Author : Tom Jacobs, Theme : Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals · Real Estate · Banking · Fintech · Insurance
PALO ALTO, Calif., August 31, 2023--Hippo (NYSE:HIPO), the home insurance group focused on proactive home protection, today announced that it will be featured at the KBW Insurance Conference 2023....
Viejo, Calif., braced last year for a rise in insurance costs. Yet they were still shocked to receive a quote for over $170,000, which was more than four times what the association paid in...
California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner declared an “insurance emergency” on today because of the Southern California wildfires. The declaration temporarily removes the ban on out-of-state claims adjusters lacking California licenses. Poizner said that lifting the ban will help insurance companies better deal with the expected crunch of fire claims. He estimated that more than $1 billion in property damage has already occurred. Poizner last lifted the ban in January during a devastating crop freeze in the Central Valley. ...
A law that gives Californians a direct roll in what insurance companies can charge has benefited the consumer group that wrote the law.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Insurance claims from last month's California wildfires already are at $9 billion and expected to increase, the state's insurance commissioner announced Wednesday.
4-Minute Listen ; Smoking has its risks, but in California higher prices for health insurance probably won't be among them. The federal health law allows states to charge smokers up to 50 percent more for a health plan, but a bill moving forward in the California Legislature would prevent that from happening. The Affordable Care Act is supposed to remove discrimination in the pricing of health insurance for things like gender and medical condition. Critics say a tobacco surcharge creates a new c...
Insurance claims from last year's deadly California wildfires have reached $11.8 billion, the most expensive series of wildfires in state history.
Health insurers offering plans through Covered California likely will continue to have narrow physician networks during the state health insurance exchange’s second open enrollment period, accordin...
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