Tag: insurance news

Health insurance companies will pay for exchange participation

Julie Campbell
Health insurance plan

The Obama administration has announced that insurers will be charged to sell from the online marketplaces. On Friday, the Obama administration announced that health insurance companies will now need to pay in order to participate in the online exchanges so that they can sell their plans to the millions of American individuals, families, and small businesses who will be using the marketplace. The “user fees” are designed to help to pay for the cost of creating and operating the exchanges. Unfortunately, the primary concern is that the cost of the…

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Insurance news from New York Governor makes steps to accelerate Sandy claims

H. Cutner
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Insurance News

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has met with the state’s leading insurers to make important changes. As New York continues to battle with the aftermath of superstorm Sandy, the state is making insurance news by hacking its way through bureaucratic red tape in order to help the 360,000 victims of the storm to receive faster payments. A new online system is also being created in order to help gauge the performance of insurers. This insurance news is notable because the online system will allow insurers to be graded based on their response…

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Fitch Ratings suggests Thai life insurance sector is stable

S.Vagus
insurance industry report

Fitch Ratings report highlights stability of Thailand’s life insurance industry despite natural disasters A new report from Fitch Ratings, a global rating agency, suggests that the Thailand life insurance sector will see healthy premium growth well into 2013. This growth is being attributed to growing population affluence and increase awareness and protection in the wake of recent natural disasters. Thailand has been battered by a wide range of catastrophe’s the most costly of which was a recent flood that caused severe disruptions in global supply chain for numerous industries. These…

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Insurance news from Canada shows $100 million in claims from Sandy

Julie Campbell
Toronto Ontario Canada Auto Insurance News

After the superstorm pummeled through the United States, it smashed into Canadian provinces. According to the most recent insurance news estimates from Canada, after leaving the United States, superstorm Sandy led to insured property damage that will total approximately $100 million. These statistics were issued from the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) based on claims received. The IBC has based this data on the claims that are being made in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The estimate is still considered to be preliminary, but it has now been…

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Auto insurance estimates for damage from Sandy reach 230,000 vehicles

H. Cutner
Homeowners flood Insurance

The NICB has released its preliminary estimates from the superstorm, showing most is in NY. The National Insurance Crime Bureau has now revealed its preliminary auto insurance estimates for vehicles that were damaged when Sandy came crashing through. The NICB believes that there were around 230,000 vehicles affected by the storm. The auto insurance estimates have indicated that of that total, around 130,000 are located in the state of New York, while another 60,000 are in New Jersey. The remaining 40,000 vehicles in that total are from Maine, Washington D.C.,…

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