Latest Hospitality Headlines
All the headlines from our Hospitality Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Chartis Launches Hospitality Industry Coverage Enhancements
Jan 18 2011 // Chartis has introduced a series of coverage enhancements, developed by its Commercial Casualty division, to address the unique casualty exposures of the hospitality industry. The coverages are part of a suite of primary...
Firms At Risk As Fight Against Corrupt Practices Heats Up
Jan 10 2011 // The U.S. and U.K. Crack Down on Bribes While in Russia and China Giving Gifts Remains Common Practice Authorities have been escalating their campaign against corruption in the last few years, resulting in a sharp spike in...
Leavitt Recreation & Hospitality Names Burdick as New Program Underwriter
Oct 29 2010 // Leavitt Recreation & Hospitality Insurance (LRHI) has named Mitch Burdick as the new program underwriter for their RV park and campground program. Burdick has been with the agency since 2006 as a producer and account...
Ironshore Environmental Expands Oil Spill Program to Hospitality Sector
Aug 23 2010 // Ironshore Environmental has expanded its suite of asset-class specific SPILLS programs to provide comprehensive environmental coverage to the Hospitality Sector. Ironshore’s Environmental Hospitality program offers...
Why Captive Solutions Might Grow Your Hospitality Book, and Revenue Too
Apr 23 2010 // Compare the estimated $30 billion in after tax profits that the U.S. property and casualty marketplace will likely book for 2009 to the year end results of the hospitality industry, whose lodging (occupancy near 56...
Hospitality Risks: A Game for Captives
Apr 5 2010 // Why a Captive Solution Might Grow Your Hospitality Book, and Revenue Too Hospitality owners have concerns with retaining risk that they cannot transfer to the insurance market and owners are looking for legitimate ways to...
Experience and Specialization Matters When It Comes to Complex Hospitality Insurance
Mar 7 2010 // In my view, along with a good banker, lawyer, accountant and doctor, the next trusted person for business and personal matters that one should have a long term relationship with is an insurance agent. As a business grows...
National Specialty Underwriters, Ace Westchester Launch Hospitality Program
Dec 10 2009 // Bellevue, Wash.-based National Specialty Underwriters Inc. (NSU) a program administrator and specialty wholesale broker, and ACE Westchester, the U.S.-based wholesale-focused property and casualty operation of the ACE...
PGI Commercial Expands Hospitality Program to Illinois
Sep 29 2009 // PGI Commercial, headquartered in New Jersey, has introduced a hospitality insurance program in Illinois on an admitted basis. Coverage is provided by member companies of American Safety Insurance Group, which carry an...
Fireman’s Fund, Leavitt Recreation Offer Campground Coverages
Oct 21 2008 // In an effort to offer campground owners protection, Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. has teamed with Leavitt Recreation & Hospitality Insurance to offer a comprehensive program of risk management and...
Tympanick Now President, CEO of Hospitality Mutual in Mass.
Sep 23 2008 // Hospitality Mutual Insurance Co. In Westboro, Mass., announced that John W. Tympanick has been named president and chief executive officer and has been appointed to its board of directors. Hospitality Mutual, a mutual...
Fireman’s Fund Offers Coverage To Protect Innkeepers’ Personal Interests
Aug 28 2008 // Recognizing that innkeepers need broad protection and flexible limits. Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. is now offering the innkeepers’ extension endorsement, which combines 32 options in a single package for small...
Mass. LLJUA Becomes Competitive Hospitality Mutual
Aug 21 2008 // Massachusetts lawmakers have approved legislation converting the state’s liquor liability insurer of last resort into a competitive mutual insurance company offering liquor liability insurance to the entire...
Arst Joins Higginbotham & Associates as Hospitality Specialist
Jul 31 2008 // Matt Arst has joined Higginbotham & Associates as a commercial account executive in the company’s Fort Worth headquarters. He brings to the agency niche expertise in hospitality industry exposures and related...
Mass. Allows Liquor Liability JUA to Expand as Hospitality Mutual
Jul 8 2008 // Massachusetts lawmakers have approved legislation converting the state’s liquor liability insurer of last resort into a competitive mutual insurance company offering liquor liability insurance to the entire...
Hanover Program Targets Mid-to-High End Hotels
Dec 19 2007 // The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. is making available a new insurance program — The Hanover Hospitality Advantage — for hotels and motels. The Hanover Hospitality Advantage was developed to help the...
Hospitality industry faces more than just traditional P/C losses
Feb 26 2007 // Business interruption coverage a must in a world awaiting the next illness ‘outbreak’ Whether you study the growth curve in the “baby boomer” generation or generation “X” or...
Hospitality industry faces more than just traditional P/C losses
Feb 25 2007 // Whether you study the growth curve in the “baby boomer” generation or generation “X” or “Y,” it is clear that we have a collision course of increased scope of risk, changing...
HOSPITALITY RISKS
Oct 23 2006 // In Pennsylvania, a disabled customer complained of emotional distress when she dined at a restaurant that lacked adequate parking for her wheelchair van and where the restrooms were not fully wheelchair-accessible. The...
The Google Factor: Underwriting restaurants, bars, entertainment and hospitality risks in the 21st century
Oct 9 2006 // As I started to put together this article, I did as so many other people do and did my research on the internet. During my research I found numerous articles that we have all read or seen on the typical liquor liability...
