Personal Lines

Firefighters are grappling with rugged terrain in an effort to contain wildfires in Arizona that have consumed close to 13,000 acres.

The heat is getting turned up on fraudsters in Texas as the states Department of Insurance is backing the designation of a second county insurance fraud prosecutor and investigator with the aim of adding more in the future.

Section 111 data can help Medicare to evaluate the MSP compliance of beneficiaries, insurers, self-insureds and other participants, as well as to establish compliance procedures and sound risk-management practices that maximize Medicares recovery while minimizing the effect on the community involved.

The Risk Management Solutions Version 11 catastrophe model is shifting rates higher, and causing some risks to move from the admitted market back to excess and surplus lines carriers, but a leader of a managing general agent group cited concerns with the models impact on how insurers underwrite risks.

Leading U.S. homeowners insurers recorded combined ratios well over 100 in 2011 due mainly to storms throughout the year, according to an SNL Insurance analysis.

Florida has effectively agreed to abide by federal-flood-agency rules that bar new development in flood plains without prior federal approval.