Latest Personal Lines Headlines
All the headlines from our Personal Lines Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Personal Lines Insurance Market Outlook as Stable: AM Best, Moody’s
Jan 25 2021 // AM Best kept its stable market segment outlook on the U.S. personal lines insurance segment for 2021, citing the segment’s strong risk-adjusted capitalization and profitable underwriting performance in private...
AM Best, Moody’s Rate Personal Lines Insurance Market Outlook as Stable
Jan 19 2021 // AM Best kept its stable market segment outlook on the U.S. personal lines insurance segment for 2021, citing the segment’s strong risk-adjusted capitalization and profitable underwriting performance in private...
NJM Insurance Group Brings Personal Lines Business to Ohio
Jan 7 2021 // Trenton, N.J.-based NJM Insurance Group is making its personal lines insurance products available to Ohio residents for the first time in the company’s 107-year history. NJM, one of the largest and most tenured auto...
AssetSure Hires Karlunas as Vice President, Personal Insurance Practice Leader
Dec 18 2020 // Independent insurance agency AssetSure has hired Ted Karlunas as vice president and Personal Insurance Practice leader. In this role, Karlunas will lead personal insurance operations as the agency expands its outreach to...
Crest Insurance in Arizona Names Wimmer Personal Lines Manager
Nov 18 2020 // Crest Insurance Group LLC of Scottsdale, Ariz., has added Sarah Wimmer as a personal lines manager. Wimmer will oversee employees within the personal lines department from all seven branches including Tucson, Scottsdale,...
All Risk’s Foley Named National Personal Lines Leader at Risk Placement Services
Nov 17 2020 // Risk Placement Services (RPS) in Rolling Meadows, Ill., has hired Brian Foley to lead its National Personal Lines Practice. This is a new role created by the excess and surplus (E&S) wholesale insurance broker and...
Insurance Tech Firm Insurity Acquires Personal Lines Management Suite CodeObjects
Nov 12 2020 // Insurance systems and data analytics provider Insurity reported that it has completed the acquisition of California-based CodeObjects, which offers a management program for personal lines. The deal expands Hartford-based...
Hanover Insurance Enters Maryland Personal Lines Insurance Market
Oct 27 2020 // The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. (THG) has expanded its business in Maryland to include personal lines insurance and appointed a group of independent agents in the state to serve its growing customer base. The Hanover has...
MJ Insurance Names BridgePoint’s Sargent Director of Personal Insurance in Arizona
Oct 22 2020 // MJ Insurance has named Leighann Sargent director of personal insurance. Sargent is based in Phoenix, Ariz., and will lead MJ’s personal insurance strategy, operations and support the company’s growth. Sargent...
Burns & Wilcox Adds Personal Lines Cyber Protection for Homes, Families, Individuals
Oct 21 2020 // Burns & Wilcox has launched Cyberman365, a new exclusive product line designed to mitigate personal cyber risks for individuals, families and homes. A collaboration between Burns & Wilcox and Node International,...
Startup Personal Lines Insurer Root Looking to Raise $604 Million in IPO
Oct 20 2020 // Automobile insurance startup Root Inc. said on Tuesday it plans to raise as much as $604.1 million in its initial public offering on the Nasdaq, the latest in a line of insurers looking to tap the current boom in U.S....
Powers Insurance & Risk Management Adds Gonzalez in Personal Lines Unit
Oct 8 2020 // POWERS Insurance & Risk Management in St. Louis, Mo., has hired Julia Gonzalez as Personal Lines Sales Marketer. In this position, Gonzalez will handle the marketing efforts for all personal lines accounts. This...
M.J. Hall Creates Personal Lines Practice by Adding Hughes in California
Oct 8 2020 // M.J. Hall & Co. has formed a personal lines insurance practice, adding April Hughes as a broker specializing in personal lines. Hughes is based in Stockton, Calif. Hughes has more than 20 years of industry experience....
Personal Lines Insurtech Root Files IPO Proposal with SEC
Oct 6 2020 // Root, Inc., the parent company of Root Insurance Co., has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of its common stock. The number of shares to be...
The Villages of Florida Adds 3 from State Farm to Personal Lines Team
Sep 21 2020 // The Villages Insurance Partners has added 3 former State Farm employees to its Personal Lines Insurance team. Specializing in home, auto and golf car insurance, Chelsea Allen, Julia Skillman and Lacey Maher collectively...
Startup Branch Starts Reciprocal Exchange for Personal Lines Insurance
Aug 25 2020 // Columbus, Ohio-headquartered personal lines insurance startup Branch has launched the Branch Insurance Exchange that it says will reduce the cost for its members. Branch formerly operated as a managing general...
Pandemic Boosted Personal Auto Insurers’ Profits in the Short-Term
Aug 24 2020 // As bad as the coronavirus pandemic has been for many insurance lines, personal automobile profits have soared thanks to reduced driving, as quarantines and shelter-at-home restrictions took hold across the United States...
CRC Group Promotes Willis to National Personal Lines Practice Leader
Aug 5 2020 // CRC Group has promoted Mississippi-based Claire Willis to CRC Group’s national Personal Lines Practice leader. The move comes as part of the company’s increased focus on the personal lines market place,...
Texas Issues Price Comparison Data Call to Auto/Residential Insurers
Jul 28 2020 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has issued a data call to insurance companies writing personal automobile and residential property policies in the state. The department said the information is needed for price...
Encova Insurance Offering Personal Lines Products Digitally to Indiana Agents
Jul 28 2020 // Encova Insurance, based in Columbus, Ohio, has launched a new suite of personal lines products that will be delivered digitally to agents in Indiana. With Encova’s new personal lines product offering, agents and...
