All the headlines from our Personal Lines Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 25 2009 // The New York State Insurance Department has posted a notice of proposed regulations for flexible-rating on personal auto insurance. Flex-rating, which allows insurers to set pricing within a certain premium range, was last...
Aug 5 2009 // The Ohio Insurance Institute (OII) recently reported that premiums for homeowners and auto insurance in that state remain lower than the U.S. average. On its Web site, www.ohioinsurance.org, the OII released the following...
Jul 21 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength ratings (FSRs) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICRs) of “a” of the operating insurance units of the former AIG Personal Lines Group,...
Jul 9 2009 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on the personal lines operating insurance units of 21st Century Insurance Group and American International...
Jul 1 2009 // American International Group, Inc. (AIG) has closed the sale of 21st Century Insurance Group, the wholly owned subsidiaries of AIG’s U.S. personal auto insurance business, to Farmers Group, Inc. (FGI), a subsidiary...
Jun 23 2009 // New Jersey-based MSO Inc. (The Mutual Service Office Inc.) is now offering its personal lines programs in Ohio. Personal lines programs include homeowners, mobile homeowners, combination dwelling, inland marine and...
Jun 8 2009 // Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers Inc. has added Gregg Carpenter as senior vice president and David Beeton as an account executive to its Preferred Client Insurance Services Group (PCS)...
May 20 2009 // Liability insurance underwriter Navigators Management Co., Inc. has partnered with American Bar Insurance Plan Consultants (ABI) to offer personal umbrella coverage for the more than 400,000 members of the American Bar...
Apr 16 2009 // Portage, Michigan-based managing general insurance agency J.M. Wilson has promoted Stacey Kiser to manager of Personal Lines and assistant manager of Property/Casualty.She will oversee the day-to-day activities of the...
Apr 16 2009 // Los Angeles-based the Farmers Insurance Group of Companies has announced it will acquire American International Group’s (AIG’s) Personal Auto Group, which includes 21st Century Insurance Co.The acquisition...
Apr 6 2009 // The Hawaii Insurance Division is re-issuing license certificates to resident and nonresident insurance producers who sell personal lines insurance.The Homeowners-Personal Lines (HO-PL) and Vehicle-Personal Lines (VE-PL)...
Mar 26 2009 // The Hawaii Insurance Division is re-issuing license certificates to resident and nonresident insurance producers who sell personal lines insurance.The Homeowners-Personal Lines (HO-PL) and Vehicle-Personal Lines (VE-PL)...
Mar 24 2009 // Esurance, a San Francisco-based personal auto insurance direct writer, has taken preliminary steps to obtain a license to sell auto insurance in Massachusetts — although the company says it has no immediate plans to...
Mar 17 2009 // National program insurance manager Allied American Underwriters-AAU, headquartered in Tampa, Fla. has introduced a new national personal lines division.The new programs specialize in writing personal clients on both an...
Mar 13 2009 // Abram Interstate Insurance Services Inc. in Rocklin, Calif., is offering coverage for hard-to-place homeowners and dwelling fire risks in Arizona and California. The company will write older homes with no updates, homes in...
Mar 10 2009 // Pacific Specialty Property and Casualty Company, the Texas affiliate of California-based Pacific Specialty Insurance Company (PSIC) announced a new suite of preferred tier residential property insurance products in...
Mar 4 2009 // Wichita, Kan.-based IMA has formed a new subsidiary, Signature Select LLC. This new entity, a retail insurance broker, will provide personal insurance services and business insurance solutions for small to mid-sized...
Mar 4 2009 // The Board of Directors of the Personal Insurance Federation of California (PIFC) has voted unanimously to accept Allstate Insurance Co. as the newest member of PIFC. Allstate is the first new company to join PIFC in 15...
Feb 12 2009 // American Summit Insurance Co. of Waco, Texas, has introduced its residential property insurance program, Home Choice, in Arizona. The program features four packages of coverage: basic, value, ultra and special, plus...
Jan 27 2009 // Jacksonville, Florida-based insurer The Main Street America Group has introduced Main Street Station for Personal Lines — a new quoting and policy issuance system for its independent insurance agents in Maine,...