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Hanover Insurance’s Q3 Net Income Falls 10% to $55M

Oct 30 2014 // The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. reported $54.9 million net income for its 2014 third quarter, a 10.4 percent decline compared with $61.3 million net income during the third quarter of 2013. The Worcester,...

Employers Hires Hanover’s Collins as East Regional Sales VP

Oct 23 2014 // Employers Holdings Inc. in Reno, Nevada, has hired Martha Collins as vice president, regional sales for the eastern region that includes 16 states. Collins will be based in Baltimore, Maryland. Collins brings to Employers...

Hanover Insurance’s Q2 Profit Jumps 55% to $82.6M

Aug 1 2014 // The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. in Worcester, Massachusetts, said Thursday its 2014 second quarter net profit rose to $82.6 million, a 54.7 percent increase from $53.4 million profit during last year’s second...

Hanover Offers Insurance Advice for Parents Sending Kids to College

Jul 22 2014 // The Hanover Insurance Group advises that as new high school graduates get ready to head off to college, parents would be wise to prepare for potential risks and liabilities, and to consider the insurance...

Changing MGA Market, Specialization and the Future: Hanover Excess & Surplus’s Letson

May 19 2014 // Matthew Letson, incoming president of the American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA), found the insurance industry like most do – by accident. After college, he landed a job at Markel doing marketing...

Hanover Insurance Group Swings to Q4 Profit a Year After Sandy

Feb 6 2014 // The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. in Worcester, Mass., reported net income of $70.1 million for its 2013 fourth quarter, improving from a net loss of $55.0 million during the 2012 fourth quarter. Prior-year loss results...

The Hanover Insurance Group Q3 Profit Rises 52% to $61M

Oct 31 2013 // The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. reported net income of $61.3 million for its 2013 third quarter, an increase of 51.7 percent compared to $40.4 million profit during the same period a year ago. The Worcester, Mass.-based...

Hanover Insurance Taps Hartford Exec to Lead Professional Liability Unit

Oct 8 2013 // The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. has named Greg Leffard president of Hanover Professional Portfolio unit, responsible for the company’s errors and omissions (E&O) insurance businesses. Hanover Professional...

The Hanover Says It Is Committed to Oklahoma

Sep 23 2013 // The Hanover Insurance Company does a lot of business in Oklahoma and plans to keep it that way. Responding to an article published on Insurance Journal‘s website, www.insurancejournal.com, that inaccurately reported...

The Hanover Says It Is Committed to Oklahoma

Sep 5 2013 // The Hanover Insurance Group does a lot of business in Oklahoma and plans to keep it that way. Responding to an Insurance Journal article that inaccurately reported the company was pulling out of the state, The Hanover said...

60% of Direct Buyers Eventually Return to Independent Agents: Study

Aug 6 2013 // Most customers who are lured away from independent agents by direct insurers promising lower prices will ultimately return to an independent agent. According to a recent study commissioned by The Hanover Insurance Group,...

Hanover Q2 Profit Rises to $53M; Strong Pricing Environment Cited

Aug 1 2013 // The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. reported net income of $53.4 million for the 2013 second quarter, an increase of 157 percent compared to $20.8 million net income during the same period a year ago. The net income for the...

The Hanover Expands Healthcare Capabilities

Jul 17 2013 // The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. has expanded its healthcare industry options with an increased appetite and capabilities for the rapidly growing areas of the healthcare industry, including allied healthcare centers and...

Liberty Law School in Virginia Demands Lawsuit Coverage From Hanover

Jun 20 2013 // Liberty University’s law school wants a judge to force its insurance company to pay for its defense in a lawsuit stemming from a same-sex-marriage custody battle. Virginia Lawyer’s Weekly reports that the...

Hanover Insurance Group Q1 Profit Rose 33% to $66M

Apr 30 2013 // The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. reported net income of $66.2 million for its 2013 first quarter, up 33.2 percent compared to $49.7 million income reported during the first quarter of 2012. Operating income for the first...

Zuraitis Resigns As President of The Hanover’s P/C Cos.

Apr 26 2013 // Marita Zuraitis, a member of The Hanover Insurance Group’s executive leadership team and president of its property/casualty companies, is resigning to become president and chief executive officer of Horace Mann...

The Never Ending Snoball Fight

Apr 4 2013 // Snowfall in Southern Louisiana is a rarity, but one doozy of a snowball fight has been ongoing since at least 2006 and has resulted in four separate lawsuits, now consolidated in the United States District Court for the...

Hanover Insurance to Sponsor Basketball Hall of Fame’s Annual Event

Mar 29 2013 // The Hanover Insurance Group said it will be the main sponsor for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame’s 2013 class announcement. Reggie Miller (L) and Don Nelson (R) were among those inducted into the...

The Never Ending Snoball Fight

Mar 25 2013 // Snowfall in Southern Louisiana is a rarity, but one doozy of a snowball fight has been ongoing since at least 2006 and has resulted in four separate lawsuits, now consolidated in the United States District Court for the...

The Hanover, OMS National Offer P/C Program to OMS Surgeons

Mar 15 2013 // The Hanover Insurance Group has joined forces with OMS National Insurance Co., RRG (OMSNIC) to offer a program of property/casualty insurance products to OMSNIC’s insured oral and maxillofacial surgeons (OMS). The...