Latest Personal Lines Headlines

All the headlines from our Personal Lines Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Personal Lines Insurtech Root Files IPO Proposal with SEC

Oct 6 2020 // Root, Inc., the parent company of Root Insurance Co., has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of its common stock.The number of shares to be...

The Villages of Florida Adds 3 from State Farm to Personal Lines Team

Sep 21 2020 // The Villages Insurance Partners has added 3 former State Farm employees to its Personal Lines Insurance team.Specializing in home, auto and golf car insurance, Chelsea Allen, Julia Skillman and Lacey Maher collectively...

Startup Branch Starts Reciprocal Exchange for Personal Lines Insurance

Aug 25 2020 // Columbus, Ohio-headquartered personal lines insurance startup Branch has launched the Branch Insurance Exchange that it says will reduce the cost for its members.Branch formerly operated as a managing general agency,...

Pandemic Boosted Personal Auto Insurers’ Profits in the Short-Term

Aug 24 2020 // As bad as the coronavirus pandemic has been for many insurance lines, personal automobile profits have soared thanks to reduced driving, as quarantines and shelter-at-home restrictions took hold across the United States...

CRC Group Promotes Willis to National Personal Lines Practice Leader

Aug 5 2020 // CRC Group has promoted Mississippi-based Claire Willis to CRC Group’s national Personal Lines Practice leader. The move comes as part of the company’s increased focus on the personal lines market place,...

Texas Issues Price Comparison Data Call to Auto/Residential Insurers

Jul 28 2020 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has issued a data call to insurance companies writing personal automobile and residential property policies in the state.The department said the information is needed for price...

Encova Insurance Offering Personal Lines Products Digitally to Indiana Agents

Jul 28 2020 // Encova Insurance, based in Columbus, Ohio, has launched a new suite of personal lines products that will be delivered digitally to agents in Indiana.With Encova’s new personal lines product offering, agents and...

Personal Lines Insurance Poised to Turn Profit in 2020 As Auto Claims Fall: Fitch

Jul 20 2020 // After a profitable 2019, the U.S. personal lines insurance sector is positioned to see underwriting profits in 2020 even with considerable economic uncertainty from the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report from...

Branch Launches Personal Lines Insurance Discount Program in Missouri

Jun 18 2020 // Columbus, Ohio-based technology-based personal lines insurance provider, Branch, has launched its My Community Discount program in Missouri. Through the program, clients can “save on their insurance premiums by...

Massachusetts’ Safety Insurance Extends Personal Auto Relief Credit

Jun 12 2020 // Safety Insurance has extended its Personal Auto Relief Credit through June 30 to reflect changing consumer patterns and needs during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, according to a company press release.The original credit...

CEO Musk Replaces Tesla’s D&O Policy with ‘Personal Coverage’

May 1 2020 // Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk is getting into the insurance business again, sort of.Musk has cancelled his company’s directors and officers insurance (D&O), replacing it with a promise to personally provide his...

Utica National Provides Insurance Premium Payback to Personal Auto Customers

Apr 16 2020 // As a result of changing driving habits due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the member companies of the Utica National Insurance Group have announced that they will provide policyholders with a 15 percent payback of their...

Ohio’s Encova Insurance Issuing 15% Personal Auto Policy Credit

Apr 15 2020 // Columbus, Ohio-based Encova Insurance plans to issue a 15% policy credit to more than 80,000 personal auto policyholders for the months of April and May.Data has continued to show that as fewer vehicles are on the road due...

Missouri’s Shelter Insurance Offering 30% Discount to Personal Auto Customers

Apr 14 2020 // Shelter Insurance, based in Columbia, Mo., and its subsidiaries AmShield Insurance, Haulers Insurance, and Say Insurance, is joining other insurers in offering assistance to auto insurance policyholders.The company said it...

Cincinnati Insurance Companies Offering 15% Discount to Personal Auto Policyholders

Apr 13 2020 // Two property/casualty insurance subsidiaries of Cincinnati Financial Corp., The Cincinnati Insurance Co. and The Cincinnati Casualty Co., are offering a 15% personal lines auto credit for current policyholders.Personal...

Germania Insurance to Return Nearly $6M to Personal Auto Customers in Texas

Apr 9 2020 // In light of the reduction in drivers on the road due to COVID-19 epidemic, Texas-based Germania Insurance will give back nearly $6 million in credits to its personal auto insurance policyholders.The company said through...

Oklahoma Commissioner: Allstate Eases Personal Auto Terms for Delivery Drivers

Mar 26 2020 // Oklahoma’s insurance commissioner says Allstate Insurance Co. is voluntarily easing certain policy restrictions to aid delivery drivers using their personal vehicles for delivery of food and medicine during the...

Safeco Acquiring Republic’s Personal Lines Business in 6 States

Mar 23 2020 // AmTrust Financial Services said it will transfer to Liberty Mutual’s Safeco Insurance unit the renewal rights for the personal lines business in six states of Dallas-based Republic Group, an AmTrust company.The deal...

AmTrust to Transfer Republic Personal Lines Business to Liberty Mutual

Mar 6 2020 // AmTrust Financial Services said it will transfer to Liberty Mutual renewal rights in six states for its Republic personal lines business.The deal involves Liberty’s Safeco Insurance unit, and it will allow Republic...

Davis & Haynes to Assume Block of Stephens Insurance’s Personal Lines Business

Mar 3 2020 // Little Rock, Arkansas-based Stephens Insurance LLC (Stephens Insurance), an affiliate of independent financial services firm Stephens Inc., has agreed to divest a substantial portion of its personal lines business to Davis...