Many In Flooded Louisiana Don’t Have Flood Insurance

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Latest on flooding in the Deep South (all times local): 2:30 p.m. Many of the homeowners who live in areas inu...

Security Experts: Remotes Are Hackable On Many Vehicles

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — A group of computer security experts say they figured out how to hack the keyless entry systems used on millions o...

Maryland Sentenced To Prison For Threatening Insurance Employees Over Claim

Aug. 12--A Maryland man was ordered Thursday to serve six months in prison for threatening Geico employees during a dispute over a claim. T...

Universal Withdraws 8.1% Rate Hike Request For South Florida

Aug. 12--South Florida customers of the state's largest home insurer earned a reprieve this week from looming rate hikes. Universal Pro...

Oregon Residents Warned Of Insurance Scam

Aug. 07--SALEM -- The Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Services recently uncovered an insurance scam after an Oregon transportatio...

Former West Virginia Insurance Agent Headed To Prison For Arson And Witness Tampering

BECKLEY, W.Va. -- A Hurricane man was sentenced today to a total of nine years in federal prison: seven years for a federal arson crime foll...

Farmers Insurance To Offer Food Truck Policy In Illinois

Aug. 10--Farmers Insurance will launch an insurance plan for food truck owners in Illinois starting Sept. 1. The policy combines a business...

Philadelphia Charges 32 In Auto Theft And Insurance Fraud Ring

Aug. 10--Bogus insurance. Fraudulent registrations. Stolen cars disguised and re-sold to unsuspecting customers. Those were some of the tac...

Court Upholds North Carolina Ruling Against Homeowners Rate Hike

A three-judge panel upheld the North Carolina Department of Insurance commissioner's decision to reject a 2014 homeowner's insurance...

Connecticut Lawmakers Press Insurers To Help Homeowners Replace Foundations

Aug. 10--Members of the Connecticut congressional delegation are urging insurers to join a financial assistance fund that would help homeown...

Personal Lines Composite Rate Up 1%

US personal lines insurers continued their slow but steady pace in July 2016 with the composite rate matching that of June 2016 at plus 1 pe...

July P/C Composite Rate Down 1%

July Composite Rate for US P&C Insurance Minus 1 Percent Insurers reassessing selected industries The composite rate for property a...

Bail Halved For Woman Accused In Insurance Scheme

Aug. 05--NEWBURYPORT -- Mary Kumar, the former car insurance agent who allegedly posed as the woman she stole from in Newburyport District C...

MGA Channel Shows Continued Growth, But At What Cost?

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- The Managing General Agent market has continued to grow at a rate exceeding...

Infinity Property And Casualty Posts 2Q Profit

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) _ Infinity Property and Casualty Corp. (IPCC) on Thursday reported second-quarter earnings of $11 million. On a per-s...

Sea Level Rise Could Cost Florida $400B In Property Loss

An underwater home typically refers to a mortgage that is higher than the property's value. But as rising seas are expected to increasin...

Car Breakdowns Reached Record High Of 32M In 2015

Despite advances in vehicle technology, including maintenance reminders and other dashboard alerts designed to mitigate roadside trouble, AA...

State Auto Financial Reports 2Q Loss

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) _ State Auto Financial Corp. (STFC) on Thursday reported a second-quarter loss of $24.6 million, after reporting a profi...

Storm Claims Slam United Fire Group Earnings

Aug. 03--United Fire Group on Wednesday reported sharply lower second-quarter earnings primarily due to losses from more than a dozen catast...

Allstate Net Income Impacted By Catastrophes

    NORTHBROOK, Ill., Aug. 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL) today reported financial results for the second q...