All the headlines from our Property Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 1 2010 // Acadia Insurance has designed a new set of customized coverage forms for the growing building cleaning services industry throughout New England and New York.The Acadia Clean program targets the specific needs of commercial...
Mar 31 2010 // Tallahassee politicians must ensure a robust private property insurance market to avoid a financial disaster if a major hurricane or several smaller storms strike the state this summer, former Gov. Jeb Bush said this...
Mar 30 2010 // Hayden Haucke has joined Swett & Crawford’s Dallas operation as a broker in its property practice group. Haucke was most recently with CRC in Dallas handling both inland marine and casualty lines of business. He...
Mar 29 2010 // A.M. Best Co. affirmed the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “bbb+” of The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. with a negative outlook. The rating agency also affirmed the FSRs of ‘A’ (Excellent)...
Mar 26 2010 // Property insurance companies would not be allowed to cancel policies or raise rates on homeowners who make damage claims stemming from corrosive Chinese drywall, under two proposed state laws in Louisiana.Bills by state...
Mar 25 2010 // London-based insurance and reinsurance broker Miller announced that it has strengthened its North American property broking team with the appointment of Robert Pound. He has more than 10 years’ experience in the...
Mar 22 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...
Mar 22 2010 // With the U.S. Green Building Council forecasting growth in the green building market to double between now and 2013, agents and brokers can expect to see increasing client demand for green insurance coverage. Because...
Mar 22 2010 // The Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters Society Golden Gate Chapter has awarded Janis Dunivin of Wells Fargo Insurance Services of California with its Insurance Person of the Year Award, and State Farm with its...
Mar 22 2010 // Florida insurance regulators have notified a Jacksonville-based insurer that it has until the end of the month to comply with solvency requirements to avoid suspension or losing its license.The warning to Southern Oak...
Mar 19 2010 // Property/casualty insurance companies, which already pay into state guaranty funds to backup claims of their insolvent peers, don’t want to have to also pay into a federal fund to cover failures of larger and riskier...
Mar 16 2010 // Even though they are largely excluded from the federal financial regulatory overhaul proposed in the Senate, property/casualty insurers say there are some elements they fear could negatively affect them and their...
Mar 12 2010 // Having flood insurance will be increasingly important this year as spring rain combines in many parts of the U.S. with the melting of record snowfall, according to the Insurance Information Institute.“Many states on...
Mar 12 2010 // Marsh has appointed Candice Sammeroff to lead the firm’s business development in the commercial property and real estate sector in the UK.She has 10 years’ experience in the legal sector, and joins Marsh from...
Mar 11 2010 // With the prospects for a controversial rate deregulation bill dimmed by Gov. Charlie Crist’s threat of a veto, the insurance industry is betting on a new wide-ranging insurance proposal to bring some reform to...
Mar 10 2010 // Florida insurance regulators this week notified a Jacksonville-based insurer that it has until the end of the month to comply with solvency requirements to avoid suspension or losing its license.And the warning to Southern...
Mar 3 2010 // ISO has released a fully integrated automobile and property prefill product. QuickFill delivers any combination of ISO’s 34 automobile and property databases to insurance carriers at the point of quote. Data elements...
Feb 24 2010 // One fast-growing Florida homeowner insurer has had its rating pulled by its rating agency and reportedly halted new business while another domestic carrier is consolidating its business into one company from two.Northern...
Feb 23 2010 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has announced that nearly $59 million, or 60 percent of the available tax rebates available to property insurance consumers in his state went unclaimed last year.Property owners...
Feb 21 2010 // Mr. and Mrs. Everyman and their family have decided to get back to nature. They are proud owners of a country home with 25 acres and a barn. Their insurance agent has covered the new home and property with a traditional...