All the headlines from our Personal Lines Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 21 2014 // Wells Fargo Insurance, part of Wells Fargo & Co., named Stefani Tygar Barnes as head of its personal insurance segment in Minneapolis, Minn. Barnes will lead a team dedicated to providing auto, home, renters, life,...
Jan 30 2014 // Columbus, Ohio-based Motorists Mutual Insurance Co. has promoted Joe Fullenkamp to vice president, personal lines division. Fullenkamp most recently served as the assistant vice president, personal lines division. He was...
Jan 28 2014 // Micah Paul Dunford has been appointed a personal lines sales agent for homeowners and personal auto coverage at BB&T-Oswald Trippe and Company.Dunford, who has 20 years of experience in the industry, will be based in...
Jan 27 2014 // Chris Le was named director of personal lines for Los Angeles, Calif.-based Anderson & Murison Inc. Le will be responsible for the underwriting and processing of all personal lines at the company. He has been with...
Jan 9 2014 // In a move that may or may not have been prompted by RSA’s recent troubles, the UK’s second largest insurer announced that it is “merging its Affinity and Personal Lines Broker teams in the UK to create...
Dec 23 2013 // USI Insurance Services announced today that James P. Kane will join the firm as senior vice president of personal lines effective Jan. 1, 2014. Kane will be responsible for USI’s nationwide personal insurance...
Dec 5 2013 // Wells Fargo & Co. promoted Laurie Nordquist to head of the unit providing insurance to individuals and small businesses, replacing Anne Doss, the executive who died in August at age 56.Nordquist, 54, will lead a team...
Dec 4 2013 // Ironshore’s Personal Lines unit is expanding flood insurance coverage for high net worth homeowner clients. The excess flood insurance is an endorsement available on homeowners policies underwritten by Ironshore...
Nov 18 2013 // About the Personal Lines Leaders: The 2013 Personal Lines Leaders in this special feature are taken from Insurance Journal‘s Top 100 Property/Casualty Independent Agencies as reported in August. This list utilizes...
Oct 30 2013 // ISO has filings underway for its new standardized motorcycle program. The program consists of forms, rules, and loss costs tailored to fit the specific requirements for insuring a motorcycle. The base policy provides...
Sep 30 2013 // Insurance agents who only focus on homeowners insurance customers are missing a golden opportunity to build long-term relationships with renter customers as their insurance needs grow due to life or circumstance...
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 17 2013 // Novato, Calif.-based Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. named Brian Cesario as western zone personal insurance executive. Cesario will lead Fireman’s Fund’s western zone for personal lines insurance. He has...
Sep 13 2013 // One in three U.S. and Canadian insurers does not feel adequately protected against fraud and more than half expect personal lines and workers’ compensation fraud to increase this year.The survey by FICO, a predictive...
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...
Aug 19 2013 // With apologies to Paul Simon’s classic song, there must be at least 50 ways to promote personal lines policies. Below is my list. I stopped at 50 due to the song, so if you wanted more, it’s Paul’s fault,...
Jul 26 2013 // Ironshore Inc. has created a new management team to serve as industry practice leaders. These leaders will be for business lines that the company says increasingly demand new products that address distinct...
Jul 22 2013 // Running a successful independent agency is a multi-faceted job. It’s a difficult balancing act that demands creating a constant flow of new business, while keeping insureds, employees and carriers reasonably happy....
Jun 26 2013 // Safeco Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Insurance company, announced this week it began selling its personal lines insurance products in Massachusetts this month.This is the first time Safeco Insurance products are available in...
Jun 17 2013 // How many of your personal lines accounts have an umbrella? Some recent surveys have indicated that insurance agencies write, on average, 1.6 personal lines policies per account. Based on this number, there is a good chance...