgrade December 22, 2010 Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon announced that Moody’s Investors Service has upgraded the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (Citizens) Assessment...
Feds Pursuing Fraud Charges Against Oil Spill Claimants in 5 States December 21, 2010 A woman was indicted last week in the Eastern District of Louisiana for allegedly filing fraudulent claims for compensation due...
Humana Names Bagby as Louisiana Commercial Market President December 21, 2010 Humana Inc. named Rhonda Bagby president of its Louisiana commercial operations. As Humana’s senior commercial executive for Louisiana, based in...
Collapsed Arkansas Silo Not Checked for Safety in 19 Years December 20, 2010 Federal safety regulators had not conducted an inspection in nearly 20 years at a southwest Arkansas grain silo that collapsed...
Florida Case Is Next Test for Health Care Law December 20, 2010 By Melissa Nelson Attorneys for 20 states fighting the new federal health care law told a judge last week it will expand the...
Appeals Court Rejects $21M Katrina Settlement December 20, 2010 By Michael Kunzelman A federal appeals court has rejected a $21 million settlement of Hurricane Katrina damage claims that some residents had complained...
New Markets December 20, 2010 The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to...
Fact or Fiction? Insurance Tidbits of Known and Little-Known Information December 20, 2010 Have you ever wondered what big events helped shape regulation of the current U.S. insurance industry? Or if drivers of...