Expert Advice On Talking To Insurance Companies
Expert Advice On Talking To Insurance Companies

Dealing with an insurance company is never on anyone’s list of favorite things to do, but you’ll be more successful if you know how to make your case when filing a claim. That includes what not to say to your insurance company. Charles Thomas still…
Tips To Get Your Insurance Claim Approved
Tips To Get Your Insurance Claim Approved

San Francisco, California – Insurance companies are in the business of making money. So consumers need to know these tips to avoid getting the runaround. Charles Thomas still isn’t sure which was worse: The fire that broke out on the deck of his San Francisco…
Underinsured wildfire victims feel burned again
Underinsured wildfire victims feel burned again

Some policyholders believe companies deliberately sold them less coverage than they would need to rebuild. An industry group says the issue is overblown. When Dave Wilder and his wife, Lynn, surveyed the remains of their Running Springs house after it burned to the ground in…
UP wildfire recovery resources featured in The Rotary Club of Montecito
UP wildfire recovery resources featured in The Rotary Club of Montecito

The Tea Fire is out but many of our neighbors are just beginning the process of putting their lives back together from the ashes that remain. Montecito Rotary Club President-elect shared the following information from Karen Reimus, who has experience in the aftermath of fire…
We’re Covered! Fire Insurers Say They Can Handle Claims
We’re Covered! Fire Insurers Say They Can Handle Claims

LOS ANGELES– Experts say insurance companies are sufficiently well capitalized to handle the flood of claims that will arise from the Southland’s latest wildfires, it was reported today. “The majority of those who lost their homes do not need to worry about the solvency of…
Is Earthquake Insurance Worth the Cost?
Is Earthquake Insurance Worth the Cost?

I am not much of a fan of “could it happen here” stories, but the earthquake in Haiti does remind us that much of the United States, in fact much of the world, lives along fault zones. In the last 110 years, quakes have shaken…
Hijacked On Home Insurance? Let Angie’s List Help You Save
Hijacked On Home Insurance? Let Angie’s List Help You Save

When Jen Freeland and her husband bought their house in Chattanooga, Tenn., they purchased a homeowners policy with an annual premium of $680. Two years later, the bill jumped to nearly double that. “We’ve never had a claim on our homeowners insurance and we’d like…
Increasingly Unavailable and Unaffordable’: Home Insurance Threatened Amid Wildfire Crisis
Increasingly Unavailable and Unaffordable’: Home Insurance Threatened Amid Wildfire Crisis

David Bevacqua never had trouble insuring a home in California, but he was in for a rude surprise after recently buying a house in Bass Lake, in the Sierra Nevada foothills. “None of the insurance companies would quote me,” he said. “I didn’t know what…
2008 Freeway Express Fire Survivor Community Calls For Action As They Face The One Year Fire Anniversary
2008 Freeway Express Fire Survivor Community Calls For Action As They Face The One Year Fire Anniversary

“TWICE BURNED” Press Conference Speakers: Karen Reimus, ’03 Cedar Fire Survivor and Outreach Coordinator for United Policyholders, a nonprofit organization Patrick Craft, ’08 Freeway Complex Fire Survivor – Anaheim Hills Karla Rinskopf, ’08 Freeway Complex Fire Survivor – Yorba Linda Edward Pajarito, ’08 Freeway Complex…
National Health Insurer Report Card
National Health Insurer Report Card

The AMA publishes an annual report card of the claims revenue cycle activities of the major commercial health insurers and Medicare. The National Health Insurer Report Card (NHIRC) provides metrics on the timeliness, transparency and accuracy of claims processing of these payers in an effort…
From Risk to Opportunity: Insurer Responses to Climate Change
From Risk to Opportunity: Insurer Responses to Climate Change
Insurance settlements with public entities are public records, NJ Court Rules
Insurance settlements with public entities are public records, NJ Court Rules
Frontline documentary on the health insurance system – “Sick Around America”
Frontline documentary on the health insurance system – “Sick Around America”
Allstate records raise yet more questions
Allstate records raise yet more questions
New York Times: “No to an optional federal charter” (PDF)
New York Times: “No to an optional federal charter” (PDF)
Escalating long term care premiums subject of settlement
Escalating long term care premiums subject of settlement
Insurers, commissioners hammer out details of health-care reform
Insurers, commissioners hammer out details of health-care reform
UP/FIRM Winter NAIC meeting presentation: “Toward greater efficiency in funding disaster recovery through private/public insurance” (ppt)
UP/FIRM Winter NAIC meeting presentation: “Toward greater efficiency in funding disaster recovery through private/public insurance” (ppt)

http://uphelp.org/pdfs/NAIC%20Dec%202009%20Mtg%20National%20Cat%20Presentation3.ppt