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Lumen Risk Services, Transverse to Offer Commercial Property Coverage

May 21 2021 // Program administrator Lumen Risk Services, in partnership with Transverse Insurance Group, has launched a new commercial property insurance program.The non-admitted program will initially offer monoline property coverage...

Insurer Aviva Will Close 3 UK Property Funds Hit by Pandemic Economic Turmoil

May 20 2021 // Insurer Aviva said it will close three UK property funds in July that have been suspended since March last year due to market uncertainty as the pandemic hit Britain’s economy.“During this period of economic...

Hasner, Knight, Telemaco Join Board of Citizens Property Insurance

May 19 2021 // Governor Ron DeSantis has appointed three new members to the board of governors of Citizens Property Insurance Corp., his office said in a statement.Jillian Hasner of Boca Raton currently serves as president and chief...

SageSure, SURE to Add Coverage Options for Coastal Property in Texas

May 12 2021 // SageSure, a managing general underwriter and insurtech specializing in catastrophe-prone property markets, and SureChoice Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange (SURE), have partnered to expand insurance capacity for homeowners...

Florida Legislature Passes Major Changes to Auto, Property Insurance Markets

Apr 30 2021 // Florida lawmakers passed two bills on the last day of their 2021 legislative session that make major changes to the state’s auto and property insurance markets.The actions follow weeks of back-and-forth debate on the...

California MGU Foresight Expands Commercial Property Offerings

Apr 30 2021 // San Francisco-based Foresight Risk & Insurance Services is offering new commercial property insurance lines coverages including inland marine, contractors equipment and builders’ risk, which will be offered as a...

Biden Administration Considering Intellectual Property Rights Waiver for COVID Vaccines

Apr 28 2021 // The White House is considering options for maximizing global production and supply of COVID-19 vaccines at the lowest cost, including backing a proposed waiver of intellectual property rights, but no decision has been...

Integrated Specialty Coverages Launches Vacant Property Program

Apr 27 2021 // Integrated Specialty Coverages (ISC), a multi-line program administrator that builds end-to-end insurance products with artificial intelligence (AI) engineering and data analytics, has launched its Vacant Property Program...

Insurers Have Paid Nearly $1.7B Property, Auto Claims from Texas Winter Storm

Apr 19 2021 // As of late March, Texas policyholders had filed 386,108 property and auto insurance claims related to the winter storm that blanketed the state in mid-February.That number reflects preliminary results from a data call...

Auto Insurers Lead 2020 U.S. Property/Casualty Impairments: AM Best

Apr 16 2021 // Seven insurance company impairments were identified in the U.S. property/casualty industry in 2020, with five of the seven involving auto insurers, according to an AM Best special report.Last year’s number was an...

People Moves: RHSB Promotes Croy to VP, Property/Casualty

Apr 14 2021 // Roach Howard Smith & Barton Dallas-based independent insurance broker Roach Howard Smith & Barton (RHSB) has promoted Shellie Croy to vice president of Property and Casualty Operations. She has been with RHSB since...

NAIC Data: Florida Property Lawsuits Total 76% of Insurer Litigation in U.S.

Apr 14 2021 // New information from Florida’s insurance regulator paints a stark picture of the extent of litigation facing the state’s domestic insurers. The information comes as numerous stakeholders push for legislative...

Florida Senate Passes Property Insurance Reform Bill

Apr 9 2021 // A bill backed by the Florida insurance industry and other stakeholders aimed at addressing the state’s insurance market woes was passed in the Senate chamber this week but faces an uncertain future as the companion...

Property Damage, Arrests Lead to Crack Down On Spring Break Partying in Miami Beach

Mar 23 2021 // A party-ending curfew imposed after fights, gunfire, property destruction and dangerous stampedes broke out among huge crowds of people in Miami Beach could extend through the end of spring break.Miami Beach commissioners...

The Inflation Specter Looms for Property/Casualty Insurers

Mar 23 2021 // Inflation, defined as the rate at which prices for goods and services are increasing, tends to occur when prices rise due to increases in production costs or when the demand for a product exceeds its supply (i.e., too much...

The Inflation Specter Looms for Property/Casualty Insurers

Mar 22 2021 // Inflation, defined as the rate at which prices for goods and services are increasing, tends to occur when prices rise due to increases in production costs or when the demand for a product exceeds its supply (i.e., too much...

Insurance Agents on the Front Line of Florida’s Mounting Property Market Problems

Mar 22 2021 // While carriers face growing financial losses in Florida’s distressed property insurance market, insurance agents are on the front lines trying to help their clients who are being hit with double-digit rate increases,...

Citizens’ CEO: Florida Property Insurance Market is Shutting Down

Mar 19 2021 // Florida’s insurer of last resort, Citizens Property Insurance Corp., has become the insurer of first resort as thousands of new policies flood into it each week and the private homeowners insurance market continues...

2.3% Rate Hike for Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Approved

Mar 18 2021 // Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort will raise personal property insurance rates by 2.3% this year, the state insurance department said.The increase is in line with current inflation rates and evidences...

Insurance Agents on the Front Line of Florida’s Mounting Property Market Problems

Mar 11 2021 // While carriers face growing financial losses in Florida’s distressed property insurance market, insurance agents are on the front lines trying to help their clients who are being hit with double-digit rate increases,...