Latest Middle Market Headlines

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New Munich Re Cyber Reinsurance Product Designed for Small, Mid-Sized Businesses

Sep 28 2018 // Munich Reinsurance America, Inc. (Munich Re) has launched a cyber reinsurance product for regional property/casualty insurance carriers seeking to provide this coverage and associated services to their small and...

New Paladin Cyber Product for Small, Mid-Sized Businesses Launches in Arizona

Sep 25 2018 // Paladin Cyber, a cyber protection and remediation firm, has developed a cyber insurance product tailored for small and mid-sized businesses. Along with its existing software products and services, the new product will...

Ohio’s Hylant Launches Haven Re Group Captive for Middle-Market Businesses

Sep 19 2018 // Toledo, Ohio-based privately held independent insurance brokerage, Hylant, has launched Haven Re, a primary casualty, heterogeneous group captive designed to provide well-performing middle-market businesses an attractive...

Swiss Re Corporate Taps Grabowski to be Head of Middle Market Casualty

Aug 10 2018 // Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has named Chris Grabowksi as head of Middle Market Casualty, responsible for overseeing a team of middle market underwriters across North America and working with brokers and clients. Based in...

Hartford’s Q2 Results Reflect Big Commercial Lines Gain

Jul 27 2018 // The Hartford reported improved results for the second quarter compared to the same quarter last year, particularly in its commercial lines and group benefits businesses.Overall net income was $582 million in second quarter...

Ironshore Forms Onshore Middle Market Energy Equipment Facility

Jul 10 2018 // Ironshore Insurance Services LLC has formed an energy equipment facility offering property and inland marine insurance coverage for onshore middle market classes of business in the U.S.Ironshore’s Syndicated Risk...

Middle Market U.S. Manufacturers Predict Growth, Changing Risk as Technology Transforms the Industry: Report

Jul 2 2018 // The business climate for manufacturing in the U.S. has improved over the past few years, driving both revenue and employment growth for middle market manufacturers. But the industry is also experiencing a period of...

Lewis Succeeds West as Leader of Chubb’s Mid-Market Commercial Lines; Rockwell Named Chief Underwriter

Jun 21 2018 // Chubb has appointed Paul Lewis North America Commercial Insurance Industry practice leader for its North American mid-market segment. He will be responsible for leading Chubb’s Commercial Insurance Industry practices...

IAT Insurance Acquires Excess and Umbrella Business from Rockhill Insurance

Mar 23 2018 // IAT Insurance Group (IAT) has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the renewal rights and certain associated assets for a book of surplus lines excess and umbrella insurance business from Rockhill Insurance Group....

How Cyber FICO Ratings Could Benefit Insurance Underwriting

Mar 7 2018 // Nearly 30 years ago the Fair Isaac Corp. (FICO) first introduced its metric for measuring creditworthiness. Since then, the FICO Score has become a default metric used by countless market participants to facilitate...

Hartford Steam Boiler Launches HSB Cyber Suite for Mid-Sized Businesses

Jan 26 2018 // Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company (HSB), part of Munich Re, has introduced HSB Cyber Suite, a comprehensive cyber insurance coverage designed for small to mid-sized businesses and other...

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Jan 22 2018 // Salt Lake City, Utah-based Leavitt Group Insurance Advisors has named Mike Scott a senior risk advisor and director of program business.Scott will focus on middle markets, large accounts, and hard-to-place specialty risks....

Coalition, a Cyber Insurer and Cybersecurity Firm, Makes Its Debut

Dec 6 2017 // Coalition is making its formal debut into the cyber insurance space, but with a twist. The San Francisco-based startup is also a cybersecurity firm.Founded in March 2017, Coalition is co-founded by technology entrepreneurs...

Cyber Was Focus of California Symposium for Small and Mid-Sized Businesses

Oct 13 2017 // There are more than 4,000 cyber-attacks each year aimed at small- to mid-sized businesses, many of which are exposed because they haven’t given cyber security a high enough priority, according to Stephanie...

Chubb Taps Hiscox’s Hosking, Promotes Bear to UK Middle Market Broker Roles

Oct 3 2017 // Chubb has announced the appointment of two new positions within its Middle Market Independent Broker segment.Hannah Hosking has been appointed as Head of Distribution – Independent Brokers UK&I, while Steve Bear has...

Middle Market Growth Spells Opportunity for California’s Insurance Community

Sep 4 2017 // The insurance community has at least two reasons to be interested in a new report on middle market companies, particularly those who are doing business in California.According to a report from American Express and Dun...

Middle Market Growth Spells Opportunity for California’s Insurance Community

Aug 17 2017 // The insurance community has at least two reasons to be interested in a new report on middle market companies, particularly those who are doing business in California.According to a report released this week from American...

Ransomware Risk: 4 Questions to Ask to Optimize Cyber Insurance

Jun 5 2017 // Following the “WannaCry” ransomware cyberattack in at least 140 countries, insurers, brokers and cyber risk management specialists are working with businesses to report claims, improve and expand existing cyber...

The Hartford Launches Risk Management Platform For Large, Midsize Businesses

May 17 2017 // The Hartford has released a new risk management information system (RMIS) to address the evolving data needs of its largest commercial customers who are most at risk for loss. The new system – TREO | Track Risk. Explore...

The Hartford Names Tooker as Head of Middle Market Segment

Mar 30 2017 // The Hartford has named A. Morris “Mo” Tooker, currently chief underwriting officer, as head of its Middle Market segment.Tooker remains chief underwriting officer for the company’s property/casualty...