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Marketplace Watch

Below are articles and reports on the insurance industry.
For media coverage of United Policyholders' work, visit the In the News page.
For articles and reports on insurance regulation, visit the Politics and Regulation news page.

     
May 5, 2008   On The Road To Recovery
Apr. 28, 2008   No penalty if fire victims move, insurance regulators say
Apr. 20, 2008   Allstate records raise yet more questions
Apr. 18, 2008   Best Says 2007 Meant Record Profit For P-C Insurers
Jan. 18, 2008   Building Code/Law and Ordinance Coverage (pdf)
Jan. 17, 2008   Attorney: Allstate guarding profits scheme
Dec. 18, 2007   Allstate won't produce records despite $25,000-a-day fine
Dec. 4, 2007   $1M Katrina Insurance Verdict Appealed
Nov. 20, 2007   Key insurance ruling contested
Nov. 19, 2007   Crusade under way over flood insurance
Nov. 16, 2007   Property/Casualty Marketplace to Remain Soft in 2008, Watson Wyatt Worldwide Says
Nov. 13, 2007   After Fires, Homeowners Feel an Insurance Pinch
Nov. 6, 2007   Wildfires Not Expected to Impact Insurance Rates in California or Nation
October 7, 2007   Medicare Audits Show Problems in Private Plans
August 26, 2007   In Nature’s Casino
June 7, 2007   Bracing for Insurance Costs
June 7, 2007   As insurers flee the coast, states face new threat
May 24, 2007   State to grill Allstate on premiums
May 20, 2007   Wildfire Spots Spook Insurance Companies
May 11, 2007   Allstate to halt sale of new homeowner policies in California
May 11, 2007   Allstate’s SEC filing confirms it has been subpoenaed in a Federal criminal investigation
May, 2007   Insurance costs become 3rd storm (pdf)
March 8, 2007   Fitch Places Louisiana Citizens' Debt on Rating Watch Negative
March 2 & 7, 2007   UP pressure leads to Allstate Order to reinstate LA policies
     •UP calls on Allstate to Restore Policies
     •Allstate Ordered to Restore Policies
February 24, 2007   Florida homeowners face insurance cancellations again (pdf)
February 18, 2007   Allstate proposes to cut homeowners' coverage in CA
February 2, 2007   Coverage leaves the coast—Long Island, NY
August 9, 2006   Property owners fighting back in Florida's insurance crunch
 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     


 

 

 

 

United Policyholders is a non-profit organization founded in 1991 and dedicated to educating the public on insurance issues and consumer rights. UP publishes educational materials and serves as a resource for individual and business policyholders and residents of communities with insurance problems. UP’s Amicus Project provides information to courts of law to support policyholders’ legal rights. UP unites policyholders and their advocates by sharing information. Write to UP at 110 Pacific Ave., PMB 262, San Francisco, CA. 94111, call us at (510) 763-9740, or visit our website at www.unitedpolicyholders.org.

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