August 18, 2006
Nearly 7,000 Alaskans will lose their earthquake insurance as their policies come up for renewal in the coming months. Allstate Insurance Co. is cutting its optional earthquake coverage nationwide, and will drop this plan as policies come up for renewal, …
August 18, 2006
One down, hundreds to go. That’s the tally for a federal judge who ruled this week in favor of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. in the first trial to challenge insurers for refusing to cover billions of dollars in damage from …
August 18, 2006
California’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau has submitted its Jan. 1, 2007 pure premium rate filing to the California Department of Insurance (CDI) recommending changes to the California Workers’ Compensation Uniform Statistical Reporting Plan – 1995 and the California Workers’ …
August 18, 2006
State Farm Insurance, California’s largest auto insurer, has applied for an 8 percent average reduction for its policyholders while simultaneously implementing new auto rate regulations, according to the Department of Insurance. State Farm’s action means that about 2.8 million policyholders …
August 18, 2006
An Ind. police dog handler who was attacked by his last canine will soon have a new dog. Officer Jeff Dunscomb’s dog was fatally shot by Tippecanoe County Sheriff Smokey Anderson in July after it bit the officer during a …
August 18, 2006
Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle unveiled a plan this week to exempt all health insurance premiums from state taxes, a break that he said would save families who qualify hundreds of dollars per year. The governor said the plan would cost …
August 18, 2006
Low-income residents would pay between $10 and $100 a month for health care under draft regulations set to be reviewed by the board overseeing the Massachusett’s sweeping new insurance law. Under the draft regulations, single adults living at the annual …
August 18, 2006
About a decade ago, as he watched utility trucks from out of state help fix widespread power outages in New Hampshire, a light went on for Bow, New Hampshire’s public works director, Chum Cleverly. If power companies could get help …
August 17, 2006
Employers Insurance Group based in Reno, Nev., announced it has more than doubled its share of the Montana’s workers’ compensation insurance market since the start of the current year. Workers’ compensation insurance and services are offered in Montana through Employers …
August 17, 2006
Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s office announced that a federal disaster declaration for El Paso has been approved by President Bush as a result of recent flooding in the area. “This disaster declaration means much needed assistance to El Paso is …