Commercial Auto Insurance

Court backs Allstate, stays Florida

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 14:39:32 -0800

Miami Herald - The order issued Thursday by OIR prohibited Allstate from writing new property/casualty business, with the most lucrative line being personal and commercial auto insurance. OIR's order followed a heated hearing with Allstate officials on Tuesday ...

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Florida bans Allstate insurance sales

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:24:18 -0800

Fight over subpoenaed rate-setting information may have repercussions Allstate Corp. will not be allowed to sell new auto insurance in Florida until it complies fully with subpoenas from the state seeking information about how it sets rates, Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty announced Wednesday.

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(Rewrites to show the suspension affects all new policies but mainly ...

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:55:32 -0800

Reuters - Rewrites to show the suspension affects all new policies but mainly affects auto policies) By Michael Peltier TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Jan 16 (Reuters) - Florida's insurance commissioner said on Wednesday he suspended Allstate Cos (ALL.N: Quote , Profile ...

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LETTER: State must bring transparency to auto

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:33:33 -0800

South Coast Today - During the past week, two outspoken salesmen for creating an open market for auto insurance in Massachusetts appeared on these pages addressing an issue I brought up in a recent op-ed piece. Despite suggestions to the contrary, I would like to ...

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Controlling auto insurance rates

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:36:30 -0800

NORTH CAROLINA -- The General Assembly is considering a massive overhaul to how the state sets auto insurance rates. Currently, companies propose increases which are either approved or denied by an elected insurance

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N.C. Legislative Committee Examining Auto Insurance Rate

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 09:00:26 -0800

WXII 12 - RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina's automobile insurance rates are among the country's lowest. But industry officials told lawmakers Wednesday that a special pool covering motorists for hundreds of thousands of vehicles doesn't work very well. A ...

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How to Be Fiscally Fit in

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:56:26 -0800

The Ledger - Look at ways to lower your auto insurance. Increase the deductibles, if possible, to lower premiums. If you're a AAA Auto Club member, for instance, remove the towing charge on your auto policy. Why have towing when AAA already covers it? If you're ...

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Henry Dunn celebrates 75 years in business

Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:43:49 -0800

Daily Review & Sunday Review - Celebrating its 75th anniversary in 2008, Henry Dunn, Inc., a third-generation business, has grown into a full-service insurance agency serving your property, liability, workers compensation, health, life, home and auto insurance needs through its ...

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Report: Indians to rename ballpark Progressive

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 08:41:35 -0800

Columbus Dispatch - Jacobs Field will be renamed Progressive Field under terms of an agreement between the Cleveland Indians and the auto insurance company, a newspaper reported. The downtown ballpark has been known as Jacobs Field since it opened in 1994 but will be ...

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Insurance industry calls for heightened co-operation to manage earthquake risk

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 14:33:40 -0800

The Insurance Bureau of Canada today called for the creation of an ongoing working group between the insurance industry and the B.C. government to ensure that residents of the province are protected as best as possible against a major

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First Acceptance vice president quits

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:32:53 -0800

Nashville-based car insurance company First Acceptance Corp. said Friday that Executive Vice President and founder Thomas Harrison Jr. has resigned effective Dec. 31. The stock price fell 1 cent to $4.20 a share in trading Friday on the New York Stock

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Mitchell International s CFO Eases Into Chief Executive s

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:59:29 -0800

San Diego Business Journal - On Jan. 1, Alex Sun, Mitchell s former president, officially assumed the title of chief executive of the company, which makes software products for the auto insurance industry and auto repair shops. Former CEO Jim Lindner said the move had been ...

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Tougher to Reject Auto Insurance Applicants

Sat, 05 Jan 2008 16:16:44 -0800

Donga.com - It will be tougher for non-life insurance companies in Korea to reject applications for automobile insurance. According to non-life insurance businesses on Jan. 4, Korea s Financial Supervisory Service send notification letters to insurance ...

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Insurance crunch hurts clients

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 11:13:33 -0800

By THOMAS S. BROWN, Business Writer DAYTONA BEACH -- While insurance giants grow increasingly picky about which homes they'll cover in Volusia and Flagler counties, a few startup companies have been taking some of the

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Crist attacks insurance firms after his rate-cut vow is ignored

Sat, 29 Dec 2007 13:50:03 -0800

An industry spokesman sees danger in allowing the state-run insurer take on so much new risk. Despite Gov. Charlie Crist's best efforts to persuade insurance companies to lower the rates they charge home and business owners, little progress was made in 2007.

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