All the headlines from our Property Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 11 2019 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced it has appointed Pedro Mairos as head of Marine, and Sean Mannion as head of Property, for the UK and Ireland.Mairos comes to BHSI with nearly two decades working in...
Mar 11 2019 // Shares in China’s largest property insurer have started their descent back to Earth and according to analysts, it could be a prolonged and rocky journey.People’s Insurance Co. (Group) of China Ltd.’s...
Mar 8 2019 // Dallas-based CRC Group, a distributor of wholesale and specialty insurance products, has launched a new brand name for its exclusive products — Insurisk.Additionally, CRC Group has entered into an exclusive partnership...
Mar 4 2019 // Aon plc has established a strategic alliance with global insurtech firm Claim Central to digitize and streamline claim management capabilities and improve the customer experience through technology and services developed...
Feb 28 2019 // Attorneys in the Mississippi House are sharply divided over a bill that could limit the liability of landowners or property managers who are sued by people harmed on their property.The House voted 74-39 Monday to pass...
Feb 27 2019 // Insurers are increasingly worried that rising temperatures will lead to a slump in property values that could spark broader financial turmoil.Those were the conclusions a group run out of the University of Cambridge...
Feb 25 2019 // Atlanta, GA, February 25, 2019 — Jared Mathis, executive vice president and head of the Blue River Underwriters’ specialty property group will be presenting an informational webinar on a new investor property...
Feb 20 2019 // Louisiana’s property insurer of last resort has completed another round of policy depopulation — its 12th, the state insurance department announced.Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. (Citizens) offers...
Feb 18 2019 // Why family farms dance between the line of personal and commercial coverageNowhere is insurance more complicated than when you mix two exposures that don’t “traditionally” go together, like business and...
Feb 12 2019 // Mississippi senators are advancing a bill that would limit people’s ability to sue property owners for injuries or other problems.Senate Bill 2901 passed Thursday by a 32-17 vote. It was held for the possibility of...
Feb 11 2019 // Specialist insurer Beazley has launched site lender environmental asset protection (SLEAP) cover to protect banks and other lenders from pollution risks that could seriously impair the value of property used as collateral...
Feb 6 2019 // The Academy Journal is pleased to present the following article by our friend, Craig Andrews.As questions come to me from property-casualty practitioners all over the country, one situation in particular seems to popping...
Feb 4 2019 // AmTrust Financial Services announced leadership changes as it moves forward as a private company. Its $2.95 billion privatization plan was finalized on November 28, 2018 after receipt of all approvals. AmTrust announced...
Feb 4 2019 // While Understanding Why Some Claims Are DeniedIn the first column of this series, I provided an overview of what it takes to successfully resolve coverage and claims disputes without litigation. In the coming months, we...
Feb 1 2019 // Atlanta, GA, February 1, 2019 — Breckenridge Insurance Services will hold a webinar for agents who are working with insureds that have real estate investment portfolios such as property investors, property managers and...
Jan 30 2019 // Every day the impact technology has on our daily lives increases. The legal profession is not immune to the inundation of technological advances. A prime example of the collision of law and technology is how forensic...
Jan 29 2019 // Prime Property & Casualty Insurance Inc. (PPCI) has entered the Kentucky commercial auto market as an admitted carrier specializing in insurance products for distressed and substandard risks. PPCI offers the capacity...
Jan 24 2019 // The flood insurance protection gap in the United States is massive, but the take-up rate of private flood insurance continues to be low. The relative inability of private insurers to penetrate the flood insurance market...
Jan 21 2019 // In its 2018 Biennial Report to the Legislature dated Dec. 14, 2018, the Texas Department of Insurance made several recommendations to state lawmakers regarding issues the agency believes are worth looking at in the...
Jan 18 2019 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced it is expanding into the property construction insurance market in the UK and Ireland and has appointed Simeon Seamer to lead the effort as head of Property...