All the headlines from our Personal Lines Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 6 2017 // Leaders of the property/casualty (P/C) insurance industry expect to see a considerable increase in the commercial lines of insurance for 2017, with cyber leading the way as a huge untapped market, according to an Industry...
Jan 27 2017 // The Main Street America Group has expanded Main Street Protection Auto, its new private passenger auto insurance program for the preferred/standard marketplace, into three additional states, including New York, as well as...
Jan 25 2017 // Leaders of the property/casualty insurance industry expect to see a considerable increase in the commercial lines of insurance for 2017, with cyber a potentially huge untapped market, according to an Industry Leader Trends...
Jan 9 2017 // The U.S. personal auto insurance industry saw net premiums written grow 5.1 percent in 2015 — a rate of growth that may not be repeated as rising loss ratios weaken both underwriting and operating results, according...
Dec 27 2016 // The U.S. personal auto insurance industry saw net premiums written grow 5.1 percent in 2015 — a rate of growth that may not be repeated as rising loss ratios weaken both underwriting and operating results, according to...
Dec 8 2016 // Odell Studner, a King of Prussia, Penn., based provider of risk consulting and insurance brokerage services to middle market companies, has hired Linda Pittounicos as director of personal lines. In this role, Pittounicos...
Dec 6 2016 // W.R. Berkley Corporation has launched a new high net worth personal lines brand, Berkley One.Set to launch its products in the latter half of 2017, Berkley One will offer specialty personal insurance coverages to...
Nov 21 2016 // The 2016 Personal Lines Leaders in this report are taken from Insurance Journal’s Top 100 Property/Casualty Independent Agencies as reported in August. This list utilizes only the 2015 personal lines numbers of the...
Sep 22 2016 // American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS), a national not-for-profit insurance advisory organization governed by its member companies, announced the filing and approval of a new standardized Personal Auto Program...
Sep 21 2016 // Peer-to-peer insurance startup Lemonade is open for business in New York, nine months after the startup’s debut and initial venture funding announcement.The New York-based company, which its founders promise will...
Aug 22 2016 // Grass Valley, Calif.-based Networked Insurance Agents has named Deanna Mallette director of personal Lines.Mallette will continue to report to Scott Smith, vice president. Mallette joined Networked in 1993, working her way...
Jul 18 2016 // Just because a person lives in the house does not mean he is an insured under the Homeowners’ (HO) or Personal Auto Policy (PAP). Nor does an individual necessarily have to live in the household to be insured on...
Jun 28 2016 // Lafayette, Calif.-based Stone Creek Insurance Agency has named Megan Gracey a personal lines manager for its Northern California office. Gracey specializes in customer service, account management, annual client review and...
Jun 24 2016 // Karen Mondshine has joined the national insurance broker USI Insurance Services as as the national director of personal risk operations. She will be responsible for partnering with USI’s regional and national teams...
Jun 14 2016 // The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company (HSB), part of Munich Re, has introduced HSB Home Cyber Protection, a personal lines cyber insurance program for consumers.HSB Home Cyber Protection offers a suite...
Jun 6 2016 // Encompass Indemnity Insurance, an Allstate Insurance company that sells business through independent agents, has exited the North Carolina personal lines market. As of May, Encompass is no longer renewing business in the...
May 26 2016 // RIC Insurance General Agency Inc. has named Gary Dahl its personal lines manager. Dahl will be based at RIC’s Reno, Nev. office and will report to Jeff Gans, chief operating officer. Dahl has more than 30 years of...
May 26 2016 // The Travelers Companies Inc. announced that Greg Toczydlowski, executive vice president, has been promoted to president of Business Insurance.Toczydlowski most recently served as executive vice president and president,...
May 25 2016 // Encompass Indemnity Insurance, an Allstate Insurance company that sells business through independent agents, has exited the North Carolina personal lines market. As of this month, Encompass is no longer renewing business...
May 23 2016 // The Texas Department of Insurance has issued a data call to gather information about the cost of weather-related residential property claims and the incidence of litigation of these claims.The Regulatory Policy Division is...