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Missouri falls behind in mitigate increase in health insurance rates

August 7, 2015August 6, 2015 Marc

State has been unable to halt the growth of health insurance premiums Missouri may be falling behind in protecting its residents from significant health insurance rate increases. In 2016, insurance policies are set to become more expensive nationwide due proposals from insurers. Typically, state regulators investigate rate increase proposals in order to determine whether or not they are needed. In Missouri, however, regulators are not tasked to investigate rate proposals. Instead, this burden falls to the federal government, which may be leaving consumers open to significant rate increases that could…

Weather improvements ease homeowners insurance rates

July 30, 2015July 29, 2015 Julie Campbell

The cost of insuring an Ohio property may stop rising as quickly as it has been due to fewer storms. Over the last few years, Ohio property owners have been watching their homeowners insurance rates climbing upward at a sharp rate, but that may start to slow to a much more moderate increase as the weather has been easing off. The weather has been slightly kinder to Ohio residents and isn’t causing the damage that it had been. In 2014, the rates from the largest homeowners insurance companies in the…

Homeowners insurance costs will soon rise to pay for rough winter

July 17, 2015July 16, 2015 Julie Campbell

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After a particularly damaging season, the cost of ice dams and water damage is about to affect premiums. In Massachusetts, homeowners insurance customers are about to start paying an average of 9 percent more in their premiums due to the impact of the damaging winter that was experienced throughout the state. The massive amount of snow and the exceptionally cold temperatures caused an abnormally large amount of damage. The extreme weather and large number of winter storms caused a notable rise in the number of homeowners insurance claims as well…

Louisiana parish to see fire insurance rates fall considerably

June 25, 2015June 24, 2015 Julie Campbell

The state commissioner, Jim Donelon, has told East Feliciana Parash to expect to save money this year. A number of regions throughout Louisiana are going to feel a bit of a relief when it comes to the amount that they are paying for their fire insurance coverage, this year, as rates are expected to fall. This, according to a statement that was made by Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon. Donelon explained that the fire insurance rates are expected to start to fall as of July 6. This will be a…

Health insurance rates to spike in Kansas

June 11, 2015June 10, 2015 Logan B.

Kansas tax plan will lead to an increase in health insurance premiums for those with HMO plans A new tax plan could increase health insurance premiums in Kansas. The state’s Senate passed the $470 million tax plan over the weekend, which will create a $47 million tax increase on managed-care organizations. The tax increase represents a 3.31% rate increase on health insurance companies that offer HMO plans. The increased rate on insurers will likely translate into higher premiums for policyholders as these companies seek to recover losses and mitigate the…

Health insurance rates may be going up in Alabama

June 4, 2015June 2, 2015 Nordstrom

Insurers seek rate increases Health insurance premiums for policies sold through the Alabama exchange could be rising by a significant margin. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alabama, which sells policies through the exchange, is requesting a rate increase averaging 28%. This rate increase would affect individual plans. For the Blue Choice Platinum – Individual plan that the insurer offers, rates could go up as much as 71%. The rate increases are expected to affect some 175,000 people. Average cost of UnitedHealthcare plans could grow by 24.5% Another insurer is also…

Are teacher insurance benefits expenses making the job cost prohibitive?

June 2, 2015May 30, 2015 H. Cutner

The latest increases for educators in Alabama have people wondering if the position will lose its appeal. Budget struggles in Alabama will likely be sending the out of pocket expenses for teacher insurance benefits upward, yet again, and while it may not have been as dramatic as some had predicted, it is still an added cost and there are worries with regards to the impact that this could have on the profession of the educator. The issue is that teachers will be paying higher insurance rates for their coverage which…