Kansas Doubles Amount of Insured Crop Acres July 29, 2005Kansas farmers have more than doubled the insured acres in the state since 1989, tripling their doll...
Recovering from ID Theft Can Be Difficult, Costly, Victims Report July 26, 2005Twenty-eight percent of identity theft victims indicate they have not been able to restore their ide...
Sen. Klein Claims Fla. Insurers Attempted to Bypass Regulations, Calls for Banking Committee Investigation July 21, 2005Sen. Ron Klein, D-Boca Raton, has requested a special meeting of the Senate Banking Committee and an...
Miss. Insurance Department Cautions: 'Be Prepared, Vigilant' for Hurricanes July 19, 2005Mississippi Insurance Commissioner George Dale has cautioned everyone to be "prepared and vigilant" ...
Fla. Approves Nationwide Request: 21 Percent Homeowners, 25 Percent Mobile Home Rate Increases July 13, 2005An average rate increase of 21 percent on homeowners policies and 25 percent for mobile homes, reque...
Farmers, Allstate Take Top Honors at IMCA 2005 Showcase Awards; Insurance Journal Honored July 06, 2005Farmers Insurance Group received the top honor and Allstate Insurance Company received nine Best of ...
N.Y. Trial Bar, Auto Insurers Agree on Court Changes to Expedite Claims June 27, 2005With encouragement from insurers led by Progressive Insurance Co. and the state's trial lawyers, New...
N.Y. Auto Premium Cuts Continue June 27, 2005New York officials announced that American International Group, Chubb, and General Motors Acceptance...
Nationwide's Allied Insurance Looking for Agents in Eastern States June 22, 2005The independent agency arm of giant Nationwide Insurance is expanding its reach and looking for agen...
Fla. Investigators Encounter Increased Fraud as an After-Effect of 2004 Hurricanes June 20, 2005Insurance fraud has increased dramatically in Florida as an after-effect of the 2004 hurricane seaso...
EU Leaders Fiddle while Europe Burns June 17, 2005One would have thought that the crisis in the European Union, provoked when French and Dutch voters ...
FEMA, Insurers, Adjusters Charged in Md. Lawsuit by Isabel Flood Victims June 09, 2005More than 140 victims of the 2003 tropical storm Isabel are suing Homeland Security Undersecretary M...
Euro Turmoil No Bar to Acquisitions; AEGON to Acquire Nationwide Poland June 06, 2005Ever since the French and the Dutch rejected the proposed European Constitution (See IJ Web site May...
Aon Study of Insurance Industry Finds Earnings Volatility Lower in 2004 June 02, 2005Aon released the results of its 2004 Insurance Earnings Volatility Study, which highlights the insur...
Five W. Va. Insurers Pledge to Cut Auto Premium Rates May 30, 2005Five of West Virginia's largest carriers have pledged to lower premiums by more than $54 million, ac...
Keynote: Auto Insurance Web Sites Main Consumer Source for Quotes May 24, 2005New competitive intelligence from Keynote Systems, The Internet Performance Authority, reported that...
SIIS to Hold Annual Conference in June May 16, 2005Southwestern Insurance Information Service announced its 52nd Annual Conference will take place June...
Liberty Mutual Becomes 10th Insurer to Reduce N.Y. Auto Rates May 09, 2005Liberty Mutual, a Boston-based insurer with more than a quarter-million New York auto policyholders,...
Response Insurance Gets a Response; Google to Meet Company's Request May 03, 2005Response Insurance, a national direct-to-the-consumer auto insurer, has reportedly gained the cooper...
Allstate Drives Forward with N.Y. Auto Rate Cuts May 02, 2005Acting Superintendent of Insurance Howard Mills announced that Allstate Insurance Company, New York'...
Nationwide's New Identity Theft Policy Also Available Through Independent Agents May 02, 2005Columbus, Ohio-based exclusive-agent carrier Nationwide Insurance announced that its new identity th...
W. Va. Insurers React to Passed Legislation, Five Companies Decreasing Auto Rates May 02, 2005Insurers in West Virginia, reacting to the legislation singed last week that eliminates third-party,...
N.Y. Central Mutual Drops Auto Rates 5% April 21, 2005Acting Superintendent of Insurance Howard Mills announced that the New York State Insurance Departme...
'No-Cost' Insurance Incentive Said to Boost Car Sales April 12, 2005The first test of an incentive in which an automaker paid the insurance on every new car concluded M...
Key Insurers Withdraw Support for Federal Asbestos Trust Fund but Sens. Frist, Specter Push Ahead April 06, 2005More than a dozen insurance companies have dropped their support of the proposed $140 billion federa...
W. Va. Tort Reform Bill Survives Toughest Test Yet; NAMIC Comments March 18, 2005Democratic Gov. Joe Manchin's bill to eliminate third-party bad faith lawsuits survived its toughest...
TDI Orders Homeowners Insurers to File Rates March 17, 2005The Texas Department of Insurance announced that record low loss ratios reported by Texas homeowners...
Mich. Lawmakers Pass Bill to Repeal State Helmet Law, According to AAA Michigan March 17, 2005Michigan lawmakers on Thursday passed Senate Bill 297, which repeals the state's 36-year-old mandato...
HCC Holding's CEO to Speak at Target Markets March 15, 2005The Target Markets Program Administrators Association announced that Stephen Way, chairman and chief...
State Farm Cutting N.Y. Auto Insurance Rates 5% March 01, 2005State Farm Mutual will reduce its auto premiums in New York state by an average of 5 percent, accord...
Weiss: Insurers Earn $28B in First Three Quarters of 2004 February 28, 2005Despite a hurricane-ravaged third quarter, property/casualty insurers reported profits of $28.1 bill...
W. Va. Agency Opening Martinsburg Office to Cater to Hispanic Clients February 22, 2005Veronica Hall, an associate agent with Maiden Financial in Martinsburg has announced the opening of ...
Calif. Man Indicted on Federal Charges in International Insurance Fraud Scam February 16, 2005Matthew Wallace Schachter, aka Robert Lewis Brown, aka Matthew C. Rollins (Brown), 58, was indicted ...
Man with Multiple Identities Indicted on Federal Charges in International Scam February 14, 2005Matthew Wallace Schachter, aka Robert Lewis Brown, aka Matthew C. Rollins (Brown), 58, was indicted ...
Travelers Cuts N.Y. Auto Rates February 11, 2005New Yorkers who insure their private passenger automobile through Travelers will see on average a 5....
Fla. Schedules Public Hearings on Rate Increase February 07, 2005Four public hearings have been scheduled March 1 in Florida to discuss Nationwide Insurance's propos...
Amica Latest to Cut N.Y. Auto Insurance Rates February 04, 2005Acting New York Superintendent of Insurance Howard Mills announced that most New Yorkers who insure ...
ProCentury Adds 2 Corporate Staffers February 03, 2005Columbus, Ohio-based excess and surplus lines carrier ProCentury Corp. announced the addition of Ste...
Fla. CEO Requests Rate 'Freeze'; Insurance Council Shares His Concerns February 03, 2005Florida's CFO Tom Gallagher has requested a freeze on all insurance rate increases for homeowners po...
No-Charge Auto Insurance Pioneer Out to Sell More VWs, Convince Skeptics Rating Model Works February 01, 2005Volkswagen of America, looking for ways to attract younger buyers, is going beyond sporty designs, c...
Ohio Has 4th Lowest Homeowners Rates, 16th Lowest in Auto Insurance February 01, 2005Ohio insurance consumers continued to benefit from a healthy property and casualty market in 2004 an...
Fla. CFO Gallagher: Rate Hikes Shouldn't Match Those After Hurricane Andrew January 31, 2005More than two dozen property insurers have filed for rate hikes since four hurricanes caused $20.6 b...
Consumer Group Hits Payment of Contingent Commissions in Personal Insurance as Harmful to Buyers January 27, 2005A new report by a national consumer organization claims that contingent fee arrangements "similar" t...
Nationwide Insurance Requests Fla. Statewide 28.3 Percent Rate Increase January 26, 2005Floridian homeowners with policies issued by Nationwide Insurance Company of Florida, the state's fo...
IIHS Attributes Saved Lives to Fla. Teen-Driving Regulation Changes January 17, 2005Nationwide driver's license regulation changes which took place as a result of the death of a teenag...
Nationwide Latest Auto Insurer to Cut N.Y. Rates January 12, 2005The New York State Insurance Departmentannounced that Nationwide Insurance will reduce auto rate pre...
Impact of Conn. Franchise Ruling May Not Be as Big on Insurance Agents as Claimed January 10, 2005A recent $2.3 million jury verdict for wrongful termination in favor of a former Nationwide Insuranc...
Scottsdale Insurance Names New President January 04, 2005Scottsdale Insurance Company recently named Michael D. Mi...
Car Buyers Get No-Charge Insurance in Volkswagen-Nationwide Pilot Program Based on Car Model Risk January 03, 2005A Long Island insurance think-tank has licensed Volkswagen of America Inc. to offer the industry's f...
N.Y. Rates Auto Insurers Based on Complaints January 03, 2005With only one upheld complaint, Amica Mutual Insurance Co. of Rhode Island, a perennial top 10 finis...
