Latest Allied Insurance Headlines
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9 Top Cyber Attacks Reported by Small Businesses; Most Still Unprotected
Oct 19 2016 // Most small-business owners (78 percent) still don’t have a cyberattack response plan, even though more than half (54 percent) were victim to at least one type of cyberattack. About 60 percent of those who did...
AAIS Files New Standardized Personal Auto Program Nationwide
Sep 22 2016 // American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS), a national not-for-profit insurance advisory organization governed by its member companies, announced the filing and approval of a new standardized Personal Auto Program...
Lawyer Sentenced for Insider Trading on Nationwide-Harleysville Merger
Jul 25 2016 // A former partner at the law firm Fox Rothschild was sentenced on Friday to six months in prison for trading on inside information that a client at his law firm was about to announce a merger, prosecutors said. Herbert...
Graham Appointed Chief Investment Officer at Nationwide
Jun 30 2016 // Ohio-based insurance and financial services organization, Nationwide, named Chris Graham head of investment strategies and chief investment officer. Graham previously was a senior investment professional for Nationwide...
QBE North America Names Nationwide’s Bleich as VP for Agriculture Underwriting
Jun 21 2016 // QBE North America said that Nathan Bleich has joined the organization as vice president, Commercial Agriculture underwriting. Bleich joins QBE from Nationwide where he spent the past 12 years working in the agribusiness...
Assurant to Pick Up Policies as Nationwide Exits Federal Flood Insurance Program
Apr 26 2016 // Nationwide will start winding down its status this May as a “Write Your Own” carrier within the federal government’s National Flood Insurance Program. Assurant said it formed an agreement with the insurer...
Few Small Businesses Feel the Need to Prepare for Climate Change
Apr 14 2016 // Constant reminders in the media over threats of rising sea levels, more frequent storms, or the promise of blistering droughts along with water scarcity still won’t get people to prepare for the anticipated effects...
Former NYPD Cop Jailed for Filing False Auto Claims
Feb 23 2016 // Authorities said a former New York City police officer has been sentenced to two to six years in state prison for a scheme to defraud auto insurance companies. New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced the...
Gridiron Insurance Releases Nationwide Small Business Program Platform
Feb 17 2016 // Gridiron Insurance Underwriters Inc., a program manager that specializes in program business on a regional and national basis, has launched a new platform product designed for small businesses. Gridiron Insurance...
People – Midwest
Feb 8 2016 // Burr Ridge, Ill.-based Allegiance Insurance Services Inc. (AIS) appointed Barbara M. Strehmann as chief financial officer of the Allegiance Group of Companies. Strehmann has over 30 years’ experience in the...
Officials, Poultry Producers Hope Nationwide Testing Contains Indiana Bird Flu
Jan 29 2016 // In the two weeks since bird flu reappeared in Indiana, U.S. veterinarians have swabbed the mouths of chickens and turkeys across the country, racing to uncover any more infections and contain the virus before it causes...
A Look Back and Ahead with Nationwide Ventures’ Michael Miller
Jan 25 2016 // Michael Miller, the longtime president and chief operating officer of Scottsdale Insurance Co., has stepped into a new executive role with corporate parent Nationwide where he’ll manage and spearhead strategic...
Clark Tapped to Lead Nationwide’s Excess and Surplus Lines Business
Jan 22 2016 // Columbus, Ohio-based property/casualty insurer, Nationwide, announced that Tom Clark has been elected president of Nationwide’s Excess & Surplus lines business. In a planned leadership transition the company...
Scottsdale’s Miller Departs to Lead Nationwide’s Venture Arm
Jan 11 2016 // Michael Miller, the longtime president and chief operating officer of Scottsdale Insurance Co., has quietly moved onto a new executive role with corporate parent Nationwide, where he’ll manage and spearhead strategic...
Nationwide Private Client, Burns & Wilcox Donate $50K to Detroit Charities
Dec 30 2015 // Property/casualty insurance organizations Nationwide Private Client and Burns & Wilcox together have donated nearly $50,000 to Detroit-area charitable organizations. Living Arts and City Year Detroit each received a...
Scottsdale Insurance’s Miller Departs to Lead Parent Nationwide’s Venture Arm
Dec 18 2015 // Michael Miller, the longtime president and chief operating officer of Scottsdale Insurance Co., has quietly moved onto a new executive role with corporate parent Nationwide where he’ll manage and spearhead strategic...
Nationwide Launches New Online Quoting System for Small Business Agents
Dec 11 2015 // Nationwide is launching FastPath, a quicker commercial quoting system for insurance agents serving small-business clients. Features of FastPath include: Faster quoting with an average of 80 percent fewer...
New York-Based Freedom Specialty Rebranded as Nationwide
Oct 12 2015 // Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company announced that the New York-based Freedom Specialty Insurance Company is taking on the Nationwide name, effective Oct. 8. Freedom Specialty’s rebranding aims to leverage...
Nationwide Insurance to Raise Its Minimum Hourly Wage to $15
Sep 9 2015 // Columbus, Ohio-based Nationwide Mutual Insurance said it will raise its minimum pay rate to $15 per hour over the next nine months. The change affects approximately 900 current employees across 25 locations for jobs in...
66% of Small Businesses Lack Business Interruption Coverage: Survey
Sep 2 2015 // Nearly 75 percent of small businesses say they don’t have a disaster recovery plan in place. For companies with fewer than 50 employees, just one in five – or 18 percent – have one, according to a new...
