UP participates in Mitigation Roundtable Hosted by CA. Comm’r Poizner
UP participates in Mitigation Roundtable Hosted by CA. Comm’r Poizner

Commissioner Hosts Wildfire Preparedness and Mitigation Roundtable with Insurance Industry, Consumer Groups and Fire Officials in San Diego SAN DIEGO: After bringing together insurance industry executives, consumer groups and fire officials to discuss preparations for future potential fire disasters, Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced an…
Young Adults May Have To Wait For Health Coverage
Young Adults May Have To Wait For Health Coverage

Young adults are one of the largest groups that lack health care coverage in the United States. With the new health care reform bill going into effect in a few months, dependents under the age of 26 will be able to be added onto their…
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…
Homeowner’s Insurance: Make Sure You Are Covered
Homeowner’s Insurance: Make Sure You Are Covered

As Tropical Storm Ida works its way north, it’s a good reminder to check your homeowners insurance and make sure you have the proper coverage. After all, you don’t want to end up like Daniel Zwerdling and Barbara Zwerdling-Rothschild. On a stormy night six years…
Mother Nature vs. Your Home–Do You Really Need Disaster Insurance
Mother Nature vs. Your Home–Do You Really Need Disaster Insurance
Rising Home Insurance Rates Spur Some To Shop Around
Rising Home Insurance Rates Spur Some To Shop Around

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…
The Perfect Gift May Be The Most Practical One
The Perfect Gift May Be The Most Practical One

Scratching your head about what to get those on your gift list this year? You may want to consider something practical like a gift certificate for groceries or a prepaid calling card. This holiday season, 34 percent of adults said they are more likely to…
California Quake Could Have Huge Impact
California Quake Could Have Huge Impact
Western United to Offer Pay-As-You-Drive Insurance in Nevada
Western United to Offer Pay-As-You-Drive Insurance in Nevada
Haiti quake stirs concern in California
Haiti quake stirs concern in California

The devastating 7.0 earthquake in Haiti last month has shaken up residents in other earthquake-prone areas, including the Bay Area, prompting renewed interest in earthquake insurance. “The horrible tragedy in Haiti has focused people a little more on earthquake risk,” said Glenn Pomeroy, the CEO…
Pay-as-you-drive bill is a win-win
Pay-as-you-drive bill is a win-win
Allstate selling policies again along Alabama coast through lightly regulated company
Allstate selling policies again along Alabama coast through lightly regulated company

Allstate Corp., which has been dropping wind coverage from home insurance policies in Mobile and Baldwin counties, began in April to sell homeowner policies through a new unit called North Light Specialty Insurance Co. Because North Light is a lightly regulated surplus lines company, it…
Is AARP Looking Out for You? Auto and Homeowners Insurance
Is AARP Looking Out for You? Auto and Homeowners Insurance

The way insurance companies barrage you with television ads promising to save you money, you might think they were paying you instead of the other way around. In the case of the GEICO googly eyes or actor Dennis Haysbert hawking Allstate policies, at least it’s…
Natural Disaster Insurance: Do You Need It?
Natural Disaster Insurance: Do You Need It?

With the news media filled with stories lately about natural disasters like earthquakes, hurricanes and wildfires, many consumers may be wondering when to purchase additional insurance to protect their homes from Mother Nature. My husband and I certainly have been concerned with the topic since…
New company could help Allstate keep agents and other business
New company could help Allstate keep agents and other business

Besides giving Allstate Corp. more control over prices, North Light Specialty Insurance Co. could help the parent company retain its agents and other insurance business. Unlike an independent insurance agent, who can sell policies from a number of different companies, Allstate employs what are called…
Southland homeowners at risk for mudslides have trouble finding insurance
Southland homeowners at risk for mudslides have trouble finding insurance

Some residents of areas burned by the Station fire are buying flood policies on top of fire and earthquake plans, hoping that at least one will accept mudslide damage claims. Charred slopes in the foothills towering above William Johnson’s La Cañada Flintridge home are now…
Three of the four largest homeowners insurance companies in the state are raising their rates
Three of the four largest homeowners insurance companies in the state are raising their rates

Three of Alabama’s four largest home insurers are raising rates, although State Farm Fire & Casualty Co., the state’s largest, is giving coastal residents something of a break. No. 1 State Farm, No. 2 Alfa Mutual group and No. 4 Farmers Insurance Group — the…