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USAA Asks for 10.3 Percent Increase; Other Fla. Requests Expected

May 10 2005 // Florida’s fifth-largest insurer USAA, has filed a request to raise premiums by a statewide average of 10.3 percent, and David Foy, chief of staff for the Office of Insurance Regulation said he expects more companies...

USAA Cuts Auto Rates by 12 Percent in Texas

Nov 14 2004 // San Antonio-based USAA announced that beginning in December it will reduce auto insurance rates by an average of 12 percent for its Texas members. The reduction follows a February 2004 rate cut of 4.5 percent. Henry...

USAA Companies to Lower Auto Rates in Louisiana

Jan 23 2004 // The Louisiana Insurance Rating Commission approved a reduction in auto rates for two members of the United Services Auto Association group of companies. According to Associated Press reports, the two companies, United...

USAA Companies to Lower Auto Rates in Louisiana

Jan 23 2004 // The Louisiana Insurance Rating Commission approved a reduction in auto rates for two members of the United Services Auto Association group of companies. According to Associated Press reports, the two companies, United...

Report USAA Will Reduce NJ Auto Rates

Oct 27 2003 // The United Services Automobile Association Group, which insures around 91,000 New Jersey drivers, will reportedly begin lowering rates as of the 1st of December. According to a report that appeared in the NJ Star-Ledger,...

Is the Economy Driving the Sub-Standard Auto Market in Texas’

Mar 24 2003 // Have we finally arrived at the point where the economy is a critical factor in personal automobile insurance? Not quite, but it is my opinion that we are closing in. Although insurance company annual statements do not...

CDI Updates Fraud Developments

Mar 18 2003 // Investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Fraud Division announced recent developments in these insurance fraud cases. ·SACRAMENTO – On March 5, Daniel Gray, a reported fugitive, was arrested...

Farmers’ Pullout Puts Agents, Homeowners in a Jam

Oct 14 2002 // Negotiations continued in early October between state officials and senior executives of Farmers Insurance Group of Companies in the effort to find a solution that would entice the insurer to continue to provide homeowners...

USAA Ordered to Pay Sales and Use Taxes

May 27 2002 // Texas District Court Judge Margaret Cooper has ruled that USAA Insurance Co. of San Antonio is liable for sales, motor vehicle and fuel taxes, and Texas Comptroller Carole Keeton Rylander believes the ruling could save the...

Fitch Affirms USAA Insurer Financial Strength Ratings, Assigns Debt Ratings To USAA Capital

Oct 8 2001 // Fitch affirmed the “AAA” insurer financial strength rating of San Antonio-based United Services Automobile Association (USAA), and assigned an “AA+” long-term issuer rating and medium-term note...

USAA Plan Calls for Layoffs

Aug 20 2001 // San Antonio-based insurance and financial services company, USAA, is continuing its process of restructuring with the layoffs of some 648 employees, according to the San Antonio Express-News. Although the company has not...

Oregon Hopes ‘Fleming Fix’ Will Clear the Clutter

Apr 9 2001 // To the nearly endless list of issues over which trial lawyers and insurance companies have waged legal battles, we can now add… Point sizes and capitalization? Fortunately for the insurance industry, Oregon’s...

Welcome to our First Ever

Jan 8 2001 // The demarcation between years always seems to take on a contemplative aspect. We look back to where we’ve been, and then look forward to weigh our expectations. Will the market continue to harden? Will the dot-coms...

USAA, Hartford Team to Offer Insurance to Small-Business Owners

Nov 28 2000 // USAA and The Hartford Financial Services Group have aligned to offer insurance protection to USAA members who own small businesses. Known as the USAA Business Insurance Program, the new exclusive alliance replaces the USAA...

USAA Named Company of the Year

Feb 2 2000 // The Collision Industry Electronic Commerce Association (CEICA) board of trustees named San Antonio-based, USAA Insurance, its company of the year. USAA was selected as the Electronic Commerce Company of the Year for 1999...