Latest Business Owner Policy Headlines

All the headlines from our Business Owner Policy Topic Page, ordered by recency.

CNA Targets $1 Billion in Main Street Business

Jan 12 2004 // The small business unit of Chicago-based commercial lines insurer CNA hopes to hit $1 billion in premium volume at the end of 2005 by targeting Main Street businesses with more customized policy forms and a stripped-down...

Small Business BOP

Jan 12 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Superior Access Insurance Services Inc., has a new Small Business BOP designed especially for office, retail, wholesale, service and high-tech classes of business. Businesses must have less than $5...

CNA Targets $1 Billion in Main Street Business

Jan 12 2004 // The small business unit of Chicago-based commercial lines insurer CNA hopes to hit $1 billion in premium volume at the end of 2005 by targeting Main Street businesses with more customized policy forms and a stripped-down...

Safeco Adds Workers’ Comp Policies to Online Sales Platform

Nov 25 2003 // Seattle-based Safeco Business Insurance (SBI) has expanded its online sales platform to make it faster and easier for agents to sell workers compensation insurance to small businesses. The update means agents can go online...

Small Business Owners Policy

Oct 20 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: Cascade/Amstar has available a market for small business owners policy. Endorsements—Many extensions of coverage including business income on an actual loss sustained, accounts receivable, valuable...

BOPs, The Small Business Shield

Oct 6 2003 // Like a fine wine, BOPs seem to be getting better with age. Long the marketplace standard of property and liability insurance for small businesses, BOPs, known more formally as Business Owners Package policies, have...

BOPs, The Small Business Shield

Oct 6 2003 // Like a fine wine, BOPs seem to be getting better with age. Long the marketplace standard of property and liability insurance for small businesses, BOPs, known more formally as Business Owners Package policies, have...

BCF Tech. Lowers Transaction Implementation Costs with TIER-XML

Jul 9 2003 // BCF Technology Inc. announced the launch of TIER-XML, an extension of its core Transaction, Integration, Extraction, and Recovery (TIER) Platform Version 3.0 for rapid development of AL3 and XML based transactions. BCF...

BOP

May 5 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: Superior Access is now offering a new BOP (Office Package Program) through a carrier with an AM Best Rating of “A+ XV”. Will entertain new ventures with a minimum of three years experience in...

BOP for Professional Liability

Apr 21 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: Philadelphia Insurance Companies recently released a new product offering, the Business Owners Policy (BOP) for business professionals. PHLY’S BOP provides comprehensive property & liability...

Texas’ Combined Group Unveils BOPExpressTM

Apr 9 2003 // Combined Group, a Carrollton, Texas based MGA, announced the launch of BOPExpressTM, a single entry multiple carrier Business Owners Policy (“BOP”) quoting environment. Initially, this offering will only...

Philadelphia Insurance Companies Offers Companion BOP for Professional Liability Products

Mar 13 2003 // Philadelphia Insurance Companies (PIC) announced the release of its new product offering, “the Business Owners Policy (‘BOP’)” for business professionals. “BOP provides comprehensive property...

SAFECO Introduces New ESP Technology

Jan 8 2003 // SAFECO introduced XML-based technology that allows insurance agents to quote and issue small business policies online in minutes. Called ESP(TM), SAFECO’s e-business system cuts days off the traditional insurance...

Mutual of Enumclaw 0ffers Online Rating and Application for BOP

Dec 23 2002 // Wash.-based Mutual of Enumclaw announced an online rating and application service for agents selling its Business Owners Policy(BOP) product. The company’s agents can now get quotes in real-time for BOP policies and...

SAFECO Launches Re-designed BOP

Dec 20 2002 // SAFECO is rolling out a substantially reengineered Business Owners Program (BOP) product line that promises broader coverage, more classifications and more competitive pricing on larger risks. It’s powered by E*S*P,...

Agent Partners with CNA on Realty Firm Coverage

Oct 15 2002 // The Maryland-based agency Victor O. Schinnerer announced that it has introduced a p/c policy, Victor O. Schinnerer’s Realty Choice(TM), for real estate firms located in Massachusetts, Virginia and Illinois...

BOP

Aug 19 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Arrowhead Wholesale Brokerage has available a program for BOP. Available for property/casualty, professional (specific class), EPLI and umbrella. Appointment only. Dollars: $3 million property per...

ISO Unveils New Program for Small, Midsize Businesses

Jun 5 2002 // Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO) has introduced a new Businessowners Program (BOP)—a package policy providing broad property and liability coverage in a single contract for small and midsize businesses—by...

BOP Program

Apr 15 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Ck Specialty Insurance Associates Inc. is offering a BOP Program. The program is available to agents appointed with the company. Dollars: Policy limits of $1,000,000 occ/$2,000,000 agg. Carrier: Zurich....

Westfield Group Unveils More Efficient Policy Processing System

Nov 1 2001 // Westfield Center, Ohio-based Westfield Group launched a new Internet-based, automated policy processing system which enables the company’s agents in Michigan and Tennessee to quote, underwrite, issue, and endorse...