CDS Business Mapping LLC. has added a new Flood Elevation report to its RiskMeter Online (www.RiskMeter.com) service to better understand flood risk for policies that fall outside a flood zone. “After the events of the 2005 hurricane season, many insurers …
While much of the controversy surrounding former New Mexico Insurance Superintendent Eric Serna has centered on Con Alma, his conduct wasn’t limited to the health foundation he founded, court documents allege. Serna and one of his top aides offered favorable …
The Holladay Citizens Advisory Board in Utah has recommended some traffic tickets not be reported to insurance companies so the offenders’ premium rates don’t go up. The proposal is opposed by the community’s leading law enforcement officer and has received …
California’s fourth-largest provider of auto insurance has agreed to base its rates on safety and driving frequency rather than primarily on where a driver lives. The plan, to take effect Dec. 1, would cut some $133 million from the annual …
The Florida Public Hurricane Model is now available on the Office of Insurance Regulation’s website according to Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty. Statewide data showing aggregate results of insurance company filings can now be viewed. The FPHM was created to provide …
Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty has testified before the Florida Building Commission on the need to expand Florida’s tougher building codes to areas of the Panhandle that had been exempted. The Florida Building Code allows wind-borne debris regions from Franklin …
Three Toyota officials are under a criminal investigation on suspicion of professional negligence in allegedly shirking recalls for eight years and not fixing a defect that may have caused an accident, Japanese police said July 11. Toyota Motor Corp. denied …
GM is to close its factory in Portugal this year and move production of its Combo vehicle to its factory in Zaragoza, Spain, the company’s Europe vice president said July 11. The move means 1,200 lost jobs at the Opel …
Since the inception of a controversial move by the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Inc. has taken the position that it is improper for the DMV to include ads from automobile insurers, such …
Recent severe thunderstorms in Oklahoma blew vehicles off roads, ripped off roofs and caused an ammonia leak that forced a business to be evacuated, authorities said. At least one person was reported injured when storms peeled away the roof of …