- Year in Review: Big insurance companies raise rates
INDUSTRY FALLOUT from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, stock market losses and unprofitable rate structures led homeowner insurance writers to red rethink their policies in 2002. State Farm Fire arid Casualty Co., which insures one of every three homes in Louisiana, stopped writing new homeowner policies early in the year, ......
- Rocky Louisiana roads rattle insurance rates
WHEN IT COMES to keeping auto rates down, insurance industry officials say it's not rocket science. "Improve the road system," says Louisiana Acting Commissioner of Insurance Robert Wooley. He says it's the most important thing Louisiana can do to halt its escalating rates. "We need to revisit projects we haven't ......
- Allstate Boosts Rates.
Allstate Insurance, the state's second-largest auto insurer, is raising California drivers' premiums 6.9 percent in a move that is expected to trigger other insurance companies to follow suit. Allstate is the largest California insurer to raise its rates after years of price-cutting in the 1990s reduced overall premiums by more ......
- 21st Century moves to change grading of insurance policies: Woodland Hills firm to exit from ZIP code ratings.
The push by California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi to have auto insurance premiums based less on where someone lives and more on how someone drives is putting some of the state's auto insurance companies on edge. The mandatory change--which Garamendi calls "Good Driver Reforms"--puts more of an emphasis on driving ......
- Bill aims to raise auto insurance deductibles
An insurance bill that recently passed the state House of Representatives could mean policyholders will see higher increases in their deductibles after filing multiple claims. Rep. Shirley Bowler, R-Harahan, filed House Bill 575 to allow insurance companies to raise auto and homeowners deductibles five times their current levels for customers ......
- Insurance firm challenge study
A state Department of Insurance report on credit scoring by insurance companies operating in Alaska shows the practice appears to discriminate against rural, older and low-income groups. Insurance companies, however, said the data in the report doesn't really support that conclusion. They noted the division acknowledged the information was too ......
- Five Ways to Lower Business Insurance
Premiums.
Gregory Downs, a New Jersey-based regional vice president with the NI Group, offers these tips: 1. Use the right classification codes. Workers' compensation, property, general liability and automobile policies have classification codes that are used to calculate the final premium. Review these to determine if you can use less expensive ......