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TWIA Shares Timeline For Annual Rate Filing Consideration

The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association announced this week the timeline for its annual rate filing consideration. By law, TWIA must make a rate filing with the Texas Department of Insurance by August 15 each year. TWIA’s Actuarial & Underwriting Committee …

Texas Windstorm Insurer: No Rate Hike for 2020

Texas’ provider of last resort for wind and hail insurance for Texas coastal properties won’t be raising its residential and commercial property rates next year. The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) said its board of directors voted at its August …

North Carolina Rate Bureau Withdraws Dwelling Rate Increase of 19.6% over Data Error

The North Carolina Rate Bureau is alerting all member companies that it has withdrawn its request for a 19.6 percent rate increase on dwelling policies due to a data error on its Dwelling Policy Program revisions announced in April, 2016. …

North Carolina Insurers Want 19.6% Rate Hike for Dwelling Policies

The North Carolina Rate Bureau (NCRB) has requested a 19.6 percent rate increase on all dwelling insurance policies, according to a statement from the North Carolina Department of Insurance. NCDOI announced Dec. 1 it is reviewing NCRB’s Nov. 30 rate …

Praetorian Offers to Lower Florida Forced-Placement Rates by 18.8%

A forced placement mortgage property insurer providing coverage in Florida has offered to lower its rates by an average of 18.8 percent, despite the fact that state regulators said the rate decrease should be double that amount. Praetorian Insurance Co. …

Consumer Group Hammers Mercury Rate Increase Filing in California

A California consumer group is challenging a rate hike bid by Mercury Insurance because the group claims the company is trying to pass along the costs of its political campaigning. But the insurer says those costs are not included in …

Calif. Workers’ Comp Rating Bureau To Skip Mid-Year Rate Filing

California’s Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau governing board has decided not to make a mid-year pure premium rate filing suggesting a 40 percent increase. Instead, the WCIRB will make an informational filing to provide data on the workers’ compensation system …