<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>InsuranceNewsNet.com - Today's Property &amp; Casualty Picks</title><link>http://insurancenewsnet.com/news.aspx?type=propertycasualty</link><description>InsuranceNewsNet.com Property &amp; Casualty recent articles.</description><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>Tornado Has Insurance Industry Poised For Deluge Of Claims </title><link>http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=382354&amp;type=propertycasualty</link><description>As Oklahoma communities grapple with the devastation caused by this week's deadly tornadoes, the financial impact from the loss of homes and other property remains unclear... </description><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 09:41:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Insurance Websites Perform Better Than Policy Shopping </title><link>http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=382350&amp;type=propertycasualty</link><description>Automotive insurance customers indicate that using insurance company websites to service an existing policy is generally easier than using them to shop for a policy... </description><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 08:59:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Insurers Respond To Moore Disaster</title><link>http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=382346&amp;type=propertycasualty</link><description>Insurers, like other agencies related to the Moore, Okla., tornado disaster, are assessing the damage... </description><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 08:45:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Conn. Officials Warn About Telephone Scam On Insurance Quotes</title><link>http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=382313&amp;type=propertycasualty</link><description>The Connecticut Attorney General, the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Insurance are warning Connecticut residents about a telephone scam that is misrepresenting the DMV as providing information for automobile insurance quotes... </description><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 05:21:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Allstate Investors Back Board At Annual Meeting</title><link>http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=382281&amp;type=propertycasualty</link><description>Allstate investors voted down two shareholder proposals and approved the re-election of its board members at the insurer's annual meeting... </description><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 18:10:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The Hartford CEO Reveals Progress On Transformation </title><link>http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=382197&amp;type=propertycasualty</link><description>The Hartford is reaching a milestone in its effort to transform the 203-year-old firm and deliver greater shareholder value, company chairman, president and chief executive officer Liam E. McGee said... </description><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 08:24:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>QBE Agrees To $19.25M Settlement With Fla. Homeowners</title><link>http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=382109&amp;type=propertycasualty</link><description>Wells Fargo Bank and insurer QBE have agreed to pay an estimated $19.25 million to more than 24,000 Florida homeowners under a proposed settlement that plaintiff attorneys call "unprecedented."... </description><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 20:54:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AIG To Invest $92.5 Million In Insurer In China</title><link>http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=382089&amp;type=propertycasualty</link><description>American International Group said that it will spend $718.1 million Hong Kong dollars ($92.5 million) in a rights offering by Chinese insurance company PICC Property and Casualty Co. Ltd...</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:48:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Businesses Urged To Tackle Disaster Risk Reduction </title><link>http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=382061&amp;type=propertycasualty</link><description>A new report from PwC and the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction warns that large multinationals' dependencies on international supply chains, infrastructure and markets poses a systemic risk to "business as usual,"... </description><pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 09:09:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Convictions Reached In 2 Ohio Insurance Fraud Cases</title><link>http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=382008&amp;type=propertycasualty</link><description>Ohio Department insurance fraud investigations have led to recent criminal convictions in the Columbus and Cleveland areas... </description><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 06:35:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>United Insurance Holdings Declares Quarterly Dividend </title><link>http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=382006&amp;type=propertycasualty</link><description>United Insurance Holdings, a property and casualty insurance holding company, announced that its board of directors declared a cash dividend of $0.03 per share of common stock outstanding... </description><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 06:24:41 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Citizens Offers Cheaper Rate Option With No Fanfare </title><link>http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=381993&amp;type=propertycasualty</link><description>Last year, the Florida Legislature mandated Citizens Property Insurance to offer a cheaper, more limited coverage option to homeowners, potentially saving them up to 70 percent on their premiums... </description><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 01:10:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>American Safety Insurance Holdings Reports 1Q Results </title><link>http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=381968&amp;type=propertycasualty</link><description>American Safety Insurance Holdings reported net earnings of $5.5 million for the three months ended March 31, or $0.56 per diluted share, as compared to $4.1 million, or $0.39 per diluted share, for the same period of 2012... </description><pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 20:45:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fraud Sweep Arrests 26 For Staged Accidents In Fla.</title><link>http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=381883&amp;type=propertycasualty</link><description>A massive crackdown on an auto-accident insurance fraud ring based largely in Palm Beach County, Fla., resulted in charges against 33 people and 26 arrests...</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 08:18:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>5 Charged In Alleged $1M Insurance Fraud </title><link>http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=381882&amp;type=propertycasualty</link><description>Five Sacramento, Calif., area residents were arrested by department fraud investigators and charged with multiple felony counts. Investigators said they were involved in an alleged insurance fraud scheme totaling nearly $1 million... </description><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 08:17:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Allstate: $216M In Catastrophe Losses In April</title><link>http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=381815&amp;type=propertycasualty</link><description>Severe weather led to $216 million in catastrophe losses in April for Allstate... </description><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 16:15:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Physical Therapy Owner And Employees Charged With Fraud</title><link>http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=381754&amp;type=propertycasualty</link><description>A Brockton, Mass., woman and three of her employees were charged with defrauding insurance companies in connection with physical therapy services...</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 08:30:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Legislation To Reform U.S. Crop Insurance Policies Introduced</title><link>http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=381745&amp;type=propertycasualty</link><description>Eight Congressmen introduced the Assisting Family Farmers through Insurance Reform Measures (AFFIRM) Act. The AFFIRM Act makes bold reforms to crop insurance premium subsidy payments, saves taxpayer dollars and promotes transparency...</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 07:19:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>NICB: Questionable Claims In The U.S.</title><link>http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=381727&amp;type=propertycasualty</link><description>In its annual look at questionable claims (QC) in the U.S., the analysis released by the National Insurance Crime Bureau reports that in the three-year period from January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2012, there was a 16 percent increase..</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 05:59:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Couple Charged In Connection With 5-Year Insurance Scheme</title><link>http://insurancenewsnet.com/article.aspx?id=381682&amp;type=propertycasualty</link><description>George Bowman and Traci L. Bowman, both of Indianapolis, have been charged by indictment with mail fraud... </description><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 18:43:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>