All the headlines from our New Markets Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 16 2003 // TechVantage, Victor O. Schinnerer’s E&O program for technology professionals, has introduced a new policy form that provides basic coverage to smaller firms at a lower premium and deductible.“The Basic...
Oct 16 2003 // Advisen, Ltd., a provider of information, analytics and benchmarking for the commercial insurance industry, recently introduced Version 2.0 of its information platform for insurance professionals.The New York-based...
Oct 6 2003 // Travelers Property Casualty Corp. will sponsor a public television documentary on fire safety, which will premiere in November on Connecticut Public Television and be available to other stations across the country next...
Oct 6 2003 // Continuing efforts to put an end to reported spiraling auto insurance premiums by combating fraud, Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher recently joined Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez-Rundle...
Sep 24 2003 // New York’s Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio announced that Vincent Morciglio, 49, of Jamaica was arrested on Friday and charged with two counts of forgery and two counts of criminal possession of a forged...
Sep 23 2003 // East Lansing, Mich.-based medical liability insurer American Physicians Capital Inc. announced that its board of directors has authorized the continuation of its share repurchase program. This authorization allows the...
Sep 9 2003 // Victor O. Schinnerer and Company has launched EdChoice, an insurance program for small to mid-size colleges and universities.The EdChoice policy, Trustees, Officers, Management and Employment Liability, offers employment...
Aug 29 2003 // Jess Chappell, president and CEO of Savannah, Ga.-based CIS Inc., announced that CIS plans to enter into the South Carolina non-standard auto market by taking over the administration of an already existing...
Aug 28 2003 // CIS, Inc. announces entry into S.C. non-standard auto marketJess Chappell, President and CEO of Savannah, GA based CIS, Inc., announced that CIS will enter into the South Carolina non-standard auto market by taking over...
Aug 25 2003 // Investor Gregory Shepard, who owns approximately 5 percent of Columbus, Ohio-based State Auto Financial Corp., announced a cash tender offer for 8 million of STFC’s almost 13 million public shares for $32 per share,...
Aug 22 2003 // Length: 10 min 36 sec Lo | Hi California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi reiterated that homeowners are in crisis during a press conference in San Diego Aug. 21, announcing new additions to his “Homeowners Bill...
Aug 18 2003 // Pennsylvania’s Agriculture Secretary Dennis C. Wolff announced that the state’s “AGR-Lite” crop insurance protection program’s maximum policy size has been raised to $250,000, from the...
Aug 14 2003 // Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown, joined by Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly and New York State Insurance Department Superintendent Gregory V. Serio, announced that the owner, manager and employees of a Far...
Aug 12 2003 // California-based Klein & Costa Insurance Services has a marine insurance facility new market (non-admitted/admitted, ‘A’ rated) available for 30 states in the West, Great Lakes and Northeast regions. The...
Aug 6 2003 // California-based Abram Interstate has a new homeowners progam available. The program includes: Nuts & Bolts: Abram Interstate, Inc., announced a new Homeowner program. Dollars: Values start at $300,000 and up to $5...
Jul 22 2003 // New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and New York State Insurance Superintendent Gregory Serio announced the arrest of Peter Perouza, 32, who is charged with insurance fraud and grand larceny stemming from a...
Jul 22 2003 // CDS Business Mapping, a provider in online hazard mapping, announced the release of its revolutionary, patent pending, Birdseye Geocoding™ technology. Birdseye Geocoding combines digital street files and aerial images to...
Jul 18 2003 // Zurich North America announced the launch of the FinanceSuite(tm) product on the Business Finance Center website.The Business Finance Center is an online commercial lending marketplace where the Zurich network of...
Jul 17 2003 // California-based E.L.M. Insurance Brokers Inc., a specialist in professional liability, has a new market for miscellaneous professional liability, including some hard-to-place classes.Underwritten by Alea London Ltd.,...
Jul 2 2003 // California-based Cascade/Amstar has unveiled a new “A” rated market (admitted) for long haul trucking, including cargo and general liability.Policy limits are: $1 Mil Auto Liability & Gen’l...