All the headlines from our Property Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 22 2008 // To hear Julie Rochman tell it, she’d like every community in the United States to be resilient in the face of natural disasters. Rochman, president and CEO of the Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) and...
Sep 19 2008 // Reuters reports that Representative Barney Frank (D – Mass.) has introduced a bill to extend the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) seven months beyond the scheduled September 30, 2008, expiration date to allow...
Sep 18 2008 // Middle-market commercial property insurer Affiliated FM has introduced a new ‘green’ coverage endorsement to its proVision all-risk property policy.The green endorsement provides flexible coverage for the...
Sep 15 2008 // “The global reinsurance market plays an integral role in spreading US hurricane risk around the world,” said a bulletin from the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (ABIR). “Without it, the...
Sep 12 2008 // According to a recently released report from Marsh, “insurance rates across most lines of business in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region continued to soften in the first half of 2008.”However,...
Sep 11 2008 // Manhasset, New York-based NIF Property Solutions, a division of NIF Group, Inc., said it will act as the exclusive underwriter of a new product for property risks in 14 East and Gulf Coast states.The product is being...
Sep 10 2008 // Enforcement actions taken by Texas Commissioner of Insurance Mike Geeslin in July 2008 include nine license revocations, four license denials and fines and restitution totaling $539,814. Copies of Geeslin’s orders...
Sep 10 2008 // Wells Fargo Insurance Services Inc. has named David Carroll senior vice president and west region property practice leader, based in Redwood City, Calif., responsible for coordinating and managing property related risk...
Sep 9 2008 // With Democratic and Republican legislators unable to agree on a budget since California’s fiscal year began on July 1, 2008, many state services — as well as insurance bills — are at a standstill. Gov....
Sep 2 2008 // Venture Insurance Programs, launched the SuiteLife program, an all-lines insurance solution for resort properties.SuiteLife combines Venture’s Preferred Club Program – one the industry’s largest programs...
Sep 1 2008 // Dale Simmon of the Simmon Insurance Agency in Lansing was recently named president of the Michigan Association of Insurance Agents (MAIA). The Michigan Association of Insurance Agents is a statewide trade group that...
Sep 1 2008 // Insurers are calling upon the the North Carolina Insurance Underwriting Association, known as the Beach Plan, to release its financial information to allow consumers, lawmakers and insurers to begin working on long-term...
Sep 1 2008 // Community Financial Insurance Center, Monroe, La., hired Jeanette F. Credo as senior vice president for its new Financial Institutions Division for the states of Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi.Credo will establish and...
Sep 1 2008 // General Star Management Co. appointed Gregory J. Diorio chief operating officer and Joseph L. Majsak chief marketing officer. Diorio will oversee all underwriting divisions while Majsak will oversee the new marketing...
Sep 1 2008 // Piecing condominium association and unit-owner insurance programs together necessitate determination and complete information. A lot of pieces must be snapped together to assure a complete picture of protection. Any...
Aug 21 2008 // Dallas-based wholesale insurance broker and managing general agent Towerstone Inc. has added four new members to its team.Cindy Downs was added as a senior underwriter in the firm’s MGA unit. Downs formerly was a...
Aug 21 2008 // In both Mississippi and Louisiana, the principal argument in support of the alleged ambiguity was that the flood waters during Hurricane Katrina were pushed ashore by wind, a covered peril, and the flood exclusion did not...
Aug 21 2008 // In the past three years, the insured value of properties in coastal areas of the United States continued to grow at a compound annual growth rate of just more than 7 percent, according to a new report released by AIR...
Aug 21 2008 // The complexity of the cat insurance market can make it difficult to keep pace with the coverage options.The savvy wholesale broker keeps tabs on which surplus lines insurers have the appropriate capacity for In the midst...
Aug 19 2008 // ASI Lloyds (ASI), a subsidiary of Florida-based American Strategic Insurance Corp. and an admitted Louisiana insurer, has launched an investor, rental and seasonal dwelling policy for Louisiana properties in addition to...