All the headlines from our Personal Lines Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 11 2018 // Donegal Mutual Insurance Co. is exiting the personal lines business in seven of the 22 states in which it does business and will transfer those personal lines accounts worth $25 million in premium to Safeco...
Aug 30 2018 // Lockton has named Connie Hill to its signature client group in the Mountain West region. Hill is located in Lockton’s Las Vegas, Nev., office and will lead on providing advice and counsel to successful individuals...
Aug 16 2018 // QBE North America has sold its personal insurance independent agency policies in 47 states to Safeco Insurance, a division of Liberty Mutual. The agreement was effective August 15, 2018.The terms of the transaction were...
Jul 23 2018 // Warren G. Bender Co. in Northern California has named Jeffrey Wood manager of its personal lines department. He has 21 years of experience in personal insurance. He was previously an agent with Albano, Dale, Dunn &...
Jun 18 2018 // There are at least three reasons for an individual to buy a personal umbrella policy.To begin with, the primary policies otherwise available generally do not provide liability limits commensurate with the exposure such...
Jun 4 2018 // Approximately 950,000 State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. personal auto insurance customers in Alabama will see rate reductions starting this month, according to the nationwide insurance company.Thanks to the...
May 24 2018 // Approximately 950,000 State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. personal auto insurance customers in Alabama will see rate reductions starting next month, according to the nationwide insurance company.Thanks to the...
May 22 2018 // Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Farmers Group Inc. has named Keith Daly president of personal lines.Daly, who is currently Farmers’ chief claims officer, takes the new post effective June 11. He joined Farmers in 2009...
May 21 2018 // U.S.-based NSM Insurance Group’s UK subsidiary, Vantage Holdings, has acquired Fresh Insurance Services Group Ltd,. an insurance broker based in Redditch, West Midlands that specializes in non-standard personal lines...
Apr 25 2018 // Champion Risk & Insurance Services in San Diego, Calif. has hired Joseph Deutsch.He is tasked with growing the firm’s high net worth personal lines department. Deutsch has been providing high net worth personal...
Apr 24 2018 // San Diego, Calif.-based Cavignac & Associates has named Kathy Majam a senior account manager within its personal lines department. Majam serves as the main contact for clients whose accounts she has been assigned, she...
Mar 7 2018 // Matthew C. Wilcox has been hired as executive vice president of personal lines at Columbus, Ohio-based Motorists Insurance Group.Wilcox has more than 30 years of insurance industry experience. He most recently served as a...
Feb 21 2018 // San Francisco-based personal insurance shopping site Gabi has raised $9.5 million in Series A funding, led by Canvas Ventures. Also joining the round are Correlation Ventures, Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures, Securian...
Feb 1 2018 // The underwriting profitability of the U.S. personal auto line showed signs of improvement in 2017 as rate hikes have been effective against loss frequency and severity trends, according to a new A.M. Best report.The...
Jan 29 2018 // Berkshire Hathaway GUARD Insurance Companies is now offering homeowners and personal umbrella coverage in Pennsylvania.The product is available through the company’s platform with a target market of one- to...
Jan 11 2018 // Things just got a bit easier for private personal lines insurance carriers wanting to enter the flood insurance market.Through its ISO subsidiary, data analytics firm Verisk has launched a new personal lines flood...
Jan 11 2018 // The Main Street America Group has promoted Darryl Osman to vice president of personal lines.Osman remains based at the company’s home office in Jacksonville, Fla., and reports to Dan Gaynor, the company’s chief...
Dec 22 2017 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr has granted a Certificate of Authority to a Florida insurer to begin selling residential property insurance products in Arkansas.Gainesville, Fla.-based Tower Hill Signature...
Dec 13 2017 // The Hartford has announced that Stephanie Bush, who has led small commercial since July 2014, will expand her responsibilities to include oversight for personal lines. She replaces Ray Sprague, who is retiring after a...
Dec 12 2017 // The Hartford has announced that Stephanie Bush, who has led Small Commercial since July 2014, will expand her responsibilities to include oversight for Personal Lines.She replaces Ray Sprague, who is retiring after a...