Latest Personal Lines Headlines

All the headlines from our Personal Lines Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Abbate Insurance Promotes Iannotti-Montz to Personal Lines VP in Connecticut

May 15 2015 // Lisa Iannotti-Montz Abbate Insurance Associates, an independent insurance agency in New Haven, Connecticut, promoted Lisa Iannotti-Montz to personal lines vice president from personal lines manager. In her new role, she...

North Named President, Personal Lines at Grange Insurance

May 12 2015 // Grange Insurance, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, has named John North president of personal lines. In this role, North will be responsible for the overall growth and profitability of the company’s personal lines...

ACE Launches High Net Worth Personal Insurance Business in Canada

Apr 7 2015 // ACE Group has launched its high net worth personal insurance capabilities in Canada through ACE Private Risk Services. ACE’s program features a highly customizable and specialized package of policies that can include...

Allianz Completes Sale of Fireman’s Fund Personal Lines to ACE

Apr 1 2015 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) said it has completed the sale of the U.S. personal lines business of Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. (FFIC) to ACE Ltd. The sale, which closed on schedule as previously...

Mercer’s Garg Returns to AIG as CEO of Personal Insurance

Apr 1 2015 // American International Group Inc. has named Gaurav D. Garg as chief executive officer, Personal Insurance. The appointment marks the return of Garg to AIG, where he held various personal insurance roles for 12 years before...

Liberty Mutual Centralizing Personal Lines Service at 6 Call Centers

Mar 31 2015 // Boston-headquartered Liberty Mutual said it is moving to a centralized service model for its personal insurance customers beginning in January 2016. This move involves transitioning local service activities into customer...

Personal Insurance Federation of Florida Releases TNC Legislation Guidelines

Mar 27 2015 // Transportation network companies such as Uber and Lyft represent a promising technology that can serve consumers well in the future, but Florida legislators should clarify the insurance requirements for these services in...

Lockton in Colorado Adds Bell as Personal Lines Producer

Mar 11 2015 // Lockton’s Denver, Colo. operation has hired Nate Bell as personal lines producer. Bell has spent 13 years in the insurance industry, most recently as a personal lines producer and sales leader for IMA nationwide. He...

The Hartford Names Sprague to Lead Personal Lines

Mar 4 2015 // Ray Sprague The Hartford Financial Services Group has named Ray Sprague executive vice president, Personal Lines, effective immediately. Sprague will report to Doug Elliot, president of The Hartford. He is based in the...

MiddleOak Exiting Personal Lines; Selling Business to Mapfre

Feb 5 2015 // Spanish insurance giant MAPFRE SA has said it wants to expand and is eying acquisitions in both Europe and the U.S. Barely two months into 2015, it has pulled the trigger on one such deal in New England, reports...

ACE to Buy Fireman’s Fund Personal Lines; Famous Brand Fading Away

Jan 12 2015 // On Dec. 18, Allianz Group announced that it would sell the U.S. personal lines business of its Fireman’s Fund unit to ACE for $365 million by means of renewal rights arrangement. The merger of the personal lines...

Personal Auto Rates Rose 2.1%, Homeowners 3.5% in 2014: RateWatch

Jan 12 2015 // Personal auto insurance companies increased their rates by an average of 2.1 percent countrywide in 2014, according to insurance consulting firm Perr & Knight’s RateWatch reports. The three states with the...

Personal Auto Rates Rose 2.1%, Homeowners 3.5% in 2014: RateWatch

Dec 30 2014 // Personal auto insurance companies increased their rates by an average of 2.1 percent countrywide in 2014, according to insurance consulting firm Perr & Knight’s RateWatch reports. The three states with the...

ACE to Keep Most Fireman’s Fund Personal Lines Staff: Andrade

Dec 23 2014 // ACE Group said it will keep most of the employees with Fireman’s Fund’s personal lines business once its $365 million acquisition of the division from Allianz goes through. “We value Fireman’s Fund...

ACE to Buy Fireman’s Fund Personal Lines; Famous Brand Fading Away

Dec 18 2014 // Allianz Group has agreed to sell the U.S. personal lines business of its Fireman’s Fund unit to ACE for $365 million by means of renewal rights arrangement. The merger of the personal lines business with ACE and the...

Hub International Northeast Hires Dionisio as Personal Lines VP in Conn.

Nov 19 2014 // HUB International Northeast, part of Hub International Limited, has hired Rose Dionisio as vice president of Personal Lines. Based out of the firm’s Fairfield, Connecticut office, Dionisio will be responsible for...

Top 50 Personal Lines Leaders

Nov 17 2014 // About the Personal Lines Leaders: The 2014 Personal Lines Leaders in this special feature are taken from Insurance Journal‘s Top 100 Property/Casualty Independent Agencies as reported in August. This list utilizes...

Hanover Names Lavey As Personal Lines President

Nov 11 2014 // The Hanover Insurance Group has named Richard Lavey as its new president in charge of personal lines coverage. He’s a veteran executive of the Massachusetts-based U.S. property/casualty insurer who initially came on...

Commercial Rates Continue on Slow Slide; Personal Lines Rates Moderate: Survey

Nov 5 2014 // The composite rate for U.S. commercial insurance was plus 1 percent in October 2014 while the composite rate for U.S. personal lines was plus 3 percent for the month, according to MarketScout’s monthly analysis of...

Atlantic Specialty Lines Hires Personal Lines Producer, Rob Hardway

Oct 23 2014 // Austin, TX, October 23, 2014– Atlantic Specialty Lines (ASL), a wholesale broker and specialty lines MGA offering a variety of property, casualty, auto, professional, and personal lines coverages, is continuing its...