Latest Personal Lines Headlines
All the headlines from our Personal Lines Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Hanover Names Lavallee Personal Lines Sales Manager in Massachusetts
Sep 12 2011 // The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. has appointed Meredith Lavallee as personal lines territory sales manager for the company’s Massachusetts market, effective Aug. 1. In her new role, Lavallee will help the...
MSO Introduces Personal Umbrella Program in N.Y.
Aug 30 2011 // MSO, Inc.’s (The Mutual Service Office, Inc.) personal umbrella program has been approved in New York. The MSO homeowners program was previously approved in the state. Highlights of the personal umbrella program...
Moody’s Sees Stable Outlook for Personal Lines Insurers
Aug 30 2011 // The personal lines insurance sector maintains a stable outlook in the face of a highly competitive environment, 2011 catastrophe losses and sluggish economic conditions, according to a report from Moody’s Investors...
Don’t Let Clients Count on Luck When It Comes to Personal Umbrella Purchases
Jun 20 2011 // By the time you finish reading this sentence, two new law suits will be filed in U.S. courts. We live in an extremely litigious society. There is no other way to put it. The United States has more lawyers per capita than...
Sherrie A. Chambers, CIC joins the Atlantic Specialty Lines, Inc. Corporate Personal Lines team
Jun 8 2011 // Richmond, VA, 6/8/11 – Atlantic Specialty Lines, Inc. Sherrie joins the ASL of FL office and corporate personal lines team bringing strong agency connections and relationships throughout the entire state of Florida. She...
AAIS Revises Personal Umbrella Forms to Address Cyber Bullying
Jun 3 2011 // “Electronic aggression,” sometimes called “cyber-bullying,” is an excluded offense under newly revised personal umbrella policy forms being filed countrywide by The American Association of Insurance...
MarketScout Expands Personal Lines Underwriting Capability
Jun 3 2011 // MarketScout, a Dallas-based electronic insurance exchange with managing general agent (MGA) and wholesale operations, has expanded its business by opening a personal lines underwriting facility in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The...
MarketScout Opens Florida Personal Lines Office
Jun 2 2011 // MarketScout, the Dallas-based electronic insurance exchange with managing general agent and wholesale operations, has expanded by opening a personal lines underwriting facility in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The new location...
Navion Insurance Adds Lee in Personal Lines Department
May 3 2011 // Navion Insurance Associates Inc. of Anaheim Hills, Calif., has added Laura Lee to the firm as head of the personal lines department. Lee has more than eight years of insurance industry experience, with three of those years...
MetLife Auto & Home Enhances Personal Lines Policy for North Carolina Residents
Apr 20 2011 // MetLife Auto & Home has introduced a number of product and coverage enhancements, including the launch of GrandProtect, its personal lines policy package, to residents of North Carolina. The enhancements are effective...
Tennessee Governor Urged to Sign Personal Lines Flexible Rating Bill
Apr 7 2011 // Tennessee lawmakers have passed a bill allowing property/casualty insurers to implement rate adjustments for personal auto and home insurance policies without prior state approval. Insurers are urging Governor Bill Haslam...
4 Consumer Misconceptions About Personal Lines
Mar 7 2011 // Agents, Don’t Be on Spring Break When Customers Need You to Prepare for Summer As spring draws near, it’s time to reconnect with your clients. There is no better time than now to reach out and address some...
Insurers Form Florida Lobby Group to Change Personal Lines
Jan 25 2011 // Some of Florida’s largest insurance companies have banded together and formed the Personal Lines Insurance Federation of Florida to lobby for changes in the state’s regulatory environment in an effort to spur...
Main Street America Introduces Personal Auto, Property Product to Grain Dealers Agents in Indiana
Jan 20 2011 // The Main Street America Group has introduced its Personal Auto MVP property and liability product via its network of nearly 100 Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance Company independent insurance agents throughout Indiana. Super...
MarketScout Names Blaser Managing VP of Affluent Personal Lines
Jan 20 2011 // MarketScout, a Dallas, Texas-based electronic insurance exchange, announced that Lesa Blaser has joined the company as managing vice president of Affluent Personal Lines. Blaser previously served as Central Region...
P/C Insurers Improve Personal Lines, Investment Results in Q3
Jan 4 2011 // The U.S. property/casualty industry generated improved operating results in the third quarter despite competitive market conditions, elevated catastrophe losses, the economic downturn and historically low investment...
AAU Expands Personal Lines Division in Louisiana
Dec 15 2010 // Allied American Underwriters (AAU), a national program manager and subsidiary of USG Holding/USG Insurance Services, introduced Richard Jenkins as director of Personal Lines. AAU Personal Lines will be based in Mandeville,...
S&P: U.S. Personal Lines Insurance Sector Outlook Revised To Stable
Dec 10 2010 // Rates for the personal lines insurance sector continue to see improvements, according to a new report. While pricing for the U.S. commercial lines sector continues to decline, though at a slower pace in the last two years,...
Moody’s Rates P/C Personal Lines Industry Financially Sound, Highly Competitive
Nov 15 2010 // The U.S. property/casualty personal lines insurance industry remains financially sound despite the weak economy and prolonged soft, though improving, pricing environment, Moody’s Investors Service says in its new...
Personal Lines Leaders
Nov 14 2010 // About the Personal Lines Leaders: The 2010 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...
