Latest Personal Lines Headlines
All the headlines from our Personal Lines Topic Page, ordered by recency.
R.I. Court to Decide Next Week on Personal Liability of Nightclub Owners for $1 Million Workers’ Comp Penalty
Aug 12 2004 // The Rhode Island Workers Compensation Court has refused to dismiss a case by state labor officials that seeks to hold the owners of The Station nightclub personally liable for their failure to purchase workers compensation...
S.C. Gov. Signs Personal Lines Flex-Rating Bill
Jul 30 2004 // The American Insurance Association reported that South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford signed into law SB 686, a flex-rating bill that could eventually eliminate prior approval for homeowners’ insurance...
R.I. Approves Flex Rating for Personal Lines
Jul 7 2004 // Rhode Island lawmakers have passed a bill to relax regulation of personal lines insurance rates in the state. The House and Senate have approved a flex-rating measure allowing insurers to increase or decrease rates by no...
NAMIC Urges Regulators to Reform Personal Lines
Jun 17 2004 // The top state government affairs official for the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies encouraged insurance regulators to exert leadership in their states to achieve personal lines rate modernization as the...
Young to Lead Hanover/Citizens Personal Lines
May 18 2004 // The Citizens and Hanover Insurance Companies announced that Cynthia H. Young has been named president of the companies’ personal lines divisions, effective June 1. As president, she will be responsible for all...
RMS U.S. Hurricane Model Re-Certified by Fla. Commission in Establishing Residential Rates
May 12 2004 // Risk Management Solutions (RMS) announced that the Florida Commission on Hurricane Loss Projection Methodology (FCHLPM) unanimously re-certified the RMS Hurricane model for use in establishing residential insurance rates...
Personal Insurance Foundation of California Opposed to Most of Homeowners Bill of Rights Package
May 5 2004 // The Personal Insurance Federation of California (PIFC) announced opposition to three of the four measures that make up the “Homeowners Bill of Rights” (HOBOR) package that will be heard in the California...
Zuraitis Named Allmerica Personal Lines President
Apr 8 2004 // Allmerica Financial Corporation in Worcester, Mass. announced that Marita Zuraitis has been named president of Allmerica’s property and casualty companies, effective April 19. As president, Zuraitis will be...
Personal Lines Issues Dominate Michigan Agents Convention
Apr 5 2004 // A host of personal lines issues—ranging from credit scoring to a commissioner-requested data call to state fines on drivers with no proof of auto insurance—headlined the Michigan Association of Insurance Agents (MAIA)...
Liberty Completes Canada Personal Lines Sale
Apr 5 2004 // Boston-based Liberty Mutual Group announced that the sale of its Canadian personal lines business, consisting of private passenger automobile, homeowners and personal property insurance, to Meloche Monnex, Inc., a member...
Personal Lines Issues Dominate Mich. Agents Convention
Mar 30 2004 // A host of personal lines issues — ranging from credit scoring to a commissioner-requested data call to state fines on drivers with no proof of auto insurance — headlined the Michigan Association of Insurance Agents...
Allmerica CEO: Mass. Personal Lines Capacity Woes Could Spread to Other Lines
Mar 4 2004 // Massachusetts has a capacity crisis not just an auto market crisis which is being played out most vividly on Cape Cod and could spill over into other lines if more and bigger companies are not attracted to the state,...
Alamo CPCU Chapter Offers Personal Insurance Class
Mar 1 2004 // The Alamo Chapter of the CPCU Society announced it is presenting a new program of study: INS 22 – Personal Insurance. Study topics include: Automobile Insurance and Society; Health and Disability Insurance; Personal...
Tomas Urbanec New Head of ACE International Personal Lines
Feb 12 2004 // Gary Schmalzriedt, Chairman and CEO of ACE Overseas General (AOG), announced that Tomas Urbanec has been named as Executive Vice President, International Personal Lines. AOG is a financial reporting unit of ACE Limited,...
Arkansas Personal Lines Rate Report
Jan 26 2004 // The Property and Casualty Division of the Arkansas Insurance Department recently issued a report reflecting rate modifications in personal lines filed with the department from Feb. 1, 2003 through Aug. 31, 2003. The...
Travelers Names Charles T. Brooks, Chief Information Officer, Personal Lines
Dec 22 2003 // Travelers Property Casualty Corp. announced that Charles T. Brooks has been appointed chief information officer for personal lines. He comes to Travelers from Accenture, where he was a partner in the insurance practice and...
Reliant Offers Non-Standard Personal Auto Program
Dec 22 2003 // Reliant General Insurance Services announces their newest non-standard auto program underwritten through “B+” rated Occidental Fire & Casualty Company of North Carolina. This monthly direct bill program is...
MexiPass Notes 30% Commission Rate for Personal Auto Program
Nov 24 2003 // MexiPass Global Assurance, an MGA for insurance in Mexico, announced a new commission rate of 30 percent and On-line Policy Issuance, under the MexiPass exclusive Personal Automobile Programs underwritten by...
WorthMark Unveils Broker-Dealer Model to Personal Lines Firms
Sep 25 2003 // St. Paul, Minn.-based WorthMark Financial Services announced a new option for property/casualty insurance firms interested in bringing financial services to their clients. With its joint venture broker-dealer business...
Travelers P/C Adds Real-Time Billing Inquiry and On-Line Policy Summary for Personal Lines
Sep 12 2003 // Travelers Property Casualty announced that PL Policy Summary and Billing Inquiry are now available to independent agents for Travelers personal lines insurance policies. These new e-services are accessed directly through...
