August 18, 2011
Kansas City, Missouri (WiredPRNews.com) Missouri residents have pocketed nearly $750 million from insurance claims filed in the wake of the tornado that tore through the city of Joplin in May, state regulators have announced.
John M. Huff, director of the state Department of Insurance, urged consumers to contact his office with health, life or car insurance […]
August 4, 2011
Tampa, Florida (WiredPRNews.com) Many car insurance companies have little ways that you can save money on car insurance. They do not usually want to freely tell you about these ways though. Below you will find just a few simple unique ways to save money on your car insurance policy.
There are some cheap auto insurance companies […]
July 15, 2011
Dallas, TX (WiredPRNews.com) Texas motorists shouldn’t let their auto insurance providers sell them more protection than they want against drivers with little or no coverage, according to state regulators.
In fact, consumers looking for cheap liability car insurance in Texas aren’t required by law to be covered at all for bodily injury or property damage […]
June 23, 2011
Boston, MA (WiredPRNews.com) The Bay State’s Division of Insurance announced last week updated numbers to the growing claims count filed in the wake of recent tornadoes. According to regulators, a total of 3,700 Massachusetts auto insurance claims were filed as of June 16, amounting to $15 million in damages.
Car damage claims accounted for 45 percent […]
June 13, 2011
San Francisco, CA (WiredPRNews.com) Riverside County on Tuesday joined a growing number of cities and municipalities that have approved the implementation of emergency-response fees for drivers who get into accidents within their borders.
The fees, which usually receive vehement opposition from car insurance companies, have typically been instituted in order to plug gaping budget holes […]
June 2, 2011
Las Vegas, NV (WiredPRNews.com) J.D. Power and Associates last week released the results of the 2011 version of its U.S. Insurance Shopping Study, which showed that increasing proportions of new policy-buyers are getting car insurance quotes online during the shopping process and are jumping ship to get covered by other insurers.
According to the report, two-fifths […]
May 12, 2011
Nashville, TN (WiredPRNews.com) Companies selling and administering policies for home and car insurance in TN are being asked to provide a 60-day grace period on payments and renewals to customers who have been affected by the recent natural disasters hitting the state.
Adverse weather conditions began in mid-April, and the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance […]
May 6, 2011
Topeka, KS (WiredPRNews.com) The Kansas legislature earlier this week approved a bill that would ban cities, towns and other municipalities from charging drivers and their insurers for the cost of fire and police departments’ response to car accident scenes.
Source: http://kslegislature.org/li/b2011_12/year1/measures/hb2119/
By signing the bill into law, Kansas would become the third state this year to […]
April 29, 2011
San Diego, CA (WiredPRNews.com) A proposal to set up a low-income insurance program like the one currently in place in California gained approval from the Nevada State Assembly on Tuesday. The program would give good, low-income drivers greater access to policies, but those policies would contain coverage levels below the state required minimums.
Eligible participants […]
March 24, 2011
Albany, NY (WiredPRNews.com) New York State Senator James Seward has sponsored two bills—one of which has already gained approval from the senate—that take aim at what has been characterized as rampant abuse of the no-fault New York car insurance system.
Both bills would deter residents from trying to collect on bogus or inflated auto insurance claims, […]
