Latest New Markets Headlines
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UCPM Environmental Launches Program for Indoor Air Quality, Mold Liability
Mar 4 2015 // UCPM, Inc., an environmental insurance provider, has partnered with Great American Insurance Co. to offer the IAQ Advantage package for indoor air quality and mold liability coverage. This online program targets real...
ACE Launches Pollution Liability Coverage for Agriculture Risks
Mar 2 2015 // ACE Group has introduced a new agriculture premises pollution liability coverage that provides limited pollution liability protection in conjunction with ACE’s Agribusiness Commercial general liability policy. The...
Ariel Re Launches Ariel Specialty Insurance Managers
Feb 27 2015 // Ariel Specialty will commence underwriting E&S property business on March 1st, 2015, with business being written through wholesale brokers only on a limited appointment basis and on behalf of Ariel’s...
Aon Launches Maximum Protection Coverage for Directors & Officers
Feb 25 2015 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, has launched Maximum Protection D&O, which provides additional coverage to directors and officers when non-indemnifiable D&O limits are exhausted...
Specialist Yacht Syndicate Launches Enhanced Accident Coverage
Feb 24 2015 // Yachtowners, the specialist yacht syndicate of The Shipowners’ P&I Club, has launched an additional service for those owners who have purchased its Enhanced PA cover – (crew Personal Accident with medical...
Palomar Specialty, Wellington to Launch Wind Insurance Product in Texas
Feb 13 2015 // Palomar Specialty Insurance Co., based in La Jolla, Calif., has partnered with Fort Worth-based Wellington Risk Insurance Agency Inc. (Wellington), to offer wind-exposed residential property insurance in Tier II counties...
Specialty Insurance Group, Reel Media Partner on Entertainment Segment Offerings
Feb 13 2015 // Specialty Insurance Group (SIG) and Reel Media, LLC have formed a strategic alliance within the entertainment industry to service the specialty entertainment insurance market segments. The agreement combines the...
Atlas General Launches New Inland Marine Program
Feb 13 2015 // Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC, a national multi-line program manager, has added a new inland marine program to its Commercial Division product offerings. The program will provide builders’ risk coverage for...
N.Y. Announces New, Targeted Cybersecurity Assessments for Insurers
Feb 9 2015 // New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) today released a report on cybersecurity in the New York insurance industry and announced a series of measures that DFS will take to help strengthen cyber hacking...
QBE North America Launches Transactional Liability Insurance Practice
Feb 6 2015 // QBE North America’s has expanded its specialty lines offerings with the launch of a new Transactional Liability Practice. The Transactional Liability Practice, led by Dennis Kearns, QBE senior vice president &...
Marine Insurer Seacurus Launches South-East Asian Petro-Piracy Coverage
Feb 4 2015 // Specialist marine insurance intermediary, Seacurus, has developed a petro-piracy endorsement which can be added to existing kidnap & ransom (KR) insurance cover. The coverage was developed in response to the evolving...
GEICO Launches Ridesharing Coverage in Virginia
Feb 4 2015 // GEICO has rolled out a new product to meet the insurance coverage needs of ridesharing drivers in Virginia. The product, available now to new and existing customers, covers drivers that Uber (UberX and UberXL), Lyft,...
Allied World Launches Primary General Liability Coverage in Canada
Feb 4 2015 // Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG announced that Allied World North America has launched primary general liability coverage for the Canadian market. The bulletin said the “new primary general liability team...
ACE Launches Transactional Risk Coverages, Appoints Markovich to Lead
Feb 3 2015 // ACE Group has introduced three new transactional risk insurance products that offer protection to buyers and sellers participating in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and other transactional deals throughout North...
Willis Re Launches Cyber Risk Modeling Tool – PRISM-Re™
Feb 3 2015 // Willis Re, the reinsurance division of Willis Group Holdings plc, announced that it has launched “the insurance industry’s first cyber risk modeling tool that will enable insurers to quantify and manage their...
ACE Launches Cyber Risk Unit for Continental Europe
Feb 2 2015 // ACE Group announced the launch of a new, independent cyber risk business unit as it continues to strengthen its local underwriting and risk management capabilities across Continental Europe. The announcement follows...
Berkshire’s Commercial Insurer Hires AIG, Chubb Execs to Enter Canada Market
Jan 28 2015 // Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s commercial insurance unit is expanding into Canada as it seeks to win over new clients by offering bigger coverage limits than competitors. The unit, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance,...
Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford Launch MGA for Lumber, Building Materials Market
Jan 27 2015 // Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford (CGSC) Group North America has launched The Insurance Center for Building Materials (ICBM), a new managing general agency addressing the risks associated with lumber and secondary forest...
Universal Holdings P/C Subsidiary Enters Indiana Homeowners Market
Jan 23 2015 // Florida-based Universal Insurance Holdings Inc. reported that the Indiana Department of Insurance has approved the homeowners insurance forms of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Co....
BTIS Announces Expansion of Contractors’ General Liability, Now in 38 States
Jan 21 2015 // Rocklin, CA, January 21, 2015: Builders & Tradesmen’s Insurance Services, Inc. (BTIS) is pleased to announce the expansion of their Victory® General Liability program into 38 states. Victory® General Liability...