Oklahoma Insurance Com-missioner Kim Holland declared a state of emergency Jan. 16, 2007, following severe winter weather that all 77 counties in the state. According to the commissioner’s office the declaration will allow emergency claims adjusters from other states to …
Injured Ark. trucker wins court order for rehearing Judge criticizes state Workers’ Compensation Commission The Arkansas Court of Appeals says the state Work-ers’ Compensation Commission did such a poor job of considering an injured trucker’s claim that it was “impossible” …
Funding for the Texas Windstorm Insurance Asso-ciation (TWIA) may not be the only insurance issue on lawmakers’ plates during the 2007 session of the Texas Legislature, but it will likely be the most high profile industry concern as insurance groups …
Conn. Gov. Rell to replace Cogswell as insurance commissioner Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell has accepted the resignation of Insurance Commissioner Susan Cogswell and said she will name a replacement soon. Cogswell is not leaving the department, however. She has …
28.5 million holiday party hosts likely underinsured, study says Most of the 28.5 million Americans who plan to host a party between Thanksgiving and the Super Bowl are underinsured, according to a new study by Trusted Choice. Of those 28.5 …
Tornadoes deliver Christmas disaster for Floridians Four Christmas Day tornadoes damaged hundreds of Florida homes, with one flipping airplanes at a flight school and tearing the roofs off three apartment buildings, according to officials. Gov. Jeb Bush declared a state …
Part-time Florida residents and so-called “snowbirds” who insure their cars back home cannot make claims under Florida laws that may be more favorable to them than those in their own states, the state Supreme Court has ruled. The ruling applies …
Miss. AG’s Katrina case moved to state courts A federal judge agreed in late December to transfer Missis-sippi Attorney General Jim Hood’s lawsuit against insurance companies over Hurricane Katrina damages from federal to state court. U.S. District Judge L.T. Senter …
Oregon promotes best practices with IMSA membership The Oregon Insurance Division is recognizing the Insurance Marketplace Standards Association as a group that can help to establish “best practices” and promote consumer protection in the state. In a recent bulletin, Insurance …
Late storm binge has Western states singing holiday claims blues While the nation was mostly natural disaster-free in 2006, the West suffered a few fourth quarter storms that took the blush off of an otherwise relatively rosy year. Beginning with …
