Latest Allied Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Allied Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Arbitrator Impartiality – An Elusive Standard?
Jan 30 2006 // It is quite common in certain insurance or reinsurance contracts for the parties to include an arbitration clause so as to identify the chosen means of dispute resolution. For those threatened with the prospect of...
Business Moves
Jan 1 2006 // Lawson-Hawks Acquires Healthcare Property/Casualty Group Lawson-Hawks Insurance Associates Inc., a regional independent insurance broker based in Mountain View, Calif., has acquired the El Dorado Hills, Calif.-based...
Nationwide Announces Retirement of President of Strategic Investments
Dec 15 2005 // Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company announced today the retirement of Donna A. James as president of Nationwide Strategic Investments. James’ retirement will become effective March 31, 2006. James has been employed...
Demotech Gives Nationwide of Florida an ‘A’ Rating
Nov 29 2005 // Demotech Inc. has confirmed that a Financial Stability Rating (FSR) of A, Exceptional, remains in place for Nationwide Insurance Company of Florida. The confirmation comes after NICOF received a capital infusion from...
Best Removes FSR of Nationwide of Florida from Under Review
Nov 22 2005 // A.M. Best Co. has removed the financial strength rating of B (Fair) of Nationwide Insurance Company of Florida (NICOF) from under review. The rating outlook is negative. Removal of the under review status follows the...
MOBILE HOME LAWSUIT DISMISSED
Nov 21 2005 // The Arkansas Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit filed by Nationwide Mutu-al Fire Insurance Co. over payment of a claim after a mobile home caught fire in Beebe, Ark. The Associated Press reported that Nationwide claimed...
Carriers Flooded With Auto Damage Claims
Nov 20 2005 // Plantation, Fla., ‘Insurance Village’ The “Insurance Village” established by Florida’s Depart-ment of Financial Services in Plantation, Fla. west of Fort Lauderdale, had a lot of damaged...
Business Moves
Nov 20 2005 // Nationwide Nationwide Insurance is reducing homeowner rates for Nationwide Lloyds customers in Texas effective Jan. 7, 2006. The average decrease will be 10.75 percent for renewing Texas policyholders. Additionally,...
News Briefs
Nov 20 2005 // Arkansas Mobile Home Lawsuit Dismissed The Arkansas Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit filed by Nationwide Mutu-al Fire Insurance Co. over payment of a claim after a mobile home caught fire in Beebe, Ark. The Associated...
Insurance Company Loses Ark. Lawsuit Against Trailer Manufacturer
Nov 10 2005 // The Arkansas Court of Appeals ordered the full dismissal of a lawsuit filed by an insurance company that paid a claim after a mobile home caught fire. Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Co. had claimed that Fleetwood Homes...
NATIONWIDE AUDITING HURRICANE CLAIMS
Nov 7 2005 // Nationwide Insurance has reached an agreement with state regulators to audit its claims from the 2004 hurricane season and correct any underpayments. The state Office of Insurance Regulation has announced that under the...
News Briefs
Nov 6 2005 // ALABAMA Vesta Reinsurance To Cover Wilma Vesta Insurance of Birmingham, issued a statement saying it has complete reinsurance coverage for Hur-ricane Wilma claims in Florida. “As previously disclosed, Vesta’s...
Adjusters Dispatched to Southeast Florida: Face Uncertain Conditions After Hurricane Wilma
Oct 26 2005 // Insurance adjusters are converging on Orlando this morning to regroup and then after short meetings, be assigned to Florida’s southwest and southeast coasts, where they begin to access the damage caused by Hurricane...
Nationwide Claims Reps Provide Hurricane Relief to Victims in Naples
Oct 25 2005 // Nationwide claims representatives and humanitarian relief teams stood by on Tuesday in the Lowe’s parking lot on 6415 Naples Blvd. in Naples, Fla. to provide aid to Hurricane Wilma victims. Nationwide teams brought...
Nationwide to Lower Homeowner Rates in Texas
Oct 19 2005 // Nationwide Insurance is reducing homeowner rates for Nationwide Lloyds customers in Texas effective Jan. 7, 2006. The average decrease will be 10.75 percent for renewing customers in Texas. “This rate decrease...
California Workers’ Comp Overhaul Sets Stage for Nationwide Reforms
Oct 17 2005 // The broad reforms in California’s workers’ compensation system serve as an example for the nation, as employers and insurers in the state are getting sizeable financial relief from runaway workers’...
Agreement Reached: Nationwide to Audit Last Year’s Florida Hurricane Claims, Correct Underpayments
Oct 12 2005 // Nationwide Insurance has reached an agreement with the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation to audit its claims from the 2004 hurricane season and correct any underpayments. OIR announced that under the agreement...
Mutual of Omaha Names Diamond CFO
Oct 10 2005 // Mutual of Omaha Chairman and CEO Dan Neary today announced the appointment of David A. Diamond as executive vice president and chief financial officer. Diamond comes to Mutual of Omaha from Nationwide, an insurance and...
Miss. Attorney General Hood Accuses Carriers of Cheating
Oct 3 2005 // Five major insurance companies were recently sued by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood, who charged that insurance adjusters attempted to cheat Hurricane Katrina survivors out of millions of dollars in...
Miss. AG Accuses Carriers of Cheating
Oct 3 2005 // Five major insurance companies were recently sued by Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood, who charged that insurance adjusters attempted to cheat Hurricane Katrina survivors out of millions of dollars in...
