Latest Allied Insurance Headlines
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Toyota to Offer Nationwide’s Auto Insurance Product with Telematics
Feb 26 2020 // Toyota car owners can buy insurance that promises them up to 40 percent savings for safe driving. Toyota Insurance Management Solutions (TIMS) has teamed up with Nationwide to launch what they are calling TIMS BrightDrive,...
Ohio’s Nationwide Investing $160M in Workforce Development, Retention
Jan 13 2020 // The Columbus, Ohio-based insurance company, Nationwide, will invest $160 million in its workforce over the next five years, the company has reported. The money will go toward attracting, developing and retaining talent,...
SafeWaters Underwriting Managers to Underwrite Yacht Insurance with Nationwide
Dec 18 2019 // SafeWaters Underwriting Managers has secured a delegated authority underwriting agreement with Nationwide to provide tailor made yacht insurance products. Products will be written on National Casualty company paper, a...
Nationwide Inks Pact to Become ‘Official Insurance Partner’ of Minor League Baseball
Dec 10 2019 // Minor League Baseball (MiLB) and insurer Nationwide have a new partnership making the Columbus, Ohio-based carrier the “Official Insurance Partner of Minor League Baseball.” Financial terms of the agreement...
Philadelphia Insurance Promotes Cundiff to Lead Surety Division Nationwide
Dec 3 2019 // Philadelphia Insurance Companies, a commercial property/casualty and professional liability insurer, announced the promotion of Michael Cundiff from vice president to senior vice president of Surety. Cundiff will succeed...
Nationwide Names Sirota as Chief Pet Officer
Nov 14 2019 // Nationwide’s pet insurance operation has new top dog. Heidi Sirota has been named chief pet officer for Nationwide’s pet health insurance unit. In her new role, Sirota will oversee all aspects of Nationwide pet...
Nationwide ‘Express’ Portal Promises Agents Multiple Product Quotes in 2 Minutes
Nov 13 2019 // Nationwide is introducing Nationwide Express, a technology platform that promises agents can quote policies for auto, homeowners and renters insurance in two minutes as well as tailor coverages, bind coverage, and process...
Marketing, Innovation Chief Williams Leaving Nationwide; Jones, Mahaffey to Assume Roles
Oct 23 2019 // The man behind Nationwide’s “On Your Side” advertising and marketing for the past five years, along with initiatives targeting emerging businesses and innovation, is leaving the giant insurer. Terrance...
Court Allows Judge Opposed by Drug Firms to Oversee Nationwide Opioid Trial
Oct 11 2019 // A federal appeals court on Thursday cleared the way for a landmark trial over the nation’s opioid crisis, rejecting a bid by eight drug retailers and distributors to disqualify the judge, and a request by Ohio and...
Watch Out Insurtechs: Nationwide Readies Own Digital Auto Insurance Platform
Oct 1 2019 // Nationwide plans on striking hard against digital insurer upstart competitors with the debut of Spire, a digital auto insurance platform with an eye on millennial customers. Spire, which will be rolled out in the 2019...
Nationwide’s Digital Storefront Targets Small Business Market
Sep 19 2019 // Nationwide said it has formally launched a commercial insurance digital storefront targeted to small businesses. Small business owners will be able to use the site online directly to generate a quote and bind a policy, or...
Judge Permits Nationwide Privacy Lawsuit Against Facebook to Proceed
Sep 10 2019 // A federal judge on Monday ordered Facebook Inc. to face most of a nationwide lawsuit seeking damages for letting third parties such as Cambridge Analytica access users’ private data, calling the social media...
Paragon Launches Nationwide Workers’ Comp Program
Sep 4 2019 // Paragon Insurance Holdings LLC, a national multi-line specialty MGA (managing general agency) based in Avon, Conn., has added a new nationwide workers’ compensation insurance program. Available to their eligible...
Work-From-Home Can Deliver Big Cyber Risks for Small Businesses
Aug 19 2019 // Remote employees place businesses at risk, yet many small business owners are not properly mitigating potential cyberthreats, nor are they adequately protecting their employee platforms, a new report says. As work-life and...
Remote Workers Can Be Big Cyber Risk for Small Businesses
Aug 9 2019 // Remote employees place businesses at risk, yet many small business owners are not properly mitigating potential cyberthreats, nor are they adequately protecting their employee platforms, a new report says. As work-life and...
Hub Acquires Books of Business, Hires 4 Nationwide Agents in Pennsylvania
Aug 8 2019 // Hub International Limited (Hub), a global insurance brokerage, has acquired property and casualty books of business from, and hired, insurance agents Matthew Lennon, Craig Love, Frank and Michael Namath. Each of the agents...
Iowa’s LMC Insurance Teams Up with Nationwide on Renters Insurance Program
Aug 6 2019 // LMC Insurance and Risk Management (LMC Insurance) in West Des Moines, Iowa, has partnered with Ohio-based Nationwide on a new renters insurance program. Called BluCanopy, the program is powered by Nationwide.com and makes...
Nationwide Offers Independent Agents a Commercial Insurance Digital Storefront
Jul 9 2019 // Giant insurer Nationwide is partnering with an insurtech in an effort to speed up its product underwriting for commercial lines property/casualty agents. The technology Nationwide is deploying was developed by Ohio-based...
Nationwide Taps Insider Walker as CEO to Succeed Rasmussen
Jun 6 2019 // Columbus, Ohio-based insurer Nationwide said Kirt Walker, a 33-year company veteran, will become its next chief executive officer. Plans call for Walker to take over the CEO slot on Oct. 1, 2019. He will succeed current...
Ryan Specialty Group and Nationwide Form Bermuda Reinsurer, Geneva Re
May 7 2019 // Ryan Specialty Group (RSG) and Nationwide announced they have formed a new Bermuda reinsurance company, Geneva Re Ltd. Columbus, Ohio-headquartered Nationwide will own 50 percent of the venture with RSG and RSG-related...
