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Relation Acquires Former Nationwide Agency, Hodge Ethridge, in South Carolina

Jan 27 2022 // Relation Insurance Services has continued its rapid-expansion plan with the purchase of South Carolina-based Hodge Ethridge Insurance and Financial Services, the company announced. The terms of the deal were not disclosed....

Nevada to Join $26 Billion Nationwide Opioid Settlement

Jan 5 2022 // Nevada has agreed to back a proposed nationwide settlement worth up to $26 billion resolving lawsuits against three large drug distributors and the drugmaker Johnson & Johnson over the deadly U.S. opioid epidemic, the...

High Street Acquires 27 Former Nationwide Agencies

Dec 1 2021 // Michigan-based High Street Insurance Partners reported it has acquired 27 former Nationwide exclusive insurance agencies in North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Maryland.The company said all of the...

Want Wearable Tech With That Workers’ Comp Policy? Kinetic Teams With Nationwide.

Nov 16 2021 // New York-based safety technology firm Kinetic has formed an underwriting partnership with Nationwide’s E&S/Specialty division. Acting as program manager, Kinetic Insurance is offering workers’ compensation...

Nationwide Invests in Certificate of Insurance Startup Certificial

Jun 10 2021 // Insurer Nationwide has invested in an early-stage funding round for Certificial, an insurtech with a platform that issues real-time certificates of insurance and simplifies compliance management.Certificial’s $5.8...

Markel Corporation and Nationwide Join InsurConneXtions Alliance

Apr 28 2021 // Markel and Nationwide join AmWins, CRC Group, Heffernan, and Patra to bring standardized technology-enabled solutions to the insurance industry with AI and AutomationEL DORADO HILLS, Calif., April 28, 2021 – A consortium...

Insurance Technology: Bold Penguin and Thimble, Vertafore and Nationwide, eMaxx

Apr 22 2021 // Catching up with insurance technology developments involving Thimble and Bold Penguin, Vertafore and Nationwide, and eMaxx ….Insurtech Bold Penguin is making it easier for agents and small business customers to...

Sierra Specialty Launches Nationwide Agribusiness Program

Mar 8 2021 // Sierra Specialty has launched an agribusiness program now available in all 50 states. Sierra Specialty has sole authority to underwrite, bind, and issue policies for this program, focusing on the farming and agriculture...

Security First Insurance of Florida Appoints Nationwide’s Moraski as VP of Claims

Mar 3 2021 // Florida-based homeowners insurance provider Security First Insurance has appointed Greg Moraski as vice president of Claims.Moraski will oversee the company’s claims department, which includes specialized areas such...

Neptune Flood Coverage Now Available Nationwide; New Policy System Released

Dec 16 2020 // Neptune Flood has expanded its residential products to five more states – Montana, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Wyoming, and Washington, D.C., completing the company’s nationwide rollout of all residential,...

Companies Hope to Take California Gig Worker Classification Law Nationwide

Nov 16 2020 // Gig economy companies want to turn California voters’ decision to make ride-service drivers contractors into a model for the nation, as several states consider requiring drivers from Uber, Lyft and rival services be...

Aon Invests $30 Million to Create 10,000 Apprenticeships Nationwide by 2030

Nov 12 2020 // Global insurance broker Aon said it is expanding its corporate apprenticeship program with an investment of $30 million over the next five years.With this expansion, Aon hopes to develop a nationwide network of employers...

Companies Hope to Take California Gig Worker Classification Law Nationwide

Nov 8 2020 // Gig economy companies want to turn California voters’ decision to make ride-service drivers contractors into a model for the nation, as several states consider requiring drivers from Uber, Lyft and rival services be...

DiBattista to Lead Nationwide E&S Brokerage

Nov 3 2020 // Nationwide has named Jude DiBattista to head its E&S Brokerage wholesale primary and excess casualty unit.DiBattista will lead the E&S Brokerage wholesale casualty team from New York and will report to Tom Jurgens,...

Trident Marine Managers, Nationwide E&S Form Underwriting Agreement

Aug 11 2020 // Trident Marine Managers, Inc. (Trident) has reached a delegated authority underwriting agreement with Nationwide E&S to provide recreational marine and marine equipment insurance, along with workers’ compensation...

Insurance Agents Think They Offer Value. But Some Customers Have a Different View.

Aug 7 2020 // Business owners and consumers are rethinking their finances and insurance needs due to the current economic uncertainty. However, new research suggests insurance customers and their agents are not always on the same page;...

Rideshare Insurer Buckle Raises $31 Million to Fuel Nationwide Expansion

Aug 5 2020 // Buckle, a digital seller of rideshare insurance, disclosed it has raised $31 million in new venture financing and will use the money to expand operations nationally.HSCM Bermuda and Eos Venture Partners co-led the Series A...

New York Insurance Broker Arrested, Charged in $1M Fraud Scheme

Jun 30 2020 // A New York state insurance broker has been arrested and charged with wire fraud, attempted wire fraud and aggravated identity theft and is facing a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.U.S. Attorney James P. Kennedy Jr....

Nationwide’s Transition to Independent Agency Insurance Company Complete

Jun 30 2020 // Nationwide says the process of transitioning the company to operate as an independent insurance agency carrier is complete, effective July 1.For the past 18 months, the Columbus, Ohio-based insurer has been working on the...

Nationwide Insurance Joins Investors in Planck’s $16 Million Financing Round

Jun 15 2020 // Nationwide, eyeing the possibilities with technology startup Planck’s small commercial insurance data platform, has joined the company’s latest financing round.Planck recently raised $16 million in a Series B...