Latest Allied Insurance Headlines
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Ruff Ruling for Nationwide: Ohio Court Says Insurer Must Cover Canine Bite
Feb 8 2023 // An Ohio Court of Appeals panel said that Nationwide must indemnify a canine owner whose bulldog bit a passer-by, ruling that a policy exclusion barring coverage for bodily injury for a dog with a prior history of attacking...
Florida Citizens Shucks Nationwide Search, Names Cerio New CEO
Feb 1 2023 // The Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Board of Governors, in a special meeting Tuesday, surprised some in the Florida insurance industry by naming its general counsel as CEO – without a nationwide search. The board voted...
People Moves: Beal Leads Nationwide National Partners; Acrisure New Leadership Team; WSIA New Diversity Board Members
Dec 14 2022 // Beal Named Leader of Nationwide National Partners team Nationwide has named Tony Beal as the new leader of the Nationwide National Partners team, responsible for managing key P&C distribution partner...
Nationwide Catalytic Converter Theft Ring Taken Down in Raid
Nov 21 2022 // Twenty-one people in nine states were arrested and charged Nov. 2 with their roles in conspiracies to steal catalytic converters from vehicles across the country and sell them for profit. According to the U.S. Department...
Nationwide Catalytic Converter Theft Ring Taken Down in Raid
Nov 3 2022 // Twenty-one people in nine states were arrested and charged Nov. 2 with their roles in conspiracies to steal catalytic converters from vehicles across the country and sell them for profit. According to the U.S. Department...
People Moves: Everest Re Taps Nationwide’s Rudow as Head of Cyber Reinsurance; BMS Re Names McDowell as Bermuda CEO, Binetti as Head of Casualty Treaty
Sep 12 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Everest Reinsurance and BMS Re. A summary of these new hires follows here. Everest Re Taps Nationwide’s Rudow as Global Head of Cyber...
People Moves: Former Lexington Exec Heads to FutureProof; Hourly.io Hires From Markel; Leisz Joins Nationwide E&S; New CIO at Ryan Specialty
Jul 19 2022 // San Diego-based FutureProof Technologies has hired Joseph Strickland as head of underwriting. He was previously senior vice president at AIG’s Lexington Specialty Isurance Agency. FutureProof calls itself a...
FEMA Pushing for Stronger Building Codes Nationwide
Jun 20 2022 // Federal officials have announced a new initiative to modernize building codes across the country so that communities can be more resilient to hurricanes, flooding, wildfires and other extreme weather events that are...
Q&A With Nationwide’s P/C President and COO Mark Berven
Jun 20 2022 // In 2021, insurer and financial services company Nationwide reported the strongest earnings in the Fortune 100 company’s history — $2.8 billion in operating income with sales of over $50 billion, another record...
FEMA Pushing for Stronger Building Codes Nationwide
Jun 2 2022 // On the first day of the Atlantic hurricane season, federal officials announced a new initiative to modernize building codes across the country so that communities can be more resilient to hurricanes, flooding, wildfires,...
Teva Pharma Sees Nationwide U.S. Opioid Settlement in 2022
May 3 2022 // Teva Pharmaceutical Industries believes it would have to pay around $2.6 billion in cash and medicine to settle thousands of lawsuits alleging it and other drug companies fueled the U.S. opioid epidemic. On the heels of...
Relation Insurance Grows in East, Acquiring Ex-Nationwide Agency in Connecticut
Apr 14 2022 // California-based national agency Relation Insurance Services reports it has acquired the assets of Guilford, Connecticut-based Yerkes-Stephens Insurance. Yerkes-Stephens was previously part of Nationwide Mutual Insurance...
Nationwide Doesn’t Have to Defend in Suit Against Alabama Child Molester
Apr 4 2022 // David Barrow consoles a soccer player after a loss at the state championship in 2011.(AP Photo/The Huntsville Times, Eric Schultz) Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. does not have to defend its insured, an Alabama man who...
Nationwide Expands Use of Leak Sensors for Homeowners
Mar 16 2022 // Nationwide Insurance has become the latest large insurer to expand its use of leak-detection and other sensors for homeowners, offering a small discount on premiums. The company announced this week that it has teamed up...
Insurance Technology: Nationwide Sponsors Homecare Robots; Trucker Platform Nirvana Raised $25M; DealerPolicy Rebrands as Polly; Dent.co Aids Auto Repairs
Feb 25 2022 // Nationwide Sponsors Labrador Retriever Robot Giant insurer Nationwide is partnering with an early-stage robotics company, Southern California-based Labrador Systems, on a multi-state pilot program with the Labrador...
Missouri Man Pleads Guilty in Arson, Insurance Fraud Scheme
Feb 2 2022 // A Kansas City-area man has pleaded guilty to an arson and insurance fraud scheme that allegedly destroyed three houses from 2013 to 2019. Wandale J. Fulton, 40, was accused of conspiring with six others to buy houses,...
Relation Acquires Former Nationwide Agency, Hodge Ethridge, in South Carolina
Jan 27 2022 // Relation Insurance Services has continued its rapid-expansion plan with the purchase of South Carolina-based Hodge Ethridge Insurance and Financial Services, the company announced. The terms of the deal were not disclosed....
Nevada to Join $26 Billion Nationwide Opioid Settlement
Jan 5 2022 // Nevada has agreed to back a proposed nationwide settlement worth up to $26 billion resolving lawsuits against three large drug distributors and the drugmaker Johnson & Johnson over the deadly U.S. opioid epidemic, the...
High Street Acquires 27 Former Nationwide Agencies
Dec 1 2021 // Michigan-based High Street Insurance Partners reported it has acquired 27 former Nationwide exclusive insurance agencies in North Carolina, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Maryland. The company said all of the...
Want Wearable Tech With That Workers’ Comp Policy? Kinetic Teams With Nationwide.
Nov 16 2021 // New York-based safety technology firm Kinetic has formed an underwriting partnership with Nationwide’s E&S/Specialty division. Acting as program manager, Kinetic Insurance is offering workers’ compensation...
