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InsureOne.com Available to Consumers in Eight

InsureOne.com has recently added eight more states to its auto insurance territory, including: Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Louisiana, Maine, North Carolina, Oregon and South Carolina. InsureOne.com offers a variety of insurance products from over 60 companies in 24 states, each of …

Historic or Brand New -It’s a High-Valued Home Sweet Home

It’s spring home-buying season, and realtors throughout California are reporting that despite interest rate fluctuations and a seesawing stock market, the real estate market is hotter than ever. From Ventura to Riverside, buyers are paying top dollar for houses and …

High-Stakes Hurricane Season Arrives

Residents along the East and Gulf Coasts and in the Caribbean Islands should brace for an above-average 2000 Atlantic hurricane season on par with last year’s season. Forecasters with both the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Department of …

Natural Disaster Reform Legislation Reaches a Turning Point

Nobody likes to lose their shirt, least of all insurers. So it’s no surprise that, following the huge losses caused by natural disasters in the past few years, insurers have bolted from the homeowners market, leaving behind a lack of …

High-Stakes Hurricane Season

Round and round the season will go, but where hurricanes land, even forecasters don’t know Residents along the East and Gulf Coasts and in the Caribbean Islands should brace for an above-average 2000 Atlantic hurricane season on par with last …

FRONTIER SELLS REGENCY

Frontier Insurance Group has entered into a definitive agreement to sell Regency Insurance Company to Tomoka Re Holdings Inc., an affiliate of Tower Hill Insurance Group. Located in Charlotte, N.C., Regency underwrites specialty personal lines and markets non-standard auto and …

FRONTIER TO SELL REGENCY

Frontier Insurance Group has entered into a definitive agreement to sell Regency Insurance Company to Tomoka Re Holdings Inc., an affiliate of Tower Hill Insurance Group. Located in Charlotte, N.C., Regency underwrites specialty personal lines and markets nonstandard auto and …

Frontier Insurance Group Sells Regency Insurance Co.

Frontier Insurance Group has entered into a definitive agreement to sell Regency Insurance Company to Tomoka Re Holdings Inc., an affiliate of Tower Hill Insurance Group. Located in Charlotte, N.C., Regency underwrites specialty personal lines and markets non-standard auto and …

Slavery & InsuranceExamining slave insurance in a world 150 years removed

Recently, in March 2000, Aetna, the nation’s largest health insurer, was criticized for participating in slave insurance 150 years ago. Aetna apologized and expressed its “deep regret” over participating in this “deplorable practice.” THE QUESTION Obviously, slavery was a deplorable …

Insurers to Pay $1.71 Billion in First-Quarter Property Damage

U.S. property and casualty insurers will pay $1.71 billion to homeowners and businesses for insured property losses from seven catastrophic events in the first quarter of this year, according to initial estimates from Insurance Services Office Inc.’s Property Claim Services …