All the headlines from our Property Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 17 2010 // A newly-formed Mississippi company with backing from a Florida insurer and local private investors including six independent agencies will begin writing homeowners policies on the coast in Mississippi.Gulfport-based...
May 17 2010 // On the final day of this legislative session, Florida lawmakers passed omnibus legislation that aims to bring more control over homeowners insurance costs, raises the state’s minimum capital requirements for...
May 17 2010 // Homeowners can mitigate against wind damage, but they’re powerless, really, to do anything against storm surge,” said one researcher whose job it is to develop ways to determine the vulnerability of homes and...
May 17 2010 // Since their inception in the days of Ben Franklin, our nation’s fire departments have bravely risen to the challenge of the dangerous task of firefighting. Yet, the profound impact of the current and historic...
May 17 2010 // The original criteria and objective definition for Super Regional P/C Insurers™ was established in the Feb. 12, 2007 issue of Insurance Journal. Prior to the establishment of an industry-wide definition, a number of...
May 14 2010 // The chorus urging Florida Gov. Charlie Crist to sign an omnibus property insurance measure passed by the Legislature is growing.One of the state’s leading consumer advocates, Walter Dartland, of the Consumer...
May 14 2010 // Florida’s property insurance companies haven’t suffered hurricane losses for nearly five years, but many claim to be losing money even while collecting hefty premiums. It’s a complex paradigm for almost...
May 12 2010 // Crump Insurance Services, Inc. has invested in new talent for its Atlanta brokerage location. Terry Sherwin has joined Crump as the Atlanta office leader; and property brokers Alex Duran, Jordan Yoss and Carl Feldhaus have...
May 12 2010 // Zurich, a property/casualty insurance provider, has added six people to its underwriting staff in its Southwest region offices. They are: Matt Sweesy has been brought in to lead expansion efforts in the Strategic Risk...
May 11 2010 // PURE Risk Management LLC, based in White Plains, N.Y., is expanding its Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange (PURE), a member-owned reciprocal insurer, to offer comprehensive, customized property and casualty...
May 5 2010 // Companies with exposure to the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico are insured for losses totaling about $1.4 billion, according to initial reports.“The insurance losses from the sinking of...
May 4 2010 // Louisiana State reported that information from Lo Jack Inc. related to a stolen 2006 Suzuki Hayabusa motorcycle in the LaPlace area aided in the recovery of $45,000 worth of stolen property.The Suzuki was reported stolen...
May 3 2010 // Louisiana State reported that information from Lo Jack Inc. related to a stolen 2006 Suzuki Hayabusa motorcycle in the LaPlace area aided in the recovery of $45,000 worth of stolen property.The Suzuki was reported stolen...
May 3 2010 // On the final day of this legislative session, Florida lawmakers passed omnibus legislation that aims to bring more control over homeowners insurance costs, raises the state’s minimum capital requirements for...
May 3 2010 // Financial stress is the No. 1 reason residential dwellings are intentionally torched, but proving arson is not that easy. Only around 6 percent of arson offenses in 2007 resulted in convictions, according to the Federal...
May 3 2010 // Financial stress is the No. 1 reason residential dwellings are intentionally torched, but proving arson is not that easy. Only around 6 percent of arson offenses in 2007 resulted in convictions, according to the Federal...
May 3 2010 // The acquisition of wholesale insurance broker Colemont Insurance Brokers by its competitor AmWINS Group gives AmWINS entry into international markets for the first time and a bigger presence in Texas, where Colemont is...
May 3 2010 // The acquisition of wholesale insurance broker Colemont Insurance Brokers by its competitor AmWINS Group gives AmWINS entry into international markets for the first time and a bigger presence in Texas, where Colemont is...
May 3 2010 // The acquisition of wholesale insurance broker Colemont Insurance Brokers by its competitor AmWINS Group gives AmWINS entry into international markets for the first time and a bigger presence in Texas, where Colemont is...
May 3 2010 // The acquisition of wholesale insurance broker Colemont Insurance Brokers by its competitor AmWINS Group gives AmWINS entry into international markets for the first time and a bigger presence in Texas, where Colemont is...