Insurance Pricing News

North Carolina Agrees to 4% Home Rate Hike

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long has agreed to permit homeowners insurance companies to hike their rates an overall statewide average of 4.05 percent beginning May 1. This is below the statewide increase than the 19.5 percent increase originally proposed …

FTC Probing Insurers Over Credit-based Homeowners Insurance Pricing

U.S. regulators have asked nine major insurance companies, including Allstate Corp. and Travelers Cos. Inc., to provide information about how they set prices for homeowners’ coverage. The Federal Trade Commission said it ordered the companies to provide data about credit-based …

Allstate To Raise California Homeowners’ Insurance Rates 6.9%

The California Department of Insurance has approved Allstate Insurance’s request to raise its homeowners multi-peril insurance rates 6.9 percent. For information, visit www.insurance.ca.gov/0250-insurers/0800-rate-filings/0100-rate-filing-lists/rate-filing-approvals/upload/Ap010208.xls. Source: CDI

Rates Fall for Mine Subsidence Insurance in Pennsylvania

Staring tomorrow, homeowners and commercial building owners in Pennsylvania can take advantage of substantially lower rates for mine subsidence insurance, making it more affordable to protect against catastrophic damage should an abandoned mine beneath their property collapse without warning, according …

North Carolina Auto Insurance Rate Hike In Escrow Until Court Rules

Auto insurers may increase premiums on North Carolina drivers by up to 9.4 percent starting Jan. 1, but a court ruling will determine whether they can keep the extra money. The North Carolina Rate Bureau, which represents 144 auto insurers …

FTC Probing Insurers Over Credit-based Homeowners Insurance Pricing

U.S. regulators have asked nine major insurance companies, including Allstate Corp. and Travelers Cos. Inc., to provide information about how they set prices for homeowners’ coverage, the Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday. The FTC said it ordered the companies to …

North Carolina Agrees to 4% Home Insurance Rate Hike

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long today signed a settlement agreement with homeowners insurance companies allowing an overall statewide average increase of 4.05 percent in rates beginning May 1. This is below the statewide increase than the 19.5 percent increase …

Commercial Insurance Prices Dropped 4% in Q3, Reports Towers Perrin

Commercial insurance prices dropped four percent during the third quarter of 2008 compared to the same quarter a year ago, according to Tower Perrin’s most recent commercial lines insurance pricing and profitability trends (CLIPS) survey. This deterioration, while less severe …

Florida Hears 18.6% Workers Comp Rate Hike Bid Today

The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has scheduled a hearing today to consider a proposed 18.6 percent workers compensation rate increase. The proposal made by the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) on behalf of insurers, calls for the 18.6 …

State Farm Loses Second Bid for 47% Rate Hike in Florida

An administrative law judge in Florida on Friday rejected a 47.1 percent average rate increase sought by State Farm Florida, the state’s largest privately owned property insurer. The Florida-only affiliate of Illinois-based State Farm Insurance Co. failed to show its …