All the headlines from our Personal Lines Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 31 2012 // Orchid Underwriters Agency, Inc. in Vero Beach, Fla. has been granted exclusive access to a new residential underwriting program underwritten through icat.The icat homeowners program is written on Lloyds paper and is rated...
May 10 2012 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance has approved changes to the property insurance rate levels for personal lines policies written by Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. The approved rate changes are applicable...
Apr 3 2012 // Willis North America, a unit of Willis Group Holdings, made three key appointments in its personal lines practice in Califfornia.The Willis’ personal lines practice provides personal risk solutions and placement...
Mar 22 2012 // Willis North America, a unit of Willis Group Holdings, named Max Gilman regional operations officer in Willis Personal Lines Practice in San Francisco, Calif. Willis provides employee benefit and risk management solutions...
Dec 28 2011 // Title insurance, mortgage and financial services provider Fidelity National Financial Inc. said it will sell an 85 percent interest in its personal lines business to WT Holdings Inc. of Memphis for approximately $119...
Nov 28 2011 // Let’s face facts. It’s unlikely that any individual independent agency will ever “beat” the direct writers. They have massive marketing budgets, a strong online presence, great name recognition, and...
Nov 21 2011 // Let’s face facts. It’s unlikely that any individual independent agency will ever “beat” the direct writers. They have massive marketing budgets, a strong online presence, great name recognition, and...
Sep 12 2011 // The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. has appointed Meredith Lavallee as personal lines territory sales manager for the company’s Massachusetts market, effective Aug. 1. In her new role, Lavallee will help the...
Aug 30 2011 // MSO, Inc.’s (The Mutual Service Office, Inc.) personal umbrella program has been approved in New York. The MSO homeowners program was previously approved in the state.Highlights of the personal umbrella program...
Aug 30 2011 // The personal lines insurance sector maintains a stable outlook in the face of a highly competitive environment, 2011 catastrophe losses and sluggish economic conditions, according to a report from Moody’s Investors...
Jun 20 2011 // By the time you finish reading this sentence, two new law suits will be filed in U.S. courts.We live in an extremely litigious society. There is no other way to put it. The United States has more lawyers per capita than...
Jun 8 2011 // Richmond, VA, 6/8/11 – Atlantic Specialty Lines, Inc. Sherrie joins the ASL of FL office and corporate personal lines team bringing strong agency connections and relationships throughout the entire state of Florida. She...
Jun 3 2011 // “Electronic aggression,” sometimes called “cyber-bullying,” is an excluded offense under newly revised personal umbrella policy forms being filed countrywide by The American Association of Insurance...
Jun 3 2011 // MarketScout, a Dallas-based electronic insurance exchange with managing general agent (MGA) and wholesale operations, has expanded its business by opening a personal lines underwriting facility in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The...
Jun 2 2011 // MarketScout, the Dallas-based electronic insurance exchange with managing general agent and wholesale operations, has expanded by opening a personal lines underwriting facility in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.The new location...
May 3 2011 // Navion Insurance Associates Inc. of Anaheim Hills, Calif., has added Laura Lee to the firm as head of the personal lines department. Lee has more than eight years of insurance industry experience, with three of those years...
Apr 20 2011 // MetLife Auto & Home has introduced a number of product and coverage enhancements, including the launch of GrandProtect, its personal lines policy package, to residents of North Carolina. The enhancements are effective...
Apr 7 2011 // Tennessee lawmakers have passed a bill allowing property/casualty insurers to implement rate adjustments for personal auto and home insurance policies without prior state approval.Insurers are urging Governor Bill Haslam...
Mar 7 2011 // As spring draws near, it’s time to reconnect with your clients. There is no better time than now to reach out and address some common insurance misconceptions held by customers.Misconception 1: “I don’t...
Jan 25 2011 // Some of Florida’s largest insurance companies have banded together and formed the Personal Lines Insurance Federation of Florida to lobby for changes in the state’s regulatory environment in an effort to spur...