Latest Personal Lines Headlines
All the headlines from our Personal Lines Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Burns & Wilcox to Re-Brand Service General Personal Lines Subsidiary
Nov 21 2005 // Burns & Wilcox, one of the nation’s largest wholesale brokerage firms, announced it will no longer market the company’s personal lines business as Service General, but instead will conduct all personal...
Burns & Wilcox to Re-Brand Service General Personal Lines Subsidiary
Nov 20 2005 // Burns & Wilcox, one of the nation’s largest wholesale brokerage firms, announced it will no longer market the company’s personal lines business as Service General, but instead will conduct all personal...
OneBeacon Grows Personal Insurance Operations with Houston General
Nov 2 2005 // OneBeacon Insurance Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd., has entered into an agreement with Houston General Insurance Exchange to offer auto, homeowners and packaged solutions outside...
U of Georgia Teams With Appraisers on Personal Property Certificate
Oct 28 2005 // The University of Georgia, in partnership with the American Society of Appraisers, offering the Personal Property Appraisal Certificate Program. The program covers comprehensive personal property valuation in fine arts,...
Moody Adds Personal Lines Executive
Oct 28 2005 // Moody Insurance Agency, which specializes in insurance, risk management and bonding services for contractors, has marked the expansion of its growing personal insurance lines department with the addition of Vanessa...
Fla. Personal Lines Advisory Committee Slates First Meeting
Sep 30 2005 // The first meeting of a new 10-member Standard Personal Lines Advisory Committee, assigned to develop a standard homeowners insurance policy for Floridians that is easy to understand and offers comprehensive coverage, will...
Universal Holdings Creates New Personal Lines Insurer for Texas
Aug 3 2005 // Universal Insurance Holdings of North America, a wholly owned subsidiary of Universal Insurance Group based in Puerto Rico, announced the creation of Universal Insurance Company of Texas (UICTX). “This is a...
Chubb Sells Personal Lines Insurance Brokerage to Hub International
Aug 1 2005 // Chubb Corporation announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell Personal Lines Insurance Brokerage, Inc. (PLI) to Chicago-based Hub International Limited. The transaction is expected to close within 60 days,...
Hyatt Named Personal Lines President at Citizens/Hanover
Jul 6 2005 // The Citizens and Hanover Insurance Companies have named James S. Hyatt president of its personal lines division. In this role, he will be responsible for all aspects of the company’s personal lines operations. Hyatt,...
Conning Research and Consulting: Personal Lines, Intense But Disciplined Competition Prevails
Jul 5 2005 // Personal automobile and homeowners market leaders are employing a new mix of tactics as they compete for growth, according to two new publications by Conning Research and Consulting Inc. “Personal lines market...
PIA Sponsoring Program to Aid Agents in Taking Back Personal Lines Market Share from Direct Writers
Jun 29 2005 // The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) announced its sponsorship of a special program to help its members take back market share from direct writers. In cooperation with Agency Revenue Tools LLC,...
Nine Ways to Get Personal Lines Clients in the Door
Jun 20 2005 // The personal lines industry may be viewed through multiple competitive prisms. These include the classic independent agent versus direct writer perspective; independent and exclusive agents versus the banks, and...
Hull Promotes Ramsey to VP, National Personal Lines
Jun 2 2005 // Hull & Company announced the promotion of Tim Ramsey to vice president, national personal lines. Ramsey joined Hull & Company in January of 1998 as manager of the company’s newly formed Charlotte, N.C.,...
S&P: Personal Lines Sector Outlook Stable Despite Market Softening
Jun 2 2005 // After experiencing its worst catastrophe losses ever (about $27 billion) in 2004, the U.S. personal lines insurance sector is showing signs of entering into a softer cycle than the hard one that has dominated the industry...
Ramsey Named VP of National Personal Lines at Hull & Company
May 31 2005 // Hull & Company announced the promotion of Tim Ramsey to vice president – National Personal Lines. Ramsey joined Hull & Company in January of 1998 as manager of the company’s newly formed Charlotte...
OneBeacon Expands Web-Based OneChoice Personal Lines Portfolio
May 16 2005 // OneBeacon, which introduced a Web-based, multi-tiered new auto insurance product in 2004, is launching new homeowners and package products using the same OneChoice platform during 2005. The suite of OneChoice auto,...
Aon Complaint Memos Reveal Personal Lines Arrangements
Apr 18 2005 // The recent $190 million settlement between the world’s second largest insurance broker, Aon, and officials in three states sheds light on how, as New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and other public officials...
Frazier Joins Personal Insurance Federation of California
Apr 12 2005 // The Personal Insurance Federation of California announced that Rex Frazier, former California deputy insurance commissioner for policy and research and chief of the Legislative Bureau, has joined PIFC as vice president and...
Spitzer’s Complaint Outlines Aon’s Personal Lines Deals with Insurers
Apr 4 2005 // The recent $190 million settlement between the world’s second largest insurance broker, Aon, and officials in three states sheds light on how, as New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and other public officials...
Spitzer’s Complaint Outlines Aon’s Personal Lines Deals with Insurers
Mar 21 2005 // The recent $190 million settlement between the world’s second largest insurance broker, Aon, and officials in three states sheds light on how, as New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and other public officials...
