Latest Allied Insurance Headlines
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Nationwide Expands Small Business Insurance Direct Platform
Apr 15 2019 // Nationwide said it has expanded 24-hour access to more types of small business for its Commercial Digital Direct online commercial insurance platform. Now, 30 different business types can access the...
Nationwide Insurance CEO Rasmussen to Retire After 10 Years at Helm
Apr 8 2019 // Long-time Nationwide Chief Executive Officer Steve Rasmussen plans to retire later in 2019, the company disclosed. Rasmussen’s last official day as CEO will be Oct. 1, 2019, capping more than 10 years leading the...
Nationwide Expands Small Business Insurance Direct Platform
Apr 3 2019 // Nationwide said it has expanded 24-hour access to more types of small business for its Commercial Digital Direct online commercial insurance platform. Now, 30 different business types can access the platform, which enables...
Nationwide Is Cutting Many More Jobs in Iowa than Originally Announced
Mar 4 2019 // Nationwide Insurance, based in Columbus, Ohio, has more than doubled the number of Des Moines, Iowa, job cuts it announced last fall. Nationwide said in November 2018 that about 80 workers in Des Moines would lose their...
Nationwide Insurance Cuts More Jobs in Iowa
Feb 22 2019 // Nationwide Insurance has more than doubled the number of Des Moines job cuts it announced last fall. Nationwide said in November that about 80 workers in Des Moines would lose their jobs as part of a company effort to...
Nationwide’s ‘SmartMiles’ Auto Insurance Targets Low-Mileage Drivers
Feb 14 2019 // For those who work from home, carpool frequently or use public transit more than they drive, Nationwide is launching SmartMiles, an auto insurance policy for low-mileage drivers. BuildIng on its telematics SmartRide...
Nationwide Invests in Core Systems Insurtech Start-Up Socotra
Feb 13 2019 // Nationwide’s latest venture capital investment is in a core technology start-up that promises to help insurers create new insurance products and get them to market faster and integrate more easily with future...
Business Moves
Jan 21 2019 // EPIC Holdings, Integro EPIC Holdings Inc. in San Francisco has agreed to acquire Integro Holdings Inc., which houses the U.S. operations of New York-based Integro Group Holdings. The acquisition will add 400 team members...
Millennial Business Owners Like Agents
Jan 7 2019 // Millennial business owners are more likely to work with insurance agents than those in other generations. What’s more, they’re seeking agent counsel on a variety of financial issues, according to...
Nationwide Acquires Liability Insurance Program Manager E-Risk Services
Jan 4 2019 // Insurer Nationwide has acquired E-Risk Services, a privately-held, program manager specializing in management lines. Terms of the purchase agreement between were not disclosed. The transaction closed on January 1,...
How Different Generations of Business Owners Feel About Insurance Agents
Dec 13 2018 // Millennial business owners are more likely to work with insurance agents than those in other generations. What’s more, they’re seeking agent counsel on a variety of financial issues, according to...
Nationwide Insurance Cutting 1,000 Jobs
Nov 15 2018 // Nationwide intends to eliminate the jobs of about 1,100 employees across the country _ around 3.6 percent of its workforce. The insurance and financial services company says about 80 workers in Des Moines and 350 in...
South Carolina Insurer Data Security Law Should Be Nationwide Role Model
Nov 5 2018 // In October 2017, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) adopted the Insurance Data Security Model Bill, also known as the NAIC “Model Law.” NAIC’s “Model Law” seeks to...
Opioid Memorial in Houston as Part of Nationwide Tour
Oct 23 2018 // The National Safety Council on Monday made Houston the sixth stop on a nationwide tour of its exhibit, Prescribed to Death: A Memorial to the Victims of the Opioid Crisis, by unveiling the display inside the George R....
Nationwide Insurance Dashcam Investment Pays Off for Nonprofit Agency
Oct 2 2018 // One of Nationwide’s commercial insurance policyholders is realizing the benefits of venture-capital investment that the insurer made in a telematics startup and a pilot program that is reducing risky driving...
Firms Using Connected Devices Not Worried About Increased Cyber Risk: Survey
Oct 1 2018 // Business that use artificial intelligence, drones, robotics, wearable sensors or other connective technologies can increase their chance of being a cyber attack victim because these technologies give cyber criminals new...
Nationwide Buys State Trust Land for $83M, Plans for Regional HQ
Sep 7 2018 // Arizona State Land Department officials say a national insurance company has successfully bid $83 million for about 134 acres of trust land in Scottsdale. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. has plans for a mixed-use...
South Carolina Insurer Data Security Law Should Be Nationwide Role Model
Sep 5 2018 // In October 2017, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) adopted the Insurance Data Security Model Bill, also known as the NAIC “Model Law.” NAIC’s Model Law seeks to establish a...
How Florida’s Flood Insurance Model Could Work Nationwide
Aug 20 2018 // While Congress works on various reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), the time is ripe for the private insurance market to step up and play a greater role in providing Americans needed flood...
Nationwide Insurance to Provide Aid to Employees Losing Jobs in Nebraska
Aug 8 2018 // A Nationwide Insurance spokesman says the company intends to provide career management resources and other aid to employees who will be losing their jobs in Lincoln, Nebraska. Nationwide spokesman Eric Hardgrove said that...
