Latest USAA Headlines
All the headlines from our USAA Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Further Challenges to Anti-Concurrent Cause Clauses
Jul 20 2009 // Hurricane Katrina brought the question of the validity and applicability of ACCs to the forefront. Hurricane Katrina, in addition to causing unprecedented damage and destruction, added significantly to the workload of...
USAA Sues Austin Internet Company for Trademark Infringement
Mar 4 2009 // San Antonio-based USAA, a diversified financial services company and Texas’ largest domestic insurance provider, announced it has filed suit against USInsuranceOnline.com, accusing the company of purposely misleading...
USAA Closing Sacramento, Norfolk Offices
Feb 13 2009 // USAA, a diversified financial services company, announced it will close its Sacramento, Calif., operations and part of its Norfolk, Va., operations, consolidating operations into other U.S. locations. Employees in good...
USAA Responding to Hurricane Gustav in Louisiana
Sep 3 2008 // A team of 350 catastrophe adjusters and support personnel with USAA are headed to areas of Louisiana affected by Hurricane Gustav. The company’s catastrophe headquarters are planned for Baton Rouge and two satellite...
Business Moves
Sep 1 2008 // Apex Global, Benefit Partners Apex Global Partners Inc. acquired Benefit Partners and subsidiaries BP Life and Health Insurance Agency, Benefit Partners Financial Services, BP Risk Partners Insurance Agency and...
USAA Expands Membership Eligibility
Aug 15 2008 // San Antonio-based USAA expanded its membership eligibility to include: military retirees, regardless of when they retired; military personnel who were honorably discharged on or after Jan. 1, 1996; and widows or widowers...
Mississippi Judge Rejects Punitive Damages Bid by Pascagoula Couple
Jul 1 2008 // A Jackson County judge won’t let a jury consider punitive damages in the case of a Pascagoula couple who sued their insurer for unpaid Hurricane Katrina damages. USAA had paid the Lisanbys $46,000 for their wind...
Mississippi Couple’s Katrina Suit against USAA Goes to Trial
Jun 16 2008 // Jackson County, Mississippi’s first Hurricane Katrina insurance lawsuit headed to the courtroom Monday. Admiral James W. Lisanby and his wife, Gladys Kemp Lisanby, are suing their insurance company, USAA, over damage...
Mississippi Court Agrees to Hear Katrina Insurance Issue
May 22 2008 // The Mississippi Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether an insurance policy can be interpreted in a wind versus water dispute over Hurricane Katrina claims. The lawsuit was filed in Harrison County Circuit Court by...
Consumer Advocacy Group Questions USAA’s Role in Home Foreclosures
May 8 2008 // Consumer advocacy group The Greenlining Institute has filed a petition with the Commissioner of the California Department of Insurance demanding review of United Services Automobile Association’s (USAA) application...
Jury Awards $3.6 Million Verdict to Marine
Apr 9 2008 // A U.S. Marine captain serving his third tour of duty in Iraq has been awarded $3.6 million by a San Diego jury after his insurance company unreasonably denied his claim for water damage to his Oceanside, Calif., home,...
Consumer Groups Challenge USAA Rate Filing
Feb 24 2008 // The Greenlining Institute is the most recent consumer protection organization to file a petition with the California Department of Insurance over a proposed rate filing by the United States Automobile Association....
Disappointed Miss. Couple Unlikely to Appeal Low Katrina Award
Feb 10 2008 // A Mississippi couple whose lawsuit over Hurricane Katrina damage to their home ended with a jury verdict that favored the insurance company said they have no plans to file an appeal in the case. An eight-member jury...
Consumer Groups Challenge USAA Rate Filing
Feb 4 2008 // The Greenlining Institute is the most recent consumer protection organization to file a petition with the California Department of Insurance over a proposed rate filing by the United States Automobile Association....
Miss. Couple Weighs Appeal in Katrina Case after Verdict Favors Insurer
Jan 31 2008 // A Mississippi homeowner whose lawsuit over Hurricane Katrina damage ended with a jury verdict that favored his insurance company said Tuesday he has no plans to file an appeal in the case. On Monday, an eight-member jury...
Mississippi Jury’s Verdict in Katrina Case Favors Insurance Company
Jan 30 2008 // A federal judge refused to let Mississippi jurors consider punitive damages against an insurance company after they handed down a verdict Monday that favored the insurer in a dispute with policyholders over Hurricane...
Fla. Insurance Regulators Deny USAA Rate Hike, Cancel Hearing
Oct 9 2007 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation disapproved a rate increase filing submitted by United Services Automobile Association, USAA Casualty Insurance Co. and USAA General Indemnity Co. As a result of the disapproval,...
Insurance Co. Settles With Mississippi Couple Over Katrina Damage
Oct 1 2007 // A federal trial over Hurricane Katrina damage ended abruptly with a settlement between the insurance company and the Mississippi couple whose property damage, a jury decided, had been caused by the storm’s wind and...
Survey: Consumers Rank USAA Tops in Service
Jul 10 2007 // USAA, which provides insurance to people in the armed services, their spouses and children, was ranked No. 1 of companies that demonstrate they have their customers’ best interests at heart in a survey by Forrester...
Rating Recap: Residential Re 2007 (USAA)
Jun 8 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has assigned senior secured debt ratings to five classes of variable rate notes issued by Residential Reinsurance 2007 Ltd. (Res Re 2007) as follows: — $145 million Class...
