Latest Hanover Headlines

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Citizens/Hanover Touts Multi-Variate ‘Connections Auto’ as Winner

Jul 14 2005 // The Citizens and Hanover Insurance Companies’ new Connections Auto, a state-of the-art, multi- variate auto product with greater customer segmentation capabilities, is off to a strong start in its initial launch...

Hyatt Named Personal Lines President at Citizens/Hanover

Jul 6 2005 // The Citizens and Hanover Insurance Companies have named James S. Hyatt president of its personal lines division. In this role, he will be responsible for all aspects of the company’s personal lines operations. Hyatt,...

Christiansen Named N.E. Regional President for Citizens/Hanover

Jul 5 2005 // The Citizens and Hanover Insurance Companies have named Michael R. Christiansen as president of its New England region, effective July 11. Christiansen formerly was a senior executive with Liberty Mutual’s...

Hanover Insurance Goes to Bat for Tornadoes, Worcester’s Newest Team

May 11 2005 // The Hanover Insurance Company and Worcester (Mass.) Professional Baseball, LLC, today announced that they have reached an agreement for Hanover to be the primary sponsor for the Worcester Tornadoes. The Tornadoes are the...

People & Places

Apr 18 2005 // Debra Richardson The Citizens and Hanover Insurance Companies named Debra Richardson as regional vice president of The Hanover Insurance Company’s Texas region. In this capacity, Richardson will be responsible for...

Richardson Named Texas Regional VP for Hanover

Mar 28 2005 // The Citizens and Hanover Insurance Companies announced that Debra Richardson has been named regional vice president of The Hanover Insurance Company’s Texas region. In this capacity, Richardson will be responsible...

People & Places

Mar 21 2005 // Douglas McDonough Citizens and Hanover Insurance Companies have named Douglas H. McDonoughregional president of their emerging Mid-Atlantic region. In this role, he will manage all aspects of sales and distribution for the...

McDonough to Head Citizens-Hanover Mid-Atlantic Team

Mar 7 2005 // Citizens and Hanover Insurance Companies have named Douglas H. McDonough regional president of its emerging Mid Atlantic region, effective immediately. In this role, he will manage all aspects of sales and distribution for...

Patkus Resigns as President/COO of Harleysville; Moves to The Hanover as Regional VP

Jan 17 2005 // M. Lee Patkus, president and chief operating officer of Harleysville Group Inc., has resigned his positions and will leave the company on Jan. 21, 2005. He will begin a new position as regional vice president of The...

Nicks Named Regional President, Southern Region, for Hanover Insurance Company

Dec 22 2004 // The Citizens and Hanover Insurance Companies announced the appointment of Robin Nicks as regional president of Hanover Insurance Company’s Southern region, including the companies’ Atlanta, Dallas, New Orleans,...

Citizens and Hanover Insurance Unveil Agency Portal

Sep 9 2004 // The Citizens and Hanover Insurance Companies have launched The Agency Place, a new, web-based agency portal that provides its network of independent agents with centralized access to all of the information and tools they...

The Citizens/Hanover Ins. Cos. Names Phillips as VP/Commerical Marine Division

Jul 1 2004 // The Citizens and Hanover Insurance Companies named Sophia A. Phillips as vice president, commercial marine division, effective June 7. Phillips comes to Citizens and Hanover from St. Paul Travelers where she served as vice...

MASS. HIGH RISK HIGH JINX:

Jun 21 2004 // Most agents sporting a 149 percent loss ratio or even worse, a 300 percent loss ratio, would expect to be looking for a job in another line of work. Not so in the world of Massachusetts auto insurance. Hanover Insurance...

Young to Lead Hanover/Citizens Personal Lines

May 18 2004 // The Citizens and Hanover Insurance Companies announced that Cynthia H. Young has been named president of the companies’ personal lines divisions, effective June 1. As president, she will be responsible for all...

Crater to Head Hanover’ s N.Y.-N.J. Commercial Lines

May 11 2004 // The Citizens and Hanover Insurance Companies announced that Alan Crater has been named regional president of their downstate New York and New Jersey commercial lines divisions, effective immediately. Crater comes to...

MASS. INSURER SUES OVER HIGH RISKS:

Mar 22 2004 // Hanover Insurance Co, a unit of Allmerica, has upped the stakes in the battle over high risk auto business in Massachusetts by suing for $20 million it says it has suffered in losses plus damages because of an alleged...

Mass. Auto Insurer Hanover Sues Over High Risk ‘Conspiracy’

Mar 3 2004 // The lengths to which an auto insurer in Massachusetts may go to circumvent the state’s unique high risk pool has been brought to light by an unusual lawsuit filed by one insurer against one of its...

Community Banks Completes Acquisition of Shultz Insurance Agency

Jun 16 2003 // Pennsylvania-based Community Banks, Inc. (CBI) announced that it has completed its acquisition of Shultz Insurance Agency, Inc. of Hanover. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. “The Shultz Insurance Agency,...

Hanover Contracts with CAA

Jan 8 2003 // The Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA), a closed managing general agency based in Austin, Texas, announced the Hanover Insurance Company has signed a master contract with all 28 CAA member agencies through which they can...

Hanover Fire and Casualty Ratings Affirmed

Nov 25 2002 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced it has affirmed its “Bbpi” counterparty credit and financial strength ratings of Hanover Fire and Casualty Insurance Co. of Plymouth Meeting,...