Flood Insurance News

S.C. wind pool rates rise 35%

Rates for the South Carolina Wind and Hail Underwriting Association went up an overall 35 percent beginning July 19 under an approval from Scott H. Richardson, director of the South Carolina Department of Insurance. In granting the increase, Richardson noted …

S.C. wind pool rates rise 35%

Rates for the South Carolina Wind and Hail Underwriting Association went up an overall 35 percent beginning July 19 under an approval from Scott H. Richardson, director of the South Carolina Department of Insurance. In granting the increase, Richardson noted …

Editor’s Note: Agents in the wind

As is so often the case, insurance agents are caught in the middle. This time it’s in the debate over whether to add wind coverage to the federal flood insurance program. Mississippi Congressman Taylor has inserted language into a House …

Declarations

Policyholder wind “Maybe they’ll make us buy Shell gasoline next. For me to have fire insurance I have to buy wind insurance? That makes no sense at all.” — Michael McAndrews of Ocean Springs, Fla., who objects to Allstate telling …

Declarations

Declarations Policyholder wind “Maybe they’ll make us buy Shell gasoline next. For me to have fire insurance I have to buy wind insurance? That makes no sense at all.” — Michael McAndrews of Ocean Springs, Fla., who objects to Allstate …

Study: Wind coverage hard to find for Gulf Coast businesses

As a key House committee voted to add wind coverage to the federal flood insurance program over insurers’ objections, a new study reported that many businesses along the Gulf of Mexico coast have had a difficult time obtaining wind insurance …

News Currents

Study: Wind coverage hard to find for Gulf Coast businesses As a key House committee voted to add wind coverage to the federal flood insurance program over insurers’ objections, a new study reported that many businesses along the Gulf of …

Allstate hit for linking fire renewals to separate wind policy in Miss.

Michael McAndrews would like to know what business Allstate has telling him he must buy wind and hail coverage — or else. McAndrews received a letter July 12 that said Allstate will not renew his homeowner’s coverage for fire and …

Allstate hit for linking fire renewals to separate wind policy in Miss.

Michael McAndrews would like to know what business Allstate has telling him he must buy wind and hail coverage — or else. McAndrews received a letter July 12 that said Allstate will not renew his homeowner’s coverage for fire and …

Declarations

Good drivers “It neither affirms the status quo nor jumps headlong or without controls into the Wild West of competition. The idea is to advantage good drivers and make sure we are not harming good drivers wherever they are.” — …