All the headlines from our Property Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 8 2017 // Maximum, an independent, Chicago-based excess and surplus lines wholesaler, has added Bria Christensen as a producer in its Omaha, Neb., office. Christensen most recently held a wholesale brokerage position at Ascension...
Mar 7 2017 // Avatar Partners LP, the parent company of Tampa, Fla.-based Avatar Property & Casualty Insurance Company (Avatar), has agreed to acquire Tallahassee, Fla.-based Elements Property Insurance Holdings LLC and its...
Mar 6 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 6 2017 // Patrick Wraight has been named the director of the Insurance Journal Academy of Insurance, a leading property/casualty insurance learning center that is part of the Wells Media Group.Wraight, an Army veteran, comes to the...
Mar 6 2017 // Bruce Carnegie-Brown will become the chairman of Lloyd’s following a meeting of the Council of Lloyd’s where his appointment as successor to John Nelson was approved unanimously. His appointment also was...
Mar 2 2017 // More extreme weather has led to more extreme insurance claims in the U.S. over the past few years.In a review of more than 100,000 commercial catastrophe claims during a 10-year period, Mark A. Anderson, a claims executive...
Feb 21 2017 // More than two dozen Lexington County, S.C., residents are ready to sell their homes rather than repair the flood damage.The State newspaper reported that 28 homeowners are asking county officials to buy and demolish the...
Feb 20 2017 // In his state of the state address, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott gave a boost to the insurance industry’s effort to get legislation passed that would place limits on post-hailstorm litigation.Calling lawsuits against...
Feb 20 2017 // When is a fence a “dwelling” structure for insurance coverage purposes and when is it an “other structure?”The Texas Supreme Court, relying on disputed language in a Liberty Mutual Insurance Co....
Feb 15 2017 // Patrick Wraight has been named the director of the Insurance Journal Academy of Insurance, a leading property/casualty insurance learning center that is part of the Wells Media Group.Wraight, an Army veteran, comes to the...
Feb 14 2017 // Miller Insurance Services has expanded its facultative property team with the appointment of experienced broker and producer Damian Richards.Richards will work with the team in London and colleagues across Miller to...
Feb 13 2017 // Neon has appointed Nick Pritchard as head of Property Reinsurance. Pritchard initially will be based in Neon’s Bermuda office and will oversee the growth of Neon’s property reinsurance operations across both...
Feb 13 2017 // When is a fence a “dwelling” structure for insurance coverage purposes and when is it an “other structure?”The Texas Supreme Court, relying on disputed language in a Liberty Mutual Insurance Co....
Feb 6 2017 // CNA reported fourth quarter and full year 2016 results, with its new CEO indicating that while there is a strong foundation at the insurer, the company has work to do in improving underwriting discipline and results and...
Feb 6 2017 // A panel of financial experts discussed the opportunities and challenges they see ahead in 2017 at the Insurance Information Institute’s (III) 21st Annual Property and Casualty Insurance Joint Industry Forum.The...
Feb 2 2017 // In his state of the state address, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott gave a boost to the insurance industry’s effort to get legislation passed that would place limits on post-hailstorm litigation.Calling lawsuits against...
Jan 30 2017 // Skuld, the marine insurance provider, announced the appointment of Paul Knighton as global head of marine cargo and marine property. He will join Skuld Syndicate 1897 in the summer.Knighton will enhance Skuld’s...
Jan 27 2017 // Sompo Canopius AG has appointed Steve O’Riordan as head of international property with immediate effect.O’Riordan brings 30 years’ experience in the international property markets to Sompo Canopius and...
Jan 25 2017 // Leaders of the property/casualty insurance industry expect to see a considerable increase in the commercial lines of insurance for 2017, with cyber a potentially huge untapped market, according to an Industry Leader Trends...
Jan 25 2017 // Zurich North America has announced the name of its new North America Commercial Insurance unit and leadership team. This new unit brings together the former Commercial Markets and the former Global Corporate in North...