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ISO Launches Integrated Automobile and Property Data Product

Mar 3 2010 // ISO has released a fully integrated automobile and property prefill product. QuickFill delivers any combination of ISO’s 34 automobile and property databases to insurance carriers at the point of quote. Data elements...

Arrowhead Announces Workers’ Compensation & Commercial Division Executive Appointments

Feb 26 2010 // San Diego, CA, 02/26/2010 – ARROWHEAD General Insurance Agency, Inc., a leading provider of top rated insurance programs, is pleased to announce executive management level promotions. These changes are effective...

Aon Founder Ryan Launches Specialty Wholesale Insurance Group

Feb 23 2010 // The founder and retired chairman and CEO of the world’s largest insurance broker, Aon, has revealed the management team and a second subsidiary for his new global specialty insurance operation whose first company was...

Hanover to Exit Louisiana Homeowners Market, Then Re-Enter

Feb 22 2010 // In a move he says will prevent the addition of policies into Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation’s book of business, Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has approved an agreement with The...

Philadelphia Launches New Contractor Environmental Coverage

Feb 12 2010 // Philadelphia Insurance Cos. has expanded its environmental product offering with the addition of contractor environmental and professional coverage. The product is designed specifically to protect insureds from...

Main Street America Launches New Business Owners Policy

Feb 1 2010 // The Main Street America Group launched its new Main Line Business Owners Policy (BOP) property and liability product. The insurer also launched Main Street Station for commercial lines quoting and policy issuance system in...

Entergy, Insurers File Second Suit Against Corps Over Katrina Flooding

Jan 19 2010 // Entergy Corp. has filed a second suit against the Army Corps of Engineers over flooding that followed Hurricane Katrina, leaving behind hundreds of millions of dollars to power systems and higher rates for hundreds of...

Idaho Launches New Health Coverage Denial Appeal Process

Dec 29 2009 // The Idaho Department of Insurance is notifying the public about the new process to aid the state’s consumers in appealing health insurance claims denied by their insurance carriers. The Idaho Health Carrier External...

BRP Launches Tech General Liability, Errors & Omissions Coverage

Dec 11 2009 // Business Risk Partners (BRP), based in Windsor, Conn., now offers general liability (GL) coverage to technology firms that purchase errors and omissions (E&O) policies. Coverage is underwritten by Lloyds of...

National Specialty Underwriters, Ace Westchester Launch Hospitality Program

Dec 10 2009 // Bellevue, Wash.-based National Specialty Underwriters Inc. (NSU) a program administrator and specialty wholesale broker, and ACE Westchester, the U.S.-based wholesale-focused property and casualty operation of the ACE...

Lexington Launches New Claims-Made Casualty Coverage

Dec 9 2009 // Lexington Insurance Co., a Chartis company, has introduced LexTransForm, a claims-made casualty policy with an optional extended reporting period (ERP) that an insured may purchase for a pre-set sliding scale rate.This new...

Protective Specialty Announces New Professional Liability Division

Dec 8 2009 // Indianapolis, Ind.-based Protective Specialty has created a new Professional Liability Division, which joins the company’s portfolio of nationwide products by offering Miscellaneous Professional Liability.A...

Specialty Underwriting Firm Naxos Avondale Launches

Nov 30 2009 // Naxos Avondale Specialty Casualty Inc., an underwriting management company focused on the specialty casualty excess and surplus lines markets, has officially launched operations and begun accepting business.The creation of...

Marsh Launches Lottery and Gambling E&O Coverage

Nov 25 2009 // Marsh’s London office announced that it has launched a new errors and omissions (E&O) insurance product for the suppliers of lottery and gaming (gambling) organizations. The new product, created by Marsh’s...

Momentous Launches Restaurant Insurance Specialty Practice

Nov 24 2009 // Momentous Insurance Brokerage of Van Nuys, Calif., has launched a restaurant insurance specialty practice. Some of the risk management services offered include contract review, loss control and inspection, in-house claims...

National Lloyds Launches Texas Presidential Homeowners Product

Nov 18 2009 // Waco, Texas-based National Lloyds Insurance Company has introduced the Presidential Homeowners Program, targeting owner/primary residence properties in Texas.According to the company’s announcement, the new program...

Flood-Prone Missouri Town Ready to Launch Mitigation Plan

Nov 18 2009 // Clarksville, Mo., is moving ahead with what Mayor Jo Anne Smiley calls the “monumental task” of never again having to worry about the Mississippi River ruining businesses and disrupting lives in this town of...

Marsh Launches Private Company D&O Liability Diagnostic Tool

Oct 22 2009 // Marsh’s London office announced that it has launched a new Directors’ and Officers’ (D&O) liability diagnostic tool for private companies domiciled in the UK. “The service is free to clients...

Massachusetts Launches Verification Site for Workers’ Comp

Oct 5 2009 // In a move designed to combat instances where employers lack coverage, Massachusetts has introduced a new Web site that allows anyone to see if a business has workers’ compensation insurance.The Web site, recently...

ACE Launches New Offshore Policy for Oil/Gas Industry Liability Exposures

Oct 1 2009 // ACE Europe announced the launch of its new oil and gas industry policy. ACE said the product is “aimed at both manual and non-manual trades engaged in the upstream sector,” and that it has been extended and...