All the headlines from our Property Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 11 2017 // Michael Johnston, the great, great grandson of the founder of one of the first Baptist churches in Texas, grew up being constantly warned about sin, including the evils of television and dancing. Thus it is a bit strange...
Apr 6 2017 // RMS, the Newark, Calif.-based risk modeling and analytics firm, announced the expansion of its range of cyber models to include a new class of “cyber-physical” models.These include a range of cyber attack...
Apr 4 2017 // PERILS AG, the independent Zurich-based company that provides industry-wide catastrophe insurance data, has released the 2017 update of the PERILS Industry Exposure Database (IED).The updated database is composed of more...
Apr 3 2017 // Physical property damage due to natural disasters, weather-related or man-made incidents can be relatively straightforward to assess, but understanding how a different form of property causes damage can be a little more...
Apr 3 2017 // Those uppity insurtech startups might want to take note: About one of every 15 U.S. homeowners insurance policyholders files a claim each year, and these claimants are now giving insurers their highest ever satisfaction...
Apr 3 2017 // Ratings company Demotech is holding off on issuing large-scale ratings downgrades of Florida property insurers for now, after a number of insurers heeded its warning about the effects of assignment of benefits abuse and...
Mar 31 2017 // Allianz Insurance, the U.K.-based subsidiary of Allianz SE, has launched a video streaming platform called Allianz Site View, which is designed to enhance its claims proposition by enabling customers to send images, video...
Mar 31 2017 // Atlanta, GA, March 31, 2017 — Blue River Underwriters, a Breckenridge Insurance Group company, has promoted specialty property senior vice president Jared Mathis to executive vice president of the division. As executive...
Mar 30 2017 // This article originally appeared in the Texas Tribune.Weeks after major business interests blasted legislation that would make it harder for property owners to sue insurance companies over weather-related damages, other...
Mar 29 2017 // Acappella Syndicate 2014 is very pleased to announce the promotion of Jim Quinn to the new role of head of the Reinsurance Division and Matthew Bellamy to the role of head of Property Reinsurance. Both promotions are with...
Mar 28 2017 // Specialty property and casualty insurance holding company 1347 Property Insurance Holdings, Inc., (PIH), which currently offers insurance to individual and commercial customers in Louisiana and Texas through its...
Mar 22 2017 // Swiss Re announced that Mike Mitchell, currently head Property Underwriting and Property & Casualty Facultative, Asia, will succeed Edouard Schmid as Swiss Re’s head Property & Specialty Reinsurance,...
Mar 20 2017 // Insurance Journal examined industries experiencing changes, challenges, expansions and growth in the past year.For 2017, experts predict the U.S. economy will continue to expand. “Job growth means higher payroll,...
Mar 20 2017 // The Texas Senate Business and Commerce Committee on March 9 heard testimony on a revised bill that aims to limit the number of policyholder lawsuits filed against property insurance companies following severe weather...
Mar 17 2017 // Ratings company Demotech is holding off on issuing large-scale ratings downgrades of Florida property insurers for now, after a number of insurers heeded its warning of last month about the effects of assignment of...
Mar 17 2017 // Current Chairman and President of Lighthouse Property Insurance Corp., Patrick L. White, has acquired an 89 percent ownership stake in Prepared Holdings, LLC and its wholly-owned subsidiaries including Prepared Insurance...
Mar 15 2017 // Achieving fair recovery for business interruption losses is often one of the most challenging aspects of resolving commercial property insurance claims. This is especially true for hoteliers and others types of hospitality...
Mar 15 2017 // The Texas Senate Business and Commerce Committee on March 9 heard testimony on a revised bill that aims to limit the number of policyholder lawsuits filed against property insurance companies following severe weather...
Mar 15 2017 // China’s Anbang Insurance Group said it is not investing in a flagship Manhattan office tower owned by the family of Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser.Anbang Insurance...
Mar 14 2017 // Those uppity insurtech startups might want to take note: About one of every 15 U.S. homeowners insurance policyholders files a claim each year and these claimants are now giving insurers their highest ever satisfaction...