All the headlines from our New Markets Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 16 2007 // Marsh UK announced that it has “developed a pioneering new product addressing the fraud and crime risks faced by financial institutions.” Describing the coverage as “the only product of its kind,”...
Jan 31 2007 // The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. has developed a new unit of marine specialists designed to assist agents placing small volumes of inland marine business. The Marine Underwriting Advantage Team will offer agent partners of...
Jan 28 2007 // The leisure industry is big business, and insuring the wide variety of sports and entertainment activities and venues is an equally large opportunity. From rock-climbing walls and inflatables on-call for children’s...
Jan 18 2007 // Two days into a special legislative session, after debating 20 amendments, the Florida Senate voted to pass Senate Bill 4-A, a measure which promises an average 25 percent premium cut to homeowners and lets Citizens...
Jan 15 2007 // The Market Reform Group (MRG) has produced its plan for continuing to modernize London market processes throughout 2007 and beyond.“Following full consultation with market firms, the plan sets out the group’s...
Jan 10 2007 // Drive Commercial Auto, part of The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies, announced plans to offer commercial auto insurance to Massachusetts business owners available exclusively through independent agents. With its...
Jan 10 2007 // Windsor, Conn.-based AIX Group Inc. announced a new program to provide automobile physical damage coverage to commercial trucking operations.This program will be targeting operations with above average loss experience and...
Jan 10 2007 // Houston-based Markel Global Marine & Energy Inc. (MGME) has launched a new division, Onshore Energy Property, the company announced.Established Nov. 1, 2006, this new division will handle onshore property,...
Jan 5 2007 // California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi has announced that the Department of Insurance has won a dispute over the distribution of proceeds obtained through litigation on behalf of policyholders of the failed...
Jan 2 2007 // New marketing communications firm targets non-competing program administrators and retail agenciesWest Chester, Pa.-based Venture Insurance Programs has created a new marketing communications firm, Vertibrands Inc.,...
Dec 27 2006 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced two new purchasing groups: Hospitals of Texas (HOTComp) and Texas Medical Group (TMG).Both groups provide members with a competitive option for their workers’ compensation...
Dec 27 2006 // The Commerce Group, Inc., the largest auto insurer in Massachusets, expects to enter the New York personal lines insurance market in 2007. Under the terms of the agreement, ACIC Holding Company, Inc., a subsidiary of...
Dec 14 2006 // The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. has entered the personal lines independent agency market in West Virginia.Products being offered in West Virginia through The Hartford’s independent agency channel include...
Dec 11 2006 // Countrywide Financial Corp. announced that Countrywide Insurance Group’s automobile insurance product is now available to consumers in Colorado, Illinois, Indiana and Nevada. The product was first introduced in...
Dec 10 2006 // Countrywide Financial Corp. announced that Countrywide Insurance Group’s automobile insurance product is now available to consumers in Colorado, Illinois, Indiana and Nevada. The product was first introduced in...
Dec 8 2006 // HOUSTON, TEXAS– London American Risk Specialists, Inc. is pleased to announce the immediate launch of an Apartment Property Program endorsed by the National Apartment Association. This program is available in the...
Dec 6 2006 // (Clearwater, FL and Richmond, VA) …Robert M. Bryant, President, and Martin H. Kanipe, Executive Vice President of Atlantic Specialty Lines of Florida, Inc. (ASL – FL) and Paula Ross, Executive Vice President, Gary...
Nov 29 2006 // OneBeacon Insurance Group is entering the group Accidental Death and Dismemberment insurance market. Three industry veterans — Lori Cernera, Keith Firestone, and Stephen Mueller — recently joined the company to...
Nov 28 2006 // Grady & Associates Insurance Services, an employee benefits brokerage firm, has launched a new Web site (http://www.gradyandassociates.com) designed to be an online informational resource, helping Las Vegas businesses...
Nov 28 2006 // Countrywide Financial Corp. announced that Countrywide Insurance Group’s auto insurance product is now available to consumers in Colorado, Illinois, Indiana and Nevada. The product was first introduced in Arizona in...