All the headlines from our Property Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 16 2021 // Property data firm CoreLogic said it has closed on its acquisition of Next Gear Solutions, a digital workflow platform for the property restoration industry.Next Gear Solutions, headquartered in Oxford, Miss., offers a...
Aug 30 2021 // SHANGHAI — China’s banking and insurance sector regulator is probing Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China Ltd.’s investments in the property market, two people with knowledge of the matter said, after the...
Aug 26 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at QBE International, Zurich Insurance, and MGA Rokstone.A summary of these new hires follows here. QBE International Appoints Mejia as VP of Property...
Aug 25 2021 // Insurance technology firm Guidewire Software said it has acquired HazardHub, an insurtech provider of property risk data to the property/casualty insurance industry for underwriting, marketing and claims.HazardHub’s...
Aug 20 2021 // Insurance broker Willis Towers Watson announced that Kate Mead is the new head of its Canadian property/casualty broking team.Previously Willis Towers Watson’s practice leader for the Midwest, Northeast U.S. &...
Aug 16 2021 // Madeleine Brown, intellectual property practice leader for CFC Underwriting, has spent the last 15 years specializing in the diverse intellectual property market. She sees exposures for IP where others do not. And as...
Aug 11 2021 // The COVID-19 pandemic is causing a sharp increase in the price of materials and labor and driving increases in property claim costs, experts said during a webinar hosted by ATI Restoration last week.“We’ve...
Aug 10 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by TransUnion.Credit-based insurance risk scores draw from credit data to more accurately assess consumer risk and improve the underwriting process Today, credit-based insurance...
Aug 10 2021 // Noting the passage in the 87th Legislature of Senate Bill 1367, which made changes to certain lines of insurance, the Texas Department of Insurance has outlined the changes that are effective for an insurance policy that...
Aug 10 2021 // This edition of International People Moves covers appointments at two insurers: Swiss Re Corporate Solutions and QBE European Operations.A summary of these new hires follows here. Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Names...
Aug 5 2021 // Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John F. King announced that a Putnam County fire was intentionally set and has been ruled an act of Arson. The fire occurred on Grand Avenue at approximately 3:19 A.M. on July...
Aug 3 2021 // Houston-based CrossCover Insurance Services, a new managing general underwriter targeting middle-market commercial business, is entering the excess and surplus property market.CrossCover was established in partnership with...
Jul 15 2021 // A Florida judge on Wednesday approved the sale of the oceanfront property where a collapsed Florida condominium building once stood, with proceeds intended to benefit victims of the deadly disaster.At a hearing, Miami-Dade...
Jul 15 2021 // Some local building inspectors in Minnesota are fielding questions from residents worried about the safety of their condo buildings following the collapse of a tower in Surfside, Florida, in June.In Minnesota, there is no...
Jul 12 2021 // A federal judge has halted enforcement of a section of Florida’s new property insurance reform (SB 76) law that restricts the advertisements and solicitations of roofing contractors.U.S. District Judge Mark Walker...
Jul 5 2021 // In order to continue the discussion regarding what constitutes a Super Regional P/C Insurer™ and to give definition to this important group of insurers, Demotech Inc. analyzed year-end 2020 data for property/casualty...
Jul 5 2021 // Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis officially signed into law reform legislation on property insurance and roofing contractor practices, a measure some said was having a positive impact even before it went into effect.DeSantis...
Jul 5 2021 // There’s something fun about contemplating flood insurance while the ground outside the office is so saturated that it’s like walking on sponges. No. We aren’t having a flood event and even if we were,...
Jun 23 2021 // Honeycomb, a managing general agent (MGA) for commercial real estate insurance, announced its North American launch following a $3.3M million raise.Investors in Honeycomb (formerly Agilius) include from Phoenix Insurance,...
Jun 23 2021 // Extreme weather events and shortage of labor and materials for repairs will push property insurance rates higher in the next several years, the chief executive of U.S. home insurer Hippo said on Tuesday.As homeowners...