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Nationwide E&S Exits Commercial Auto Effective July 15

Jun 29 2023 // Nationwide E&S will stop writing wholesale-driven contract binding commercial auto new business, including primary brokerage auto effective July 15, according to an announcement released to Nationwide brokers this week...

Nationwide to Take Actions to Limit Risk in Personal, Commercial Portfolios

Jun 13 2023 // Add Nationwide to a growing list of insurers making changes to deal with losses in some areas of the country.In a June 12 “business actions update” Nationwide announced moves “to mitigate risk and manage...

Livestock Operations Grow as Demand Rises; Nationwide’s Cumings Sees Direct-to-Consumer Models Adding Additional Liability Risk

Feb 20 2023 // Specialization is critical in the cattle business and increased consumer demand for protein is driving new trends, including niche farms that offer direct-to-consumer strategies.In today’s evolving and growing...

Nationwide E&S Strikes Out in Move for $1.4M Contribution to Injury Settlement

Feb 13 2023 // Nationwide E&S/Specialty is not entitled to be reimbursed by Mt. Hawley Insurance and Lloyd’s for part of a $2.725 million payment it contributed as the excess/surplus insurer to settle a personal injury suit.A...

Ruff Ruling for Nationwide: Ohio Court Says Insurer Must Cover Canine Bite

Feb 8 2023 // An Ohio Court of Appeals panel said that Nationwide must indemnify a canine owner whose bulldog bit a passer-by, ruling that a policy exclusion barring coverage for bodily injury for a dog with a prior history of attacking...

Florida Citizens Shucks Nationwide Search, Names Cerio New CEO

Feb 1 2023 // The Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Board of Governors, in a special meeting Tuesday, surprised some in the Florida insurance industry by naming its general counsel as CEO – without a nationwide search.The board voted...

People Moves: Beal Leads Nationwide National Partners; Acrisure New Leadership Team; WSIA New Diversity Board Members

Dec 14 2022 // Beal Named Leader of Nationwide National Partners teamNationwide has named Tony Beal as the new leader of the Nationwide National Partners team, responsible for managing key P&C distribution partner relationships....

Nationwide Catalytic Converter Theft Ring Taken Down in Raid

Nov 21 2022 // Twenty-one people in nine states were arrested and charged Nov. 2 with their roles in conspiracies to steal catalytic converters from vehicles across the country and sell them for profit.According to the U.S. Department of...

Nationwide Catalytic Converter Theft Ring Taken Down in Raid

Nov 3 2022 // Twenty-one people in nine states were arrested and charged Nov. 2 with their roles in conspiracies to steal catalytic converters from vehicles across the country and sell them for profit.According to the U.S. Department of...

People Moves: Everest Re Taps Nationwide’s Rudow as Head of Cyber Reinsurance; BMS Re Names McDowell as Bermuda CEO, Binetti as Head of Casualty Treaty

Sep 12 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Everest Reinsurance and BMS Re.A summary of these new hires follows here. Everest Re Taps Nationwide’s Rudow as Global Head of Cyber...

People Moves: Former Lexington Exec Heads to FutureProof; Hourly.io Hires From Markel; Leisz Joins Nationwide E&S; New CIO at Ryan Specialty

Jul 19 2022 // San Diego-based FutureProof Technologies has hired Joseph Strickland as head of underwriting. He was previously senior vice president at AIG’s Lexington Specialty Isurance Agency.FutureProof calls itself a...

FEMA Pushing for Stronger Building Codes Nationwide

Jun 20 2022 // Federal officials have announced a new initiative to modernize building codes across the country so that communities can be more resilient to hurricanes, flooding, wildfires and other extreme weather events that are...

Q&A With Nationwide’s P/C President and COO Mark Berven

Jun 20 2022 // In 2021, insurer and financial services company Nationwide reported the strongest earnings in the Fortune 100 company’s history — $2.8 billion in operating income with sales of over $50 billion, another record...

FEMA Pushing for Stronger Building Codes Nationwide

Jun 2 2022 // On the first day of the Atlantic hurricane season, federal officials announced a new initiative to modernize building codes across the country so that communities can be more resilient to hurricanes, flooding, wildfires,...

Teva Pharma Sees Nationwide U.S. Opioid Settlement in 2022

May 3 2022 // Teva Pharmaceutical Industries believes it would have to pay around $2.6 billion in cash and medicine to settle thousands of lawsuits alleging it and other drug companies fueled the U.S. opioid epidemic.On the heels of two...

Relation Insurance Grows in East, Acquiring Ex-Nationwide Agency in Connecticut

Apr 14 2022 // California-based national agency Relation Insurance Services reports it has acquired the assets of Guilford, Connecticut-based Yerkes-Stephens Insurance.Yerkes-Stephens was previously part of Nationwide Mutual Insurance...

Nationwide Doesn’t Have to Defend in Suit Against Alabama Child Molester

Apr 4 2022 // Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. does not have to defend its insured, an Alabama man who abused a 10-year-old girl, leaving the victim with little recourse for winning significant civil damages, a federal appeals court...

Nationwide Expands Use of Leak Sensors for Homeowners

Mar 16 2022 // Nationwide Insurance has become the latest large insurer to expand its use of leak-detection and other sensors for homeowners, offering a small discount on premiums.The company announced this week that it has teamed up...

Insurance Technology: Nationwide Sponsors Homecare Robots; Trucker Platform Nirvana Raised $25M; DealerPolicy Rebrands as Polly; Dent.co Aids Auto Repairs

Feb 25 2022 // Nationwide Sponsors Labrador Retriever RobotGiant insurer Nationwide is partnering with an early-stage robotics company, Southern California-based Labrador Systems, on a multi-state pilot program with the Labrador...

Missouri Man Pleads Guilty in Arson, Insurance Fraud Scheme

Feb 2 2022 // A Kansas City-area man has pleaded guilty to an arson and insurance fraud scheme that allegedly destroyed three houses from 2013 to 2019.Wandale J. Fulton, 40, was accused of conspiring with six others to buy houses,...