Personal Lines
Insured Disaster Losses Higher in Oklahoma Than in Any Other State in 2013
May 20, 2014, marks the one-year anniversary of the deadly tornado outbreak in Moore, Oklahoma, which contributed to the state's designation as the site of the costliest U.S. natural disasters in ...
United Insurance Seeks Better Spread in Florida by Acquiring Sunshine State Insurance
United Insurance Holdings Corp. (UPC) announced Thursday that the company has entered into a non-binding letter of intent to acquire 100 percent of Sunshine State Insurance Company (SSIC), a Florida ...
Has Online Shopping for Auto Insurance Peaked?
Shopping over the internet for auto insurance is down for the second year in a row, says a survey by a company that tracks the behavior of consumers with credit history. The latest TransUnion Auto ...
Zurich Insurance’s New CFO Makes His Formal Debut, Touting Solid Q1 Results
New Zurich Insurance Group CFO George Quinn is only in his first full month on the job, but he confidently touted a solid 2014 first quarter performance in a pre-filmed video for analysts and the ...
Dogs Biting U.S. Insurers; Record Claims in 2013
Dog-bite claims for U.S. insurers climbed 5.5 percent last year to 17,359, breaking the record from 2003. New York had the costliest attacks among states with the most incidents. The assaults cost ...
What Causes Wildfires? People, Brush and More
Spring's not even over and already wildfires have raged in California, New Mexico and Oregon this year. A bulletin issued by the National Interagency Fire Center forecasts above normal fire potential ...
Motorists Mutual to Acquire Southeast, Midwest Insurer
Ohio-based Motorists Mutual Insurance Co. has agreed to buy the stock of Consumers Insurance USA, which is based in Murfreesboro, Tenn. Consumers Insurance will become a wholly owned subsidiary of ...
Warning: Fuel Production Process Heightens Okla. Earthquake Risks
Central Oklahoma is at serious risk of a damaging earthquake, the U.S. Geological Survey and the Oklahoma Geological Survey said, pointing to the injection of wastewater into deep geologic formations ...