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Louisiana Insurers Must Disclose Prior Policy Premiums Under Controversial New Law

Insurance Journal

Under a new state law, Louisiana insurers will be required to give mandatory disclosure of prior policy premium when issuing a renewal policy to a policyholder. Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Tim Temple sent an advisory letter to insurers this week notifying …

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Florida Premium Written up by a Third, Average Premiums Up by 40% Since 2022

Insurance Journal

Newly posted data from Florida regulators show that, in the last three years, the number of property insurance policies in the state has risen only slightly while direct premium written and average premiums have climbed significantly. The first-quarter 2025 data …

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Air India Crash Risks Fueling Up to 30% Jump in Insurance Premiums

Insurance Journal

Indian insurance policy sellers expect the cost of coverage for airlines to spike as much as 30% after the deadliest aviation crash in more than a decade. Sajja Praveen Chowdary, director at Indian broker Policybazaar, expects premiums for hull, war-risk, …

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Understanding and Preparing for a Premium Audit

Central Insurance

Many commercial insurance policies require a premium audit at the end of the term to match your coverage with actual business activity. The post Understanding and Preparing for a Premium Audit appeared first on Central Insurance Blog. Here's what to expectand how to make the process go smoothly.

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Former California Insurance Agent Sentenced for $3.7M Fine Art Policy Scam

Insurance Journal

million with bogus applications for fine art insurance policies. A former California insurance agent was sentenced to 50 months in federal prison for defrauding a lender out of $3.7 Tonja Van Roy, 59, of Las Vegas, but who formerly operated …

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North Carolina Settles on 15% Increase in HO Rates

Insurance Journal

AP) Base rates for North Carolina homeowners’ insurance premiums will increase on average by about 15% by mid-2026 as part of a settlement reached by the state Insurance Department and the industry. The agreement announced Friday by …

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Mistakes in setting sums insured / declared value where the Insured elects an Indemnity Period of less than 12 months.

Prof. Allan Manning

That sum insured had not been reviewed for many years and as a result of 100% average, as it was on that policy, the client received only 6.9% Fortunately we see very few Business Interruption policies sold in Australia and New Zealand with an Indemnity Period less than 12 months. of their loss. This has prompted this refresher post.