All the headlines from our Property Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 18 2019 // Aon’s New Ventures Group (NVG), which was formed in October 2018 to accelerate Aon’s investment in innovative new solutions, is focusing its first efforts on intellectual property in order to help clients...
Mar 18 2019 // It has been a long-held insurance axiom that flood is not considered an insurable peril due to its potentially catastrophic nature. Here is what the report, “Affordability of National Flood Insurance Program...
Mar 18 2019 // Years ago, insurance consumer advocates in the states were most often focused on getting consumers access to insurance at fair prices. They still advocate on those issues, of course, but today some are looking beyond these...
Mar 18 2019 // Property insurers are falling short in some areas of the claims process even as they earn high marks for overall customer satisfaction, according to the J.D. Power 2019 U.S. Property Claims Satisfaction Study.J.D. Power...
Mar 15 2019 // A Delaware lawmaker who owns a house damaged by a fire that started in an adjacent city-owned dwelling has lost her bid to revive a federal lawsuit. Rep. Stephanie Bolden, a Wilmington Democrat, claimed that the city...
Mar 15 2019 // Just over a week into the 2019 legislative session, insurance industry-supported bills aimed at reforming Florida assignment of benefits (AOB) abuse are making progress in the state legislature.Lawmakers in the Florida...
Mar 13 2019 // Marsh has launched IP Protect – an insurance product tailored to address organizations’ intellectual property (IP) risks.A proprietary Marsh policy, IP Protect is backed by Ambridge Partners, a managing general...
Mar 13 2019 // Aon has formed a strategic alliance with Zesty.ai, a San Francisco-based insurtech startup, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance insurers’ property underwriting.Zesty.ai’s technology provides...
Mar 13 2019 // The North Carolina Department of Insurance announced multiple fraud enforcement actions during the first two months of 2019.Insurance fraud costs American consumers approximately $80 billion dollars a year. According to...
Mar 12 2019 // CRC Group has launched Insurisk, a new brand name for its products. Additionally, CRC Group has formed an exclusive partnership with AMRISC, LLC to build new property products under the Insurisk name.Accirdubg to Dave...
Mar 12 2019 // Yvonne Steiner has been named head of Property for Zurich Canada.Steiner will be a member of the Zurich Canada executive team and will report to Zurich Canada CEO Saad Mered. Her first day at Zurich will be April 15....
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...