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Study Finds Teen Drivers Ignore Texting Bans; Urges Bans on Hand-held Calls

Feb 21 2018 // State laws banning hand-held cellphone calls while driving can be effective in reducing teens’ hand-held conversations while driving, but texting bans are not effective in reducing texting while driving, according to...

Surplus Line Premium Increased by 6.4% Nationwide in 2017

Feb 19 2018 // All 15 surplus lines service offices across the United States experienced increases in excess and surplus lines insurance premium in 2017, the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas reported. U.S. surplus line premium...

Surplus Line Premium Increased by 6.4% Nationwide in 2017

Feb 19 2018 // All 15 surplus lines service offices across the United States experienced increases in excess and surplus (E&S) lines insurance premium in 2017, the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) reports. U.S. surplus...

Nationwide-Backed Fund to Acquire Solar Projects

Feb 8 2018 // Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. and clean energy developer Sol Systems are investing $100 million into a fund they are forming to acquire U.S. solar projects.The Helios Infrastructure Fund plans to buy more than 330...

Startup Neptune Offering Digital Private Flood Product to Agents, Carriers in Nationwide Expansion

Jan 25 2018 // A digital startup private flood insurance provider, Neptune Flood, has secured $2 million in seed round funding and has plans to “aggressively expand” nationwide by offering its platform to carriers, agencies...

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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....

Nationwide Chief Information Officer Keller to Retire

Jan 19 2018 // Columbus, Ohio-based insurer, Nationwide, announced that Chief Information Officer Michael Keller will retire from his role later this year. Keller has been the CIO for Nationwide since 2001.The company anticipates it will...

VanDenBosch Named President of Nationwide Private Client in Arizona

Jan 10 2018 // Paul VanDenBosch has been named president of Nationwide Private Client. Nationwide Private Client business operations are based in Scottsdale, Arizona. VanDenBosch has more than 25 years of experience in the insurance...

New Product Uses Blockchain to Show Proof of Insurance

Dec 27 2017 // The Institutes’ work with insurers in the blockchain space has led to a debut product – a tool designed to establish proof of auto insurance. Nationwide is the first carrier to bring it to production and is already...

Brit Global Specialty Adds Nationwide’s Mocio to U.S. Cyber Team

Oct 25 2017 // Brit Global Specialty has appointed Courtney Mocio as vice president, Cyber & Technology. In this role, Mocio will be responsible for helping to grow Brit’s cyber and technology portfolio in the U.S. Mocio brings...

Pennsylvania Law Firms Hedge Bets on Marijuana Being Legalized Nationwide

Sep 18 2017 // A number of Philadelphia-area law firms are setting up practices to serve the cannabis industry despite concerns of an uncertain future.Many of the city’s biggest law firms — including Duane Morris, Fox...

Pennsylvania Law Firms Hedge Bets on Marijuana Being Legalized Nationwide

Aug 24 2017 // A number of Philadelphia-area law firms are setting up practices to serve the cannabis industry despite concerns of an uncertain future.Many of the city’s biggest law firms – including Duane Morris, Fox...

Surplus Lines Insurance Premium Up Nationwide

Aug 7 2017 // A mid-year compilation of excess and surplus (E&S) insurance premium amounts by the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) shows a 6.6 percent increase in premium nationally compared with the same period last...

At-Home Medication Errors Leading to Serious Medical Outcomes on the Rise

Jul 31 2017 // Every 21 seconds someone in the United States calls a poison control hotline because of a medication error.A recent study from Nationwide Children’s Hospital, published by Clinical Toxicology, found a 100 percent...

Surplus Lines Insurance Premium Up Nationwide

Jul 26 2017 // A mid-year compilation of excess and surplus (E&S) insurance premium amounts by the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) shows a 6.6 percent increase in premium nationally compared with the same period last...

Nationwide Names Travelers’ Stueber as Vice President of Construction

May 15 2017 // Linda Stueber has joined Nationwide as the new vice president of Construction for Standard Commercial, the insurer announced. Stueber has 25 years of experience in commercial lines— with the past 20 years focused...

Making a Federal Case Out of ‘Legal’ Marijuana Insurance Claims

Apr 11 2017 // Michael Johnston, the great, great grandson of the founder of one of the first Baptist churches in Texas, grew up being constantly warned about sin, including the evils of television and dancing. Thus it is a bit strange...

Nationwide Says Extreme Weather Brings Bigger Claims, Need for Disaster Plans

Mar 2 2017 // More extreme weather has led to more extreme insurance claims in the U.S. over the past few years.In a review of more than 100,000 commercial catastrophe claims during a 10-year period, Mark A. Anderson, a claims executive...

Nationwide Re-Signs with NFL for 4 More Years

Feb 3 2017 // Nationwide and the National Football League announced that the Ohio-based insurer will remain an official auto, home and life insurance sponsor of the league for the next four years.As part of the agreement, Nationwide...

Nationwide Using Mobile-App Startup Sure to Sell Renters Insurance

Jan 20 2017 // On-demand insurance agency Sure has signed Nationwide as a partner in offering renters insurance via its real time mobile app.Using the Sure app (for iPhone and Android), consumers can now obtain a renters insurance quote,...