All the headlines from our New Markets Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 10 2015 // A financial investigation is underway into Barrett Business Services Inc. (BBSI), a giant professional employer organization that deals with many workers’ compensation carriers.The independent investigation focuses...
Nov 10 2015 // V3 Insurance Partners LLC has launched a new management liability package program, Vantage Point, for private companies and not-for-profit organizations. Vantage Point is a flexible insurance package created specifically...
Nov 9 2015 // Forrest T. Jones & Company (FTJ) has completed an agreement with Liberty International Underwriters (LIU) to serve as the program administrator for LIU’s national accountants’ professional liability...
Nov 5 2015 // Ironshore Specialty Casualty has created a new suite of endorsements to address the products liability exposure of manufacturers and distributors. Coverage is underwritten on a primary basis with limits available of up to...
Nov 3 2015 // ACE Commercial Risk Services (ACE CRS), the small commercial specialty lines business of ACE Group, has launched its small business ACE CRS Producer Portal. It provides client access through the new online portal, which...
Nov 3 2015 // Marsh has launched Marsh IO+, an enhanced excess casualty product designed for companies with significant product and other mass tort exposures.Organizations like retailers, food and beverage companies, construction firms,...
Nov 2 2015 // Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model development team, is launching new models for Malaysia and Jakarta flood to help insurers and reinsurers better underwrite and manage their exposures in Asia. The...
Oct 28 2015 // Florida-Based Orchid Underwriters Insurance Agency, LLC, a specialty underwriter of property insurance focusing on coastal properties, has named Robert J. Rose senior vice president of Underwriting and Programs and Bryan...
Oct 26 2015 // PivotPoint Risk Analytics has launched a new company and its flagship product CyVaR, which quantifies cyber value-at-risk and gives chief information security officers (CISOs) and business leaders a common language in...
Oct 19 2015 // Farmers Insurance has introduced rideshare insurance coverage designed to provide seamless coverage for ride-hailing drivers in Kansas.Farmers worked with representatives of the Kansas Insurance Department, legislators and...
Oct 16 2015 // Argo Pro, a member of Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd., an international underwriter of specialty insurance and reinsurance products, has expanded its line of professional and management liability insurance products...
Oct 16 2015 // OneBeacon Insurance Group, has introduced a new professional liability product – Producer Plus Liability. The product provides liability insurance was designed for producers of entertainment and industrial films,...
Oct 15 2015 // Energi has launched a new workers’ compensation triage program called Company Nurse. This new injury-reporting program seeks to provide injured workers with immediate medical triage and medical advice over the phone...
Oct 14 2015 // IronHealth, the specialty healthcare unit of Ironshore Inc., has introduced its “LeadingEdge” policy for hospitals and integrated health care systems. IronHealth has developed the policy in response to the...
Oct 13 2015 // CAMICO, a nationwide CPA-directed program of insurance and risk management for the accounting profession, has announced CyberCPA to further protect CPA firms from losses caused by a variety of cyber risk exposures.CyberCPA...
Oct 12 2015 // The United States Personal Chef Association (USPCA) has contracted with event insurance provider The Event Helper to offer supplemental liability insurance for its members when they are working outside of the...
Oct 9 2015 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has launched two policies providing cyber liability and breach response coverage with risk management resources, the Professional First Network Security & Privacy Policy...
Oct 9 2015 // New England Flood Insurance (NEFI) is now offering flood insurance to homeowners in New England.Coverage is underwritten by NEFI and backed by an A rated carrier and is not affiliated with the National Flood Insurance...
Oct 5 2015 // Berkley Re UK Limited*, the London-based subsidiary of W. R. Berkley Co., announced it launched a global facultative property unit to provide targeted and tailor-made coverage to global clients, which will “enable...
Oct 5 2015 // Markel Global Insurance, a division of Markel Corporation, has launched new product offerings and leadership for captive agents and securities broker-dealers coverage.The captive agents product covers the professional...