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N.J. back in driver's seat with

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 08:32:26 -0800

Philadelphia Inquirer - TRENTON - New Jersey has fixed its auto insurance problem. Five years after the state deregulated the industry, the results are in, and by almost every measure the reform has been a resounding success. Premiums are down. Competition is up. The number ...

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Allstate suspended from writing new auto policies in

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:49:58 -0800

Dubuque Telegraph Herald - TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty on Wednesday suspended Allstate companies from writing new automobile insurance policies in Florida for refusing to comply fully with a subpoena from the state. McCarty abruptly ...

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BUSINESS Mandatory auto insurance premiums to be cut

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 09:48:45 -0800

TOKYO The government decided Friday to lower premiums for compulsory automobile liability insurance policies in April for the first time in 11 years due to a fall in the number of deaths in traffic

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More Allstate Insurance on Hold

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:35:24 -0800

TALLAHASSEE, FL (AP) -- A day after telling Allstate Corporation to stop writing new car insurance policies in Florida, state regulators are telling the company to stop writing any new business in the state -- including home

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8 ways to insure your home

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:58:06 -0800

MSNBC - Raise your deductible to $1,000 from $250 (15% to 30% savings), purchase your auto insurance from the same company (15%), and keep a claim-free record (5% to 35%). That would save $245 to $560 on a $700-a-year policy. If disaster does strike, make ...

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Home insurance goes

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 12:18:29 -0800

Everett Herald - That's already happening on the commercial building side and in auto insurance, where insurers in some states are offering breaks to hybrid-car drivers. "Some insurers perceive a 'halo effect' in which adopters of climate-change mitigation ...

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Auto arson rises in S.J.

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:05:59 -0800

Record - STOCKTON - Can't make your auto payment? Light your car on fire, and tell the insurance company you were a victim of theft. That's what a local prosecutor says he's seeing more of these days. But instead of chasing down a phantom arsonist, oftentimes ...

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Insurance shortcomings

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:05:14 -0800

Philadelphia Inquirer - WASHINGTON - U.S. insurance companies systematically overcharge customers and underpay consumers' home and auto claims to pad their already fat bottom lines, a consumer group said yesterday. The Consumer Federation of America's insurance director, J ...

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Cops hunting elusive car thief

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:17:49 -0800

Police are asking for the public's assistance in nabbing a suspected car thief who eluded capture a number of times. The man is believed to be involved in a series of thefts Dec. 20 and as recently as

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Escort service vendor imprisoned for insurance

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 08:37:54 -0800

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - (January 8, 2008) An escort service operator was ordered to prison today for staging auto accidents to defraud insurance companies through false claims. State Supreme Court Justice Joseph D. Valentino sentenced Thomas W. Boyde IV, 45, to spend ...

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Farmers Insurance Claims Teams Helping Storm Victims Throughout ...

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:51:21 -0800

Forbes - Headquartered in Los Angeles and doing business in 41 states, the insurers comprising the Farmers Insurance Group of Companies provide Homeowners, Auto, Business, Life insurance and financial services to more than 10 million households. For more ...

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Farmers Insurance Claims Teams Helping Storm Victims Throughout California

Sun, 06 Jan 2008 14:37:25 -0800

Farmers Insurance claims personnel, agents and employees throughout California are continuing to help victims of the heavy rain and wind storms that struck from Washington state to southern California yesterday and

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Election

Sat, 05 Jan 2008 13:23:57 -0800

Seattle Post Intelligencer - But they differ over the issue of an "individual mandate," which would require everyone to have insurance just as most states require drivers to purchase auto insurance. REPUBLICANS The major Republican candidates are against a government-run ...

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LI INSURER'S AUTO

Sat, 05 Jan 2008 10:33:59 -0800

New York Post - January 3, 2008 -- For the second year in a row, a Long Island company has fared worst on a state ranking of auto insurance complaints. The Long Island Insurance Co. of Melville had a complaint ratio of 6.53, putting it at the bottom of a list of 44 ...

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Response Insurance Announces Withdrawal of Cancellations and Non-Renewals Due to Disaster Declaration

Fri, 04 Jan 2008 08:53:39 -0800

The Response Insurance Group of Companies, including the Washington licensed National Merit Insurance Company, announced it would voluntarily comply with Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler's request related to its auto insurance customers in FEMA-declared disaster

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