All the headlines from our Personal Lines Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 7 2004 // Fundamentals remain strong for U.S. personal lines insurance carriers, according to a report published by Standard & Poor’s. This is reflected in S&P’s decision to retain a stable outlook on the...
Nov 11 2004 // Tustin, Calif.-based National Advantage Insurance Services Inc., announced a new Web-based program offering brokers fast and easy access to internet rated stand-alone CPL and personal umbrella insurance programs. Carrier...
Nov 5 2004 // Chicago-based Hub International Limited has announced some major changes in the operations of its Quebec-based hub, Martin Assurance & Gestion de Risques Inc. (Martin). The company has signed a letter of intent to...
Oct 27 2004 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company, on behalf of its various subsidiary companies, has reportedly rescinded its decision to withdraw from the Massachusetts personal automobile insurance market.“Over the past...
Oct 27 2004 // Momentum is building for Nebraska to enact personal lines rate and form modernization in 2005, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI).During 2004 the state legislature did not have time to...
Oct 12 2004 // Chicago-based brokerage Hub International Ltd. announced that William M. Tormey has been named practice leader for all U.S.-based personal lines insurance. In this new position, Tormey will be responsible for the overall...
Sep 22 2004 // St. Paul Travelers (SPT) announced the release in book and CD form of a series of popular presentations that Lloyd “Skip” Daigle, Vice President of Agency Development at Travelers, has given to independent...
Aug 12 2004 // The Rhode Island Workers Compensation Court has refused to dismiss a case by state labor officials that seeks to hold the owners of The Station nightclub personally liable for their failure to purchase workers compensation...
Jul 30 2004 // The American Insurance Association reported that South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford signed into law SB 686, a flex-rating bill that could eventually eliminate prior approval for homeowners’ insurance...
Jul 7 2004 // Rhode Island lawmakers have passed a bill to relax regulation of personal lines insurance rates in the state.The House and Senate have approved a flex-rating measure allowing insurers to increase or decrease rates by no...
Jun 17 2004 // The top state government affairs official for the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies encouraged insurance regulators to exert leadership in their states to achieve personal lines rate modernization as the...
May 18 2004 // The Citizens and Hanover Insurance Companies announced that Cynthia H. Young has been named president of the companies’ personal lines divisions, effective June 1. As president, she will be responsible for all...
May 12 2004 // Risk Management Solutions (RMS) announced that the Florida Commission on Hurricane Loss Projection Methodology (FCHLPM) unanimously re-certified the RMS Hurricane model for use in establishing residential insurance rates...
May 5 2004 // The Personal Insurance Federation of California (PIFC) announced opposition to three of the four measures that make up the “Homeowners Bill of Rights” (HOBOR) package that will be heard in the California...
Apr 8 2004 // Allmerica Financial Corporation in Worcester, Mass. announced that Marita Zuraitis has been named president of Allmerica’s property and casualty companies, effective April 19.As president, Zuraitis will be...
Apr 5 2004 // A host of personal lines issues—ranging from credit scoring to a commissioner-requested data call to state fines on drivers with no proof of auto insurance—headlined the Michigan Association of Insurance Agents (MAIA)...
Apr 5 2004 // Boston-based Liberty Mutual Group announced that the sale of its Canadian personal lines business, consisting of private passenger automobile, homeowners and personal property insurance, to Meloche Monnex, Inc., a member...
Mar 30 2004 // A host of personal lines issues — ranging from credit scoring to a commissioner-requested data call to state fines on drivers with no proof of auto insurance — headlined the Michigan Association of Insurance Agents...
Mar 4 2004 // Massachusetts has a capacity crisis not just an auto market crisis which is being played out most vividly on Cape Cod and could spill over into other lines if more and bigger companies are not attracted to the state,...
Mar 1 2004 // The Alamo Chapter of the CPCU Society announced it is presenting a new program of study: INS 22 – Personal Insurance. Study topics include: Automobile Insurance and Society; Health and Disability Insurance; Personal...