Hawaii, Washington and Wyoming proposed lowering workers’ compensation rates in their states from 2 percent to 12.3 percent. The Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs’ Insurance Division announced that the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) filed a request …
$18 to $106 The premium range that lower income single adults will pay a month for health care under a plan approved by the Massachusetts board drafting regulations for the state’s new health care law. Under the plan, people earning …
Republican candidates for Louisiana insurance commissioner traded attacks in a debate on Sept. 11, leveling accusations of improper use of campaign funds and misuse of legislative perks. James David Cain and Jim Donelon fielded reporters’ questions about challenges that the …
The California State Compensation Insurance Fund’s Board of Directors appointed James C. Tudor as the organization’s president. Tudor’s appointment caps an extensive four month national search for a permanent State Fund CEO. Jeanne Cain, chair of the State Fund Board …
Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Susan F. Cogswell and Andover Insurance Company agreed to suspend for 90 days the implementation of a department decision allowing the insurer to cancel the policies of homeowners who fail to install storm shutters. The moratorium, which …
In a blow to hundreds of Mississippi homeowners whose insurance claims were denied after Hurricane Katrina, a federal judge has ruled that they must file their lawsuits individually instead of in mass actions. Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, a prominent attorney who …
Insurance companies can use a person’s gender and age to determine what they pay for insurance. Oregon voters will decide in November if insurers should be able to use a person’s financial history too. In 2003, the Oregon Legislature prohibited …
Nearly seven out of every 10 World Trade Center responders suffered lung problems during or after their work at ground zero, and high rates of lung “abnormalities” continued years after the 2001 terrorist attacks, according to a new health study …
The fire that destroyed the Morgan County, W. Va., courthouse last month has raised questions about whether other counties are insuring buildings adequately. Only 24 of 55 counties insure their courthouses through the state Board of Risk and Insurance Management. …
Hawaii Insurance Commissioner J.P. Schmidt, as liquidator of The Hawaiian Insurance & Guaranty Co. Ltd., announced that an agreement has been reached with a buyer for HIG. At press time, the commissioner’s office said the name of the buyer was …
