Latest Allied Insurance Headlines

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Insurance Agents, Travelers, Nationwide Urge Coastal Wind Policy

Aug 4 2008 // Travelers, Nationwide Mutual and two leading national insurance producer organizations are supporting a plan they say will make private windstorm insurance more affordable and available in coastal areas.Federal legislation...

Insurance Agents, Travelers, Nationwide Urge Coastal Wind Policy

Jul 16 2008 // Travelers, Nationwide Mutual and two leading national insurance producer organizations are supporting a plan they say will make private windstorm insurance more affordable and available in coastal areas.Federal legislation...

National Insurer Wants to Include Flood Coverage in Home Policies

Jul 7 2008 // One of the nation’s largest insurance companies is lobbying Congress for permission to sell policies that cover damage from both wind and flood water, a plan billed as a way for insurers and homeowners to avoid...

Nationwide, Allstate Grab State Farm Policies in Miss.

Jul 7 2008 // Nationwide and Allstate will insure homes along the Mississippi coast where the current insurer decided not to renew policies, officials said.The State Farm Insurance action involves 892 policies within 1,000 feet of...

Business Moves

Jul 7 2008 // South Carolina Medical AssociationThe South Carolina Medical Association has launched its new subsidiary, the South Carolina Physician Assurance Co. The new insurance company will provide medical malpractice coverage to...

National Insurer Wants to Include Flood Coverage in Home Policies

Jul 7 2008 // One of the nation’s largest insurance companies is lobbying Congress for permission to sell policies that cover damage from both wind and flood water, a plan billed as a way for insurers and homeowners to avoid...

Nationwide Insurance Pushes to Include Flood Coverage in Home Policies

Jun 27 2008 // One of the nation’s largest insurance companies is lobbying Congress for permission to sell policies that cover damage from both wind and flood water, a plan billed as a way for insurers and homeowners to avoid...

Nationwide Insurance to Consolidate in West Virginia

Jun 19 2008 // Nationwide Insurance will open a consolidated state claims office in Kanawha County in July. Nationwide spokeswoman Liz Christopher said June 17 that five claims offices with 72 employees statewide will be moved to one...

Update: 2 Insurers to Pick up State Farm’s Non-renewals

Jun 16 2008 // Nationwide and Allstate will insure homes along the Mississippi coast where the current insurer decided not to renew policies, officials said.The State Farm Insurance action involves 892 policies within 1,000 feet of...

Safeco Teen Driver Program Rolled Out Nationwide

Jun 9 2008 // Seattle-based Safeco announced that its safe teen driving solution, Teensurance is now available nationwide.Teensurance offers a set of online tools to encourage safe driving, including a GPS-based device – the...

S&P Keeps Nationwide on CreditWatch

Jun 2 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has announced that it is keeping its ratings on Nationwide Financial Services Inc. (NFS), its subsidiaries, and related securities on CreditWatch with negative...

Nationwide Insurance Cuts 204 Jobs in Oregon

May 19 2008 // Nationwide Insurance says it will cut 204 jobs at its Portland, Ore., offices in June. According to a filing with the state, the mass layoff is part of Nationwide’s plans to eliminate certain departments. Nationwide...

Business Moves

May 5 2008 // BB&T Insurance Services, Union Bank of CaliforniaRaleigh, N.C.-based BB&T Insurance Services reached an agreement with Union Bank of California North America to purchase its San Diego-based insurance subsidiary,...

Ratings Recap: Nationwide, Southern Pioneer, Navigators, Allied World Re, Excess Re

Apr 1 2008 // Fitch Ratings has affirmed the ‘AA-‘ insurer financial strength (IFS) ratings on Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company (NMIC) and its related intercompany pool members (collectively, Nationwide Mutual), as well...

Ratings Roundup: Motor Club, CIFG, Nationwide, Medical Savings

Mar 13 2008 // A.M. Best Co. has withdrawn the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a+” and assigned a category NR-5 (Not Formally Followed) to Motor Club Insurance...

Best Affirms Nationwide’s ‘A+’ Ratings

Mar 12 2008 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A+’ (Superior) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “aa-” of Nationwide Group and its four P/C pooled members and 22 reinsured...

Best Affirms Nationwide Financial’s Ratings; Comments on Acquisition

Mar 12 2008 // As indicated in the previous article (See above), A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A+’ (Superior) and the issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “aa-” of the core...

Ratings Recap: CIFG, Tall Pines, Conn. Medical, Nationwide, Wolverine

Mar 11 2008 // Fitch Ratings has downgraded CIFG to ‘AA-‘ from ‘AAA’ and kept the ratings on Rating Watch Negative. The downgrade affects the Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) ratings for CIFG Guaranty and...

Miss. Shooting Victim Awarded $4.5M, Nationwide Insurance not Liable

Jan 17 2008 // A Madison County, Miss., jury awarded $4.5 million to a woman who was shot in the arm after an accident at a fast food restaurant in Ridgeland, Miss.The jury on Tuesday found Vicksburg attorney Thomas Randy Clark liable...

Nationwide Raises Earthquake Coverage Deductible in Ohio

Jan 4 2008 // Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. is raising the deductible on its earthquake coverage because of the risk of major losses from an earthquake.Columbus-based Nationwide is raising the deductible from 2 percent to 5 percent of...