Latest New Markets Headlines
All the headlines from our New Markets Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Utah’s Workers Compensation Fund Announces Promotions
Jun 13 2007 // The Workers Compensation Fund in Salt Lake City has made several promotions. Ray Pickup has been named executive vice president and chief operating officer. Pickup has been with WCF for 14 years and most recently served as...
Minn. Labor and Industry Commissioner Announces Move to Private Sector
Jun 8 2007 // Minnesota Governor Pawlenty recently announced that Commissioner Scott Brener of the Department of Labor and Industry is leaving his administration to return to the private sector effective July 5, 2007. “Scott has...
Novae Launches UK Property Team
Jun 7 2007 // Novae Plc has put together a team of specialist property underwriters to handle its new venture into the UK property market. Mike Platt and his team of Darrian Kempster, Barrie Roper and Tim Simpson-Lee have joined the...
CarInsurance.com Enters Mich. Auto Market
Jun 6 2007 // CarInsurance.com recently announced that it has expanded its auto insurance agency into Michigan, making it the 21st state where the on-line company does business. CarInsurance.com offers insurance products in all 50...
Unitrin Direct Enters Kentucky Auto Market
Jun 1 2007 // Unitrin Direct has been approved to sell auto insurance in Kentucky, making it the 23rd state where it does business. Unitrin Direct said it is offering discounts for Kentucky residents, including up to a $75 break for...
Calif. Commissioner Unveils Workers’ Comp Reform Package
May 30 2007 // California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner has unveiled a series of reforms to address what he says are systemic and structural deficiencies in the state’s workers’ compensation system. He also recommended...
Hiscox Launches Trustee Coverage
May 18 2007 // The UK’s Hiscox plc has launched two new insurance packages, available through brokers, which provide coverage for the trustees of charities, clubs and associations. Hiscox said its “Charities Insurance...
Aviva Launches Direct Auto in Poland
May 17 2007 // The UK’s Aviva Group announced that its Polish operation, Commercial Union Poland, will enter the country’s direct motor insurance market. Aviva noted that the “burgeoning growth in car ownership and the...
Western National Insurance Announces Launch of Specialty Co.
May 8 2007 // Western National Insurance Group recently announced its plan to launch a new property/casualty insurance company with a focus on specialty lines of business. The Group currently has a wholly-owned company shell, Pioneer...
State Auto Middle Market Entering Texas; Ladner Named VP
May 8 2007 // State Auto Insurance Companies announced that its State Auto Middle Market Insurance (SAMMI) unit is coming to Texas. Industry veteran Gerald F. Ladner will lead the group in the state as vice president of SAMMI’s...
Bristol West Launches Personal Auto Product in Ark.
May 1 2007 // Bristol West Holdings Inc. announced it has begun writing private passenger automobile insurance in Arkansas. Bristol West entered Arkansas by deploying Select 2.0, a segmented insurance product that utilizes the...
Dowell / IAS Announce A New Marketing Alliance
Apr 27 2007 // New Jersey based Dowell Insurance Agency, Inc., and Integrated Assurance Solutions (Dowell / IAS) announce a new marketing alliance whereby Dowell /IAS will be a Lloyd’s Coverholder for the Jewelry and Fine Arts and...
RMS, Weatherflow Launch Parametric Capital Market Index
Apr 26 2007 // Risk Management Solutions (RMS) has teamed up with WeatherFlow Inc., a provider of private weather data, to launch the “WindX(tm) parametric index” (www.windxnetwork.com).” The two companies timed the...
Marsh Launches Utility Liability Facility for Power Sector
Apr 25 2007 // Marsh’s London office announced that it has launched a new liability product for the power and utility industry. The Marsh Utility Liability facility is designed to provide cover for power and utility clients based...
Travelers Launches New Products for Mid-Sized Commercial Printers
Apr 25 2007 // Travelers Commercial Accounts introduced a suite of coverages designed for mid-sized commercial printers who typically generate more than $15 million in sales. The new product is the latest addition to IndustryEdge,...
E.L.M. Insurance Brokers Enters Commercial Casualty Market
Apr 25 2007 // E.L.M. Insurance Brokers based in El Segundo, Calif., has formed a new commercial package division to be managed by Clancy Johannsen. Johannsen has been with the company for the past six years, five of which have been as a...
Wis. Markel American Announces Launch of Market Boat Program
Apr 24 2007 // Markel American Insurance Co. recently announced the launch of their new Markel Boat program for insuring boats up to 26 feet in length. MAIC’s new Markel Boat program is intended to offer a wider breadth of options...
Novae Launches Int’l. General Liability
Apr 20 2007 // Lloyd’s insurer Novae announced that it has “moved into the international general liability market with the recruitment of two senior underwriters to Syndicate 2007. Mark Davies and Rupert Taylor have joined...
Europ Assistance Launches Commercial Property Assistance Product
Apr 17 2007 // Europ Assistance, which has considerably expanded from its French origins into international operations, has launched a new Commercial Property Assistance (CPA) product, “which,” it said, “will be made...
Houston General to Enter Illinois Personal Insurance Market
Apr 10 2007 // Houston General Insurance Exchange announced that it will begin offering personal lines products – including coverage for automobiles, homes, condominiums, watercraft and personal liability – to Illinois...
