All the headlines from our New Markets Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 7 2013 // Travelers has introduced a suite of online resources to help business owners navigate the growing threat of cyber risks while also protecting their assets and their customers’ information. The launch of the new...
Oct 4 2013 // Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG announced that its Asia-Pacific platform has launched “Allied World AgilitySM Primary Professional Indemnity, a new product developed exclusively for the Asia-Pacific...
Oct 4 2013 // The recently formed Workers’ Compensation Specialty division of All Risks, Ltd., has launched its second specialty class, WC for agriculture exposures. This unit will offer workers’ compensation through two...
Oct 3 2013 // U.S. Risk Pro, a division national MGA and surplus lines wholesaler U.S. Risk Insurance Group, Inc., and Western World Insurance Group have launched a new program for private company directors and officers liability. This...
Oct 3 2013 // The Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund (MAIF) — the auto insurance market of last resort in Maryland — said its Installment Payment Plan went online on Oct. 1. This new option, which was passed and signed into law...
Oct 2 2013 // Guy Carpenter & Co., a global risk and reinsurance intermediary specialist and member of Marsh & McLennan Cos., announced the launch of its new Excess & Surplus Lines Specialty Practice. Guy Carpenter said the...
Sep 26 2013 // Arch Insurance Group, a subsidiary of Arch Capital Group Ltd., has increased limits of up to $5 million on its general liability coverage in the newly-formed Contract Binding Operations. The Arch Contract Binding...
Sep 26 2013 // Xchanging, the business process, procurement and technology services provider, has launched a free wifi service for the London Underwriting Center (LUC), home to many insurance businesses. The service will support the...
Sep 24 2013 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. has launched Property-Gard Pinnacle, a new commercial property form that integrates new coverages and policy format with existing protection for highly protected risk (HPR) properties.The...
Sep 20 2013 // The Travelers Companies Inc. is adopting a new strategy to become more price-competitive in personal auto insurance.Travelers’ CEO Jay Fishman explained his company’s personal auto strategy at the Barclays...
Sep 19 2013 // Allied World U.S. has launched a new admitted lawyers professional liability product: Allied World LPL Assure. LPL Assure includes provisions specifically addressing privacy and network security wrongful acts, with...
Sep 18 2013 // The western region office of State Auto Insurance, based in Austin, Texas, announced additions to its regional workforce to support a growing small business, middle market and large account portfolio. The group has added...
Sep 18 2013 // Monitor Liability Managers has launched a new executive liability insurance suite of coverages for privately held companies called ExecSuite. With ExecSuite, businesses can choose the coverage that best suits their needs....
Sep 16 2013 // Ryan Specialty Group LLC today announced that it reached agreement to merge S.H. Smith & Company Inc. into R-T Specialty LLC, the wholesale brokerage unit of Ryan Specialty Group. Terms of the transaction were not...
Sep 16 2013 // Freedom Specialty, with the backing of Nationwide Insurance, has expanded into the surety segment and named Antonio C. Albanese vice president of the new product line. Albanese will be responsible for building and managing...
Sep 10 2013 // San Diego, CA, 9/10/13 – Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC, a national multi-line program manager, is pleased to announce the opening of a dedicated marketing office located in Knoxville, Tenn. The new office will be...
Sep 9 2013 // Nautilus Insurance Group (Nautilus) will begin writing personal umbrella and related coverages nationwide through a new office in California. Ann Boman-Clark has been named vice president, underwriting – personal...
Sep 5 2013 // San Francisco-based , a provider of smartphone-based telematics products for the usage-based insurance market, has introduced its SmartUBI Platform, a complete insurance telematics platform which includes a smartphone...
Sep 5 2013 // Chubb’s London office announced the availability of cyber security insurance through its Lloyd’s Syndicate, Chubb 1882. It is “based on Chubb’s successful US offering, the product combines...
Sep 3 2013 // Impact Forecasting, the catastrophe model development center of excellence at Aon Benfield, has launched two new models: an earthquake model for East Africa and a new flood scenario-based model for Mexico reinsurers.East...