Piracy? Ransom? Armed maritime guards? Do you cover that?

Sun Oct 14th, 2012 on     Insurance Claims,    

Piracy insurance is a relatively new idea, spawned by the Somali pirate takeovers of several ships in recent years. Marine kidnap and ransom insurance covers ransom costs and vessel recovery costs if a ship is hijacked by pirates. Florida has its own history of piracy, but modern piracy is a multi-billion dollar industry. And when insurance companies see losses, they see opportunities for their own profits.

Insurance market conduct: Claims handling is biggest problem 2

Sat Oct 6th, 2012 on     Homeowners Insurance,    

Usually the “best” and “worst” lists come out closer to the end of the year. For insurance companies, though, the season came a little early this year. Researchers looked at market conduct reports filed in 2012 and came up with the most common complaints that regulators like Florida’s Office of Insurance Regulation had about insurance companies’ processes.

Insurance market conduct: Claims handling is biggest problem

Sat Sep 29th, 2012 on     Homeowners Insurance,    

Insurance is a highly regulated industry, and state insurance departments keep track of how well companies are complying with all those regulations. Every insurance company operating in the state of Florida is subject to a full market conduct review. The Office of Insurance Regulation determines how often the reviews are conducted, but state law dictates what the OIR reviews.

Congress considers reauthorizing terrorism insurance – again

Sun Sep 23rd, 2012 on     Insurance Law,    

Following the traumatic events of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, Congress created a risk-sharing program known as the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act. This law will expire at the end of December 2014 and provides for federal backup for insurance coverage, eliminating the situation where many terrorism-related risks could not be insured because of their high premium price, causing insurers and reinsurers to decline to offer policies.

Force-placed insurance companies feeling the heat

Thu Sep 20th, 2012 on     Homeowners Insurance,    

Thanks to the combined pressure of the Securities and Exchange Commission, insurance regulators from Florida and four other states, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and consumers, Assurant Inc. recently shared sales data for its force-placed insurance line. The company said it had collected $90 million in premiums from two of the four states that have questioned force-placed rates.

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