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Saturday, January 20, 2007
‘The Ox’ goes after a case of Katrina-itis
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Here’s a campaign TV ad in the making.
State Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine, a presumed ‘10 candidate for governor, is making a case against an insurance company that apparently wants to reduce its exposure on the Georgia coast, the Savannah Morning News reports today.
Oxendine says St. Paul Travelers Cos. plans to pay agents a third less in commissions on coastal homeowner policies. He says the company has also issued policies with windstorm deductions not approved by his agency.
“Don’t lump us in with Florida and the Carolinas. We’re different because we haven’t had the storms that Florida, North and South Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi have. We haven’t had the great hurricane,” the Republican said.
The insurance commissioner has ordered the company to appear at a Feb. 9 hearing.
