Latest Middle Market Headlines

All the headlines from our Middle Market Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Insurance Industry Trends for Agencies to Exploit in 2014

Jan 27 2014 // In order to be a step ahead of the competition it is best to be proactive. One can do this by understanding and exploiting current and future trends. It is easy to predict trends by understanding recurring cycles and...

Aon Risk Solutions Names Middle-Market Practice Leader in Philadelphia

Aug 27 2013 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, announced the addition of Jack Reick as a middle-market practice leader in the Philadelphia office. In his new role, Reick will be responsible for driving...

CNA Introduces New Package Policy For Mid-Sized Businesses

Aug 5 2013 // CNA has launched CNA Paramount, a new package policy for mid-sized businesses that combines property and general liability coverage.CNA Paramount brings all the basic and critical property and crime coverage needs into one...

The Hartford Enhances Small, Midsize Business Management Liability Coverage

Jun 14 2013 // The Hartford has enhanced its private company management liability offerings with Private Choice Ovation, a package policy with updated and expanded coverage options designed to address emerging exposures facing business...

Aon’s New York Office Appoints Middle-Market Sales Leader

Mar 19 2013 // Aon plc, a global provider of risk management, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, and HR consulting and outsourcing services, announced the addition of Vincent Gandolfo as middle-market sales leader for the Greater New...

Willis Announces Exec Appointments, Office Expansions in Massachusetts

Feb 15 2013 // Willis North America, a unit of global insurance brokerage Willis Group Holdings, announced three executive appointments and office expansions to strengthen its Massachusetts operations and drive growth across the...

Agency E&O Outlook: Competition, Hard Market, Healthcare Effects and More

Nov 27 2012 // Firmer insurance prices and an upward trend in agency revenues are signs of good times for most independent agencies. These same trends, however, are reflected in today’s insurance market for agency errors and...

What’s Ahead in Agency E&O

Nov 5 2012 // Firmer insurance prices and an upward trend in agency revenues are signs of good times for most independent agencies. These same trends, however, are reflected in today’s insurance market for agency errors and...

Brown & Brown Boosts Earnings in Q3, Sees Middle Market Improving

Oct 16 2012 // Florida-based national insurance broker Brown & Brown Inc. reported that net income for the third quarter of 2012 was up 12.1 percent to $49.5 million over the same quarter in 2011.J. Powell Brown, president and chief...

Marsh Executive Stein Moves to Aon Risk Solutions in New York

Oct 3 2012 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, appointed Robert Stein as U.S. middle market chief broking officer. He is based in New York City.In this new position, Stein will oversee implementation...

XL Group Opens New Insurance Office in Lyon France

Sep 20 2012 // XL Group plc’s insurance operations announced the opening of a new office in Lyon , France and the appointments of Auberi Etienne and Clotilde Bartok to join the team serving middle market companies in France.Both...

The Hartford Reports $101M Q2 Loss for Debt Payoff

Aug 2 2012 // The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. reported a $101 million second-quarter net loss Wednesday, a consequence of paying off a huge debt to Allianz SE.Retiring the debt is part of the insurer’s continuing effort...

160-Year Old Hanover Retaking Its Place as P/C Industry Leader

Apr 16 2012 // Eight out of 160 years of history may not seem like a big deal but for Hanover Insurance Group, founded in 1852, the last eight years have seen a series of big deals.Eight years ago in 2004, the $2.4 billion heavily...

160-Year Old Hanover Retaking Its Place as P/C Industry Leader

Apr 3 2012 // Eight out of 160 years of history may not seem like a big deal but for Hanover Insurance Group, founded in 1852, the last eight years have seen a series of big deals.Eight years ago in 2004, the $2.4 billion heavily...

Allied World Introduces Small to Mid-Size Company Privacy Coverage

Apr 11 2011 // Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG has introduced Allied World U.S.’s new privacy and network security insurance product, Privacy//101. Designed for small to mid‐size companies, law firms, healthcare and...

Tower Group Buys Renewal Rights For Some of Navigators Mid-Market Biz

Jan 18 2011 // Tower Group has acquired the renewal rights to the middle market commercial package and commercial auto business of Navigators.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The portfolio of policies sold by New York-based...

Liberty Northwest Launches Commercial Series for Small to Mid-Sized Businesses

Oct 27 2010 // Liberty Northwest, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, today announced the launch of the Liberty Northwest Commercial Series, its insurance solution for small to medium-sized businesses. The portfolio...

CNA Middle Market Expands Manufacturing Unit

Oct 22 2010 // Chicago-based insurer CNA announced investments in its CNA Middle Market Manufacturing segment. The company said the investments will provide CNA’s producers with national support as well as access to products,...

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Oct 18 2010 // The Hartford appointed Lisa Morgan senior vice president of its middle market commercial insurance business. She will lead The Hartford’s $2 billion middle market commercial insurance unit that provides the...

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Oct 4 2010 // The Hartford has appointed Lisa Morgan as senior vice president of its Middle Market commercial insurance business. Morgan will lead The Hartford’s $2 billion middle market commercial insurance unit that serves...