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What Does a Public Insurance Adjuster Do? With the economy being in a state of shock many people are looking for a new career or just a way to earn some extra income. Consider a career in the field of Public Adjustment. This industry is not affected by the economy like most industries today. We [...]

Insurance Company Rules

Insurance Company Rules Check out “Insurance Company Rules” – a collaboration between Health Care For America Now (HCAN) and Public Service Administration (PSA). Here is the video on Youtube:

AMERICAN INSURANCE ASSOCIATION: H.B. 1657 INCREASE LITIGATION & CONSTRUCTION COSTS

AMERICAN INSURANCE ASSOCIATION on workers’ compensation insurance: H.B. 1657 WILL INCREASE LITIGATION AND CONSTRUCTION COSTS WASHINGTON, DC, April 16, 2009 – The American Insurance Association (AIA) today expressed its strong opposition to H.B. 1657 which seeks to overturn a recent unanimous decision by the Texas Supreme Court. In 2008, the Texas Supreme Court held in [...]

Insurance Companies to Disclose Climate Change Risk

US insurance regulating body, National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), now demands insurance companies to disclose how climate change will affect them. NAIC is aware of the huge risk that environment change entails, however it lacks information of how the insurance industry is planning to respond. Concerns are the availability and affordability of insurance policies [...]

AIA Opposes State Catastrophe Fund

The American Insurance Association (AIA) provided testimony today in opposition to Connecticut Senate Bill 530, legislation that would establish a state-mandated catastrophe (CAT) fund in Connecticut. The testimony was presented at a hearing before the Insurance and Real Estate Committee. “Natural catastrophe remains a manageable and insurable risk for private insurers, provided they have the [...]

House Members Plea for Insurance Information Office

As a step in the current American insurance industry reform, a bipartisan group of seven House members sent a letter to US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner last week. The letter urging him to set up an Office of Insurance Information. The signatories on the letter of last week are congressmen from New Jersey, Delaware, Illinois, [...]

Latest Insurance News – May 24 2008

Insurance Information Institute & American Insurance Association News Hurricane Season Countdown With just a week to go before the start of the 2008 hurricane season, the headlines point to the potentially deadly combination of an active season and a lack of preparedness. First, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) yesterday predicted an active season, [...]

Flood Bill Possibly Reauthorized

Leadership of the United States Senate is poised to reconsider the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) reauthorization bill (S-2284) this or next week, according to an insurance industry source. The bill was passed last October by the Senate Banking Committee. It forgives the $17.3+ billion debt of the national flood program related to Hurricanes Katrina. [...]

Senate Passes Wide-Ranging Health Care Bill to Insure Missouri

The Missouri Senate approved legislation Monday to help the uninsured, with a 30-4 vote. The centerpiece of the bill is a new version of the Insure Missouri program originally proposed by Gov. Matt Blunt (R), the Kansas City Star reported earlier in the week. The plan would provide medical coverage for people aged 19-64 with [...]

Auto Insurance May Spike

Legislation passed in March by the Georgia legislature awaits Gov. Sonny Perdue’s signature and would allow auto insurance carriers to hike premiums without seeking prior approval from regulators. Georgia Insurance Commission John Oxendine opposes the legislation and has urged the governor to veto it. Currently, 30 auto insurers are poised to raise rates if the [...]