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St. Johns Insurance Insolvent, to be Liquidated, Florida DFS Reports
Feb 28 2022 // St. Johns Insurance Co., one of the larger property/casualty insurers based in Florida, is now insolvent and will soon be liquidated. The Florida Department of Financial Services posted a notice Friday that a judge in Leon...
February 25 Is Deadline For Louisiana Policyholders to File Ida Proof of Loss
Feb 25 2022 // February 25, 2022 is the deadline for most Louisiana policyholders to file proof of loss for Hurricane Ida damage. Friday marks the 180th day after Ida made landfall in Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane. Most residential...
Florida House Committee Gives Nod to Surplus, Citizens, Fraud Bills
Feb 24 2022 // The Florida House of Representatives’ Commerce Committee passed no fewer than five bills Wednesday that could affect property and casualty insurance, from allowing surplus lines carriers to be based in Florida, to...
New Auto Insurer Sensa’s Device Analyzes Accident, Triggers Emergency Services
Feb 21 2022 // A new auto insurer is turning the tables on car manufacturers that offer insurance with their roadside and emergency services by including these accident services with its auto insurance policy. Austin, Texas-based Sensa...
Insurtech Startup Slide Agrees to Take On Troubled St. Johns HO Business
Feb 18 2022 // Things are moving fast in Florida’s distressed property insurance market. Just days after St. Johns Insurance Co. announced it would stop writing new homeowner business in Florida, the Demotech rating agency withdrew...
Louisiana’s Donelon: Policyholders Should Check For Ida Deadlines
Feb 18 2022 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon is encouraging policyholders who filed claims for Hurricane Ida damage to check with their agent or insurance company for any required deadlines necessary to settle their...
Louisiana Insurance Dept. Tells Policyholders to File Ida Proof of Loss by Feb. 25
Feb 10 2022 // Louisiana policyholders seeking to file proof of loss for damage due to Hurricane Ida have until Feb. 25, when a 180-day deadline for most residential and commercial property insurance policies expire. Louisiana Insurance...
New Auto Insurer Sensa’s Device Analyzes Accident, Triggers Emergency Services
Feb 8 2022 // A new auto insurer is turning the tables on car manufacturers that offer insurance with their roadside and emergency services by including these accident services with its auto insurance policy. Austin, Texas-based Sensa...
NASA: Earth’s Temperature in 2021 Was 1.5 Degrees F Above Baseline
Feb 3 2022 // Earth’s global average surface temperatures in 2021 were 1.5 degrees Fahrenheit (0.85 degrees Celsius) above the average for NASA’s baseline period, a new report shows. The average tied with 2018 as the sixth...
Insurance Technology: C&F Pet Insurance Adds Health Tool; Frederick Mutual Adds Digital Document Protection
Feb 2 2022 // Petriage, a pet health technology company, has developed a veterinary platform it calls a “teletriage symptom analysis tool” that informs pet owners of the urgency of seeking care for their ailing dog or cat,...
Washington Commissioner Adopts 3-Year Credit Scoring Ban, Proposes Transparency Rule
Feb 1 2022 // Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has adopted his rule banning insurers from using credit information to set auto, homeowner and renter insurance for three years. Kreidler’s rule temporarily banning...
Risky Business: Climate Change Turns Up Heat on Insurers, Policyholders
Nov 12 2021 // Tony and Jhan Dunn never thought they would leave California, where they grew up, built a life together and planned to retire. But after a wildfire swept through their Northern California town of Paradise three years ago,...
Insurers Ordered to Pay Louisiana Policyholders’ Ida Evacuation Expenses
Sep 20 2021 // Louisiana’s top insurance regulator on Sept. 7 directed insurance companies pay policyholders’ Hurricane Ida evacuation expenses. Directive 218, issued by Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon, requires insurers...
Insurers Urged to Pay Prohibited Use Coverage to Ida-Displaced Louisiana Policyholders
Sep 7 2021 // As tens of thousands of Louisianians are experiencing hardship after Hurricane Ida in the face of evacuations, physical damage to their homes and businesses, power outages, a lack of drinking water and localized gas...
California Commissioner Issues Another Non-Renewal Moratorium to Aid Policyholders Affected by Wildfires
Sep 1 2021 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has issued notices to insurers alerting them to cease non-renewals and cancellations of insurance coverage for communities with wildfire emergencies. Lara’s notices...
State Fund Offering Credit Extension to Policyholders Impacted by California Wildfires
Aug 20 2021 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund is offering a 30-day credit extension to policyholders affected by wildfires currently burning in Northern California counties declared states of emergency by Gov.Gavin...
California Commissioner Issues Non-Renewal Moratorium to Aid Policyholders Affected by Wildfires
Aug 19 2021 // California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Thursday issued a mandatory one-year moratorium on insurance companies from non-renewing or cancelling residential property insurance policies. The action is intended to...
Insurers: Washington Commissioner’s ‘Rushed’ Regulatory Process Will Hurt Policyholders
Aug 9 2021 // The American Property Casualty Insurance Association submitted comments in opposition to stakeholder draft regulations which will make Washington Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s emergency regulations banning the use of...
U.S. West Consumer Survey: 4-in-10 Policyholders Don’t Talk to Insurer About Wildfire Risks
Aug 5 2021 // Most residents of the wildfire-plagued Western U.S. believe in mitigation efforts, but fewer are actually taking such steps – while more than 40% have never spoken to their insurer about wildfire risk, according to a...
Hiscox Agrees to Arbitration Settlement with UK Policyholders over COVID-19 BI Losses
Jun 28 2021 // Hiscox has agreed an arbitration settlement with a group of policyholders over business interruption losses due to the government’s COVID-19 lockdown last year, the Lloyd’s of London insurer said on...
