Hana Williamson

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  The 24 percent request "clearly was excessive," said Hana Williamson, an attorney with Consumer Affairs.
  
  "What we don't know is the number we would consider acceptable," Williamson said.

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  Hana Williamson, an attorney with the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs, said the reduction was "great news" and she hoped other companies would follow.Still, she said, it's too early to tell if the new law is behind this or any other cuts to come.
  
  "The data is not there to prove this," Williamson said."And the law is still being implemented.Some of the provisions don't start until next year."
  
  Williamson said the reduction is because of a stock market turnaround more than anything else.For years, insurers have turned to the markets to make up through investment gains what they pay out in loss claims.With the stock market depressed since 2000, insurance companies haven't had that option.
  
  "These things are cyclical," Williamson said.

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  "It's an OK bill," Hana Williamson, an attorney with the consumer affairs department who helped negotiate many of the changes, said Monday.
  
  "It changes the way we were doing things, which is not necessarily bad.It really is a very good compromise," she said.

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  Hana Williamson, an attorney with the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs, said the reduction was "great news" and she hoped other companies would follow.Still, she said, it's too early to tell if the new law is behind this or any other cuts to come.
  
  "The data is not there to prove this," Williamson said."And the law is still being implemented.Some of the provisions don't start until next year."
  
  Williamson said the reduction
  
  is because of a stock market turnaround more than anything else.For years, insurers have turned to the markets to make up through investment gains what they pay out in loss claims.With the stock market depressed since 2000, insurance companies haven't had that option.
  
  "These things are cyclical," Williamson said.

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  It's on a very fast track, and it's absolutely on the wish list of every insurance company in the country," said Hana Williamson, an attorney with the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs.She said proponents of the bill are mistaken in thinking state regulators should liberalize price controls and shift their focus to matters of insurer solvency.
  
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  "The plan would basically mean that every rate request coming from an insurance company would be granted with no changes at all," Williamson said, adding that such a change could send prices spiraling upward.

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  Insurance customers often confront some kind of rate increase after a particularly bad storm season like this year's, said Hana Williamson, staff attorney at the state Department of Consumer Affairs.But those increases can take months or even a year to commence, and they usually affect people in higher-risk coastal areas much more than upstate residents.Plus, even if insurance companies ask for an increase to help absorb losses, the increase is spread over several years so people aren't forced to pay huge fees upfront.
  
  "Obviously if you have an overall state increase by a major insurer, and let's say there's some coastal damage, in a sense it affects everybody who lives in the state," Williamson said.

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  Hana Williamson (Proxy for Phillip Porter) SC Department of Consumer Affairs

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  But Hunter and Hana Williamson, an attorney with the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs, say that is misleading.
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  The South Carolina measure allows companies to raise rates an average of 7 percent annually with no approval from the state and, like its Florida counterpart, places no limit on the rates that can be charged in high-risk areas, Williamson said.
  
  "I'm not saying it (the increase) was all bad," Williamson said, "but you should sort of know the story behind the numbers."
  
  Williamson said the influx of companies shortly before and after the legislation was passed was largely due to companies already in the state bringing affiliated companies back to handle specific lines of insurance, such as high-risk drivers.

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  "Many stakeholders - the insurance department, legislators and insurers - really need to look at it in a comprehensive fashion," said Hana Williamson, staff attorney for the consumer affairs department.Consumers need to be protected if a big storm hits the coast, she said.But Williamson questioned whether insurers were using the potential of a major hurricane as a "big scarecrow" to boost rates.
  
  White said the rates are justified.A hurricane can bring losses of $50,000 a home, something the company can't recoup in the life of a policy, he said.

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  The State | 10/14/2003 | Homeowners’ insurance rates... - [Cached Version]
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  "They've taken some hits recently and are trying to make some of it back on premiums," said Hana Williamson , a staff attorney with the S.C. Department of Consumer Affairs.

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