Latest Personal Lines Headlines

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

RT Specialty Promotes May to President, National Personal Lines Practice in Houston

Feb 6 2020 // R-T Specialty LLC has promoted Claudia May, based in Houston, to co-president of the company’s national personal lines practice.May has concentrated on personal lines since the start of her career over 25 years ago....

R-T Specialty Names Adcock, May President of National Personal Lines Practice

Feb 4 2020 // R-T Specialty LLC has named Dave Adcock and Claudia May as President of RT Specialty’s National Personal Lines Practice.Adcock began his insurance career as a personal lines underwriter in 2000 and joined RT...

Top 5 Trends in Changing Personal Umbrella Market That Agents Need to Know

Feb 3 2020 // The personal umbrella market had been steady for many years, with lots of choices available in the market when it came to finding the right coverage for customers. However, recent changes are turning the market upside down...

Bender Insurance Solutions in California Names Wood Vice President of Personal Lines

Jan 29 2020 // Sacramento, Calif.-based Bender Insurance Solutions has promoted Jeffrey Wood to vice president of personal lines. Wood will continue to expand the sales and service offerings of the personal lines department, and provide...

POWERS Insurance & Risk Management Adds Pallarito as Personal Lines Manager

Dec 31 2019 // St. Louis, Missouri-based POWERS Insurance & Risk Management has hired Kathy Pallarito as a personal lines manager.Pallarito has over 25 years of sales, customer service, and marketing experience in the insurance...

Personal Auto Insurance Underwriting Performance Has Likely Peaked: Fitch

Dec 17 2019 // Performance in the U.S. personal auto insurance market continues to run favorably in 2019, on par with underwriting profits achieved in 2018, according to Fitch Ratings. However segment results for the industry are likely...

A.M. Best Sees Personal Insurance Business Outlook Remaining Stable for 2020

Dec 16 2019 // A.M. Best has maintained a market segment outlook of stable on the U.S. personal lines industry for 2020, citing a significant decline in catastrophe activity, profitable underwriting performance in the private passenger...

A.M. Best Sees Personal Insurance Business Outlook Remaining Stable for 2020

Dec 9 2019 // A.M. Best has maintained a market segment outlook of stable on the U.S. personal lines industry for 2020, citing a significant decline in catastrophe activity, profitable underwriting performance in the private passenger...

Burns & Wilcox Adds Alphabet in Arizona to Personal Insurance Practice Group

Dec 6 2019 // Burns & Wilcox has named Pamela Alphabet to its leadership team as regional practice group leader for the Western region, personal insurance. She is based in Scottsdale, Ariz. Alphabet will partner with the...

5 Trends in Today’s Personal Umbrella Market

Dec 2 2019 // The personal umbrella market had been steady for many years, with lots of choices available in the market when it came to finding the right coverage for customers. However, recent changes are turning the market upside down...

Closer Look: Personal Lines Leaders

Nov 18 2019 // About the Personal Lines Leaders: The 2019 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...

Michigan’s J.M. Wilson Promotes Bartolacci to Personal Lines Underwriter

Oct 11 2019 // Portage, Michigan-based managing general agency and surplus lines broker, J.M. Wilson, has promoted Ryan Bartolacci to personal lines underwriter.Bartolacci is responsible for quoting new and renewal personal lines risks...

U.K. Personal Lines Insurers May Face Curbs on Price Hikes Slapped on Renewal Policies

Oct 7 2019 // U.K. home and car insurers could be stopped from jacking up prices when customers’ policies come up for renewal as the country’s financial-markets watchdog clamps down on an industry that’s not giving a...

The Hanover Enters Vermont Personal Lines Insurance Market

Sep 25 2019 // The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. has expanded its business in Vermont to include personal lines insurance and appointed a group of independent agents in the state to serve its growing customer base.According to The...

Davis Promoted to Asst. Personal Lines Underwriter at J.M. Wilson

Sep 19 2019 // Managing general agency and surplus lines broker J.M. Wilson has promoted Liam Davis to assistant personal lines underwriter in its Portage, Michigan, office. Davis is responsible for assisting underwriters on a wide...

Chubb Personal Auto Service Protects Insured Info for Total Loss Vehicles

Sep 18 2019 // Chubb has launched a new service designed to help personal auto clients remove sensitive electronic information from their vehicles in the event of an insured total loss. “While hands-free GPS and mobile connectivity...

Matiyow Joins Personal Insurance Federation of Florida as VP of Legislative Affairs

Aug 22 2019 // The Personal Insurance Federation of Florida (PIFF) has appointed Scott Matiyow as the organization’s new vice president of Legislative and Regulatory Affairs.Matiyow will serve as a lead lobbyist on property and...

New Hanover Prestige Brand Targets High-Value Personal Lines Market

Jul 3 2019 // The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. has launched Hanover Prestige – a high-value personal lines market for home, auto and condominiums.Hanover Prestige offers insurance protection, high-quality care and service, along...

Cook Maran Hires Roberts in NYC as Private Client Advisor for Personal Insurance

Jun 13 2019 // Cook Maran, a Prime Risk partner, recently hired Elliot Roberts as a private client advisor for Personal Insurance. He will operate out of the Cook Maran office in New York City.Roberts was previously vice president of...

Auto Insurance Drives Personal Lines Improvement

May 24 2019 // U.S. personal lines insurance saw strong premium growth of 8% in 2018 and the sector’s statutory combined ratio of 99% for 2018 represented the market’s best results since 2013, according to a new special...