The impact of the historic Los Angeles-area wildfires is being broadly examined and continually refined, with updates almost daily on insured losses, total economic losses and damages, credit ratings—and lately worrying outlooks for the effect of the fires on insurance rates. Tens of thousands of properties will be ultimately lost when final counts come in, … Read more
Fitch Ratings said in an outlook revision that it expects Mercury General Corp.’s credit profile will withstand the impact of the Eaton and Palisades fires near Los Angeles, but the agency also gave a negative outlook that reflects “the potential for credit deterioration and financial pressure from a third large catastrophe event or an aggregation … Read more
TDI experts answer Texans’ top auto insurance questions. What should auto insurance cost, and what’s the best kind to get? To answer a question about cost, you need to know what a policy covers first. TDI’s automotive insurance guide can help, and there’s a policy comparison tool at www.opic.texas.gov. It’s important to know what you … Read more
In California, 2 new ratings affirm that no health plan tops Kaiser Permanente when it comes to providing high-quality care and personalized service. California’s Office of the Patient Advocate and Covered California gave us their highest possible ratings for overall quality of care in their latest reports. Office of the Patient Advocate: 5 out of … Read more
Ratings reflect high-quality care and service Every year, CMS publishes Medicare Advantage (Part C) and Medicare prescription drug plan (Part D) ratings. Consumers can use the ratings to compare the quality of Medicare plans. To develop the ratings, CMS considers many areas of care and service. For example, CMS looks at how well health plans … Read more
