All the headlines from our Property Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 4 2018 // Doug Slape has been promoted to second-in-command at the Texas Department of Insurance.Slape has been at the agency since 1988 and has served as deputy commissioner for the Financial Regulation Division the past three...
May 25 2018 // QBE North America is continuing its inland marine product expansion with the launch of The Solution for Builder’s Risk, a comprehensive policy offering with coverages tailored for construction projects.Features of...
May 25 2018 // JLT Re (North America) Inc., part of the global provider of reinsurance broking and consultancy, has appointed Alain Bizet as senior vice president in Miami. Alain will join the property treaty team in Miami and focus on...
May 21 2018 // Erie Insurance, a homeowners and automobile insurer based in Erie, Penn., has named Matt Palczer as vice president of property and subrogation. Palczer began his career with Erie Insurance in 2002 as a mail clerk in the...
May 21 2018 // Any agent who has used the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) in the past to deliver flood insurance to clients knows all too well that trying to simplify the complexities of flood insurance in the midst of program...
May 18 2018 // Preferred Property Program (PPP), a national managing general agency, has named Wayne Dow vice president of programs.Dow will be joining the Bell Works office in Holmdel, N.J., to oversee the marketing of PPP products to...
May 15 2018 // The Texas Department of Insurance has issued a special data call to companies writing direct commercial property or businessowners insurance in Texas catastrophe areas during calendar year 2017.The data call is necessary...
May 11 2018 // A federal grand jury in Beaumont, Texas, has returned a 40-count indictment charging 12 individuals with federal violations related to a $1.7 million insurance fraud scheme in the Eastern District of Texas, U.S. Attorney...
May 9 2018 // I spent a day last week in a conference that was focused on some specific risks that make up a property insurance gap nationwide. The morning was focused on one of my favorite soap boxes, flood. You guessed it. It’s...
May 9 2018 // Nationwide has made an investment in Betterview, a machine learning insurtech startup that focuses on analyzing data from drones, satellite and other aerial imagery.Betterview said it will use the undisclosed amount of...
May 8 2018 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic.When it comes down to it, the biggest loser in a property that is underinsured is the homeowner who may not be able to rebuild their home to the way it was before a...
May 7 2018 // Emerging from a 10-week accelerator program, 10 technology-powered insurance startups presented ideas for enhanced customer engagement, cyber security, digital health, smart home products and supply chain management at the...
May 7 2018 // Upgrade: Nodak InsuranceA.M. Best has upgraded the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) to “a+” from “a” and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) of Nodak...
May 7 2018 // Kristi Koncaba, president and chief operating officer at Texan Bank, has been appointed to the board of directors for workers’ compensation insurer, Texas Mutual Insurance Co.Koncaba has 15 years of experience in...
Apr 26 2018 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency is proposing to allow owners of homes destroyed by storms and bought out by the government to rebuild on the same flood-prone land.Currently, FEMA offers to buy homes that have been...
Apr 25 2018 // I’ve been thinking a lot about homeowners’ insurance lately. That might be because I’m in the middle of the BPIC (Basic Personal Insurance Course) and the last two sessions have been focused on...
Apr 23 2018 // Emerging from a 10-week accelerator program, 10 technology-powered insurance startups presented their ideas for enhanced customer engagement, cyber security, digital health, smart home products and supply chain management...
Apr 16 2018 // The New York Court of Appeals has ruled that KeySpan Gas East Corporation is responsible for costs to clean up environmental contamination caused by manufactured gas plants owned by its predecessor during years when there...
Apr 12 2018 // XL Catlin has added a Course of Construction (COC) coverage option to its Platinum Property insurance program to help businesses in the U.S. and Canada address construction risks associated with their property expansion...
Apr 12 2018 // Commercial property insurance rate increases are easing off initial spikes following 2017’s record natural catastrophe losses, but commercial insurance buyers still face upward pricing pressure on many lines of...