• Landslides and mud-slides: NOT covered by a standard homeowners policy

    Updated: 2012-02-29 18:45:00
    : : skip to main skip to sidebar Pages Blog Home Our mission : consumer protection Insurance Consumer Hotline Wednesday , February 29, 2012 Landslides and mud-slides : NOT covered by a standard homeowners policy The New York Times has an interesting story today about a significant hazard here in the rainy Pacific Northwest : mudslides . Mudslides and landslides , the article notes , are a topographical drama less spectacular but far more common than the potentially deadly earthquakes , avalanches and tsunamis that loom in anxious minds across the Pacific Northwest . And here's what many homeowners don't know : mudslides and landslides aren't covered by a standard homeowners policy So it can be very difficult to collect for losses caused by any form of land movement unless you bought

  • Job opening: Actuary

    Updated: 2012-02-28 22:51:00
    : : skip to main skip to sidebar Pages Blog Home Our mission : consumer protection Insurance Consumer Hotline Tuesday , February 28, 2012 Job opening : Actuary We have a job opening for a full-time , permanent actuary at our main office in . Tumwater The person will be reviewing health and disablity insurance rate filings , as well as helping our company supervision divisions financial analysis work . For a full description of the job , salary range , benefits , etc . please see the job . listing Posted by Rich R . at OIC at 2:51 PM Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Older Post Home Washington state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler Search This Blog Loading . About this blog This is the official blog of the Washington state insurance commissioner's office . Got a

  • PA Insurance|Getting Serious About Life Insurance

    Updated: 2012-02-28 15:39:35
    No one likes to think about life insurance, much less talk about it or buy it. It’s uncomfortable and a little scary, acknowledging that we won’t live forever. But remember: life insurance isn’t about the people who are gone. It’s about the people who remain. Life insurance is the ultimate safety net. It ensures that [...]

  • Join me for the IRMI Cyber & Privacy Risk Conference.

    Updated: 2012-02-28 15:16:59
    IRMI Cyber & Privacy Risk Conference.  Mark your calendar to join us in Baltimore, MD on May 16-17, 2012. Noted cybersecurity, homeland and national security expert Richard A. Clarke will deliver the keynote address. Discussing the last IRMI Cyber & Privacy Risk Conference, IRMI notes: This past July in San Francisco, 100 risk managers, underwriters, [...]

  • PA Car Insurance | Is Your Insurance Company Punishing You?

    Updated: 2012-02-28 10:00:25
    As a driver, you try to do everything right.  You check your mirrors when you get in the car, always use your turn signal and never text behind the wheel.  But even the best drivers get into accidents sometimes-one little mistake is all it takes. Most insurance companies think that because you make one little [...]

  • Critical Illness Insurance: Your Best Friend in a Worse-Case Scenario

    Updated: 2012-02-27 22:27:23
    When the doctor says “I’m sorry, but the tests were positive”, there is a sinking feeling in the pit of patient’s stomach that is difficult to describe. After the shock dissipates, the patient then begins to wonder how expensive treatment is going to be and how much of it will be covered by his or [...]

  • Fuller Insurance Open House - Tuesday, February 28, 3:00-6:30pm

    Updated: 2012-02-27 19:17:49

  • PA Home Business Insurance|The History of Tupperware

    Updated: 2012-02-27 14:00:32
    Earl Tupper, a former tree surgeon from New Hampshire, first began experimenting with plastics when he worked at DuPont Chemical after the bankruptcy of his tree business.  His supervisor gave him a piece of polyethylene slag left over from the oil refining process. Tupper purified it and molded it into colorful bathroom drinking glasses.  His famous [...]

  • 2011 Severe Weather Events Help Explain Property Insurance Rate Increases

    Updated: 2012-02-24 20:45:51

  • Wedding Season Draws Near — Protect Your Special Day

    Updated: 2012-02-24 20:09:31
    With Spring fast approaching, many Wedding and Special Event plans are well under way. Take steps to ensure that special day runs smoothly. Here are some answers to questions regarding Special Event Insurance. Why should I Purchase Special Event Insurance? Should you experience a covered loss, your non-recoverable costs can be as much, if not [...]

  • PA Insurance|Why Do “I” Need Flood Insurance?

    Updated: 2012-02-24 15:32:50
    Nearly 20% of flood insurance claims come from moderate-to-lo risk areas-FloodSmart.gov Learn about what is and isn’t covered. Courtesy of Insurance Information Institute. What is a flood, what is covered? One of the most common misunderstanding is that your homeowner’s policy will cover damage done by a flood.  Another misconception surrounds what flooding actually is.  The [...]

  • “[Update] ‘Zipped Up: The California Supreme Court Has Ruled That Retailers Are Prohibited From Recording Consumers’ ZIP Code Information in Credit Card Transactions’”

    Updated: 2012-02-24 13:50:14
    A year ago, the California Supreme Court issued Pineda v. Williams-Sonoma Stores, Inc., No. S178241, 2011 Cal. LEXIS 1355 (Cal. Feb. 10, 2011), a case regarding zip codes and personally identifiable information that created quite a buzz in the press and among people who follow privacy and insurance coverage issues.  The court addressed issues relating to [...]

  • Extra Protection for Your Business

    Updated: 2012-02-23 21:30:00
    There’s no guaranteed way to completely protect your business against lawsuits.  But you can manage the impact of lawsuits by adding extra liability coverage to your insurance package.  Extra liability coverage, also know as a Business Catastrophe Liability policy, or a BCL – provides liability protection over and above the limits provided by underlying policies for [...]

  • Is Your Car on the List of the 10 Most Stolen Vehicles?

    Updated: 2012-02-23 00:47:00
    The National Crime Information Center made lists of the 10 top most stolen vehicles by state based on a study of the vehicle thefts reported to the National Crime Information Center in 2010. Click here to see if your car is on the list. Your car doesn’t have to be on the Hot Wheels list [...]

  • Insurance companies and agents fined

    Updated: 2012-02-22 20:09:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Pages Blog Home Our mission : consumer protection Insurance Consumer Hotline Wednesday , February 22, 2012 Insurance companies and agents fined We'll be posting a news release on this shortly , but we've issued the following fines and other enforcement : actions Fidelity National Title Insurance Co . and Chicago Title Insurance Co . Fined 100,000 for wrongfully offering discount club memberships to people who were in a position to send title business to the companies . Aetna Life Insurance Co . Fined 20,000 for failing to promptly handle appeals from consumers . Charter Warranty Services , Inc . Mechanical Breakdown Protection , Inc . and Paul Pawlusiak , of Detroit , Mich . Ordered to stop selling unauthorized motor vehicle service contacts . Scott L .

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