Latest Personal Lines Headlines
All the headlines from our Personal Lines Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Miss. to Hold Personal Lines Credit Score Hearing
Sep 8 2003 // The Mississippi Department of Insurance announced it has scheduled a Sept. 9 public hearing on a proposed regulation on the use of credit scoring in personal lines insurance underwriting. Adoption of Mississippi Department...
NYSID Issues Guidelines on Personal Auto Insurance
Aug 19 2003 // The New York State Insurance Department has issued Circular Letter #12, addressed to “All Insurers Authorized To Write Motor Vehicle Insurance In New York State; Rate Service Organizations; And Insurance Producer...
National American Ins. Co. to Focus on Non-Standard Personal Auto
Jul 30 2003 // Rancho Dominguez, Calif.-based National American Insurance Company of California, the primary insurance subsidiary of Danielson Holding Corporation, announced its decision to focus exclusively on the California...
Alan D. Brannan Named Personal Lines Prez at Grange Insurance
May 20 2003 // Alan D. Brannan has been named the new president of personal lines underwriting at Columbus, Ohio-based Grange Insurance following a thorough countrywide search. He most recently served as president and chief operating...
Landmark Personal Lines Reg. Mod. Bill Introduced in S.C.
May 13 2003 // According to the Alliance of American Insurers, a bill introduced in the South Carolina Senate will put the state’s regulation of insurance light years ahead of any other and benefit homeowners by introducing more...
Banknorth Div. to Use InsBridge Personal Lines Rating Platform
May 13 2003 // Plano, Texas-based InsBridge Inc., a provider of rating and product management solutions for the insurance industry, announced that Banknorth Insurance Group selected the InsBridge RateManager(tm) Suite, the InsBridge...
AAIS To Host Web Seminar on Personal Lines Mold Filings
May 8 2003 // The American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS) will hold a Web-based seminar Wednesday, May 28, concerning new endorsements to allow insurers to limit or exclude personal lines coverage for losses arising from mold...
Aon: Personal Lines Had Lowest Earnings Volatility in 2002
May 8 2003 // Aon Corp. announced the results of its 2002 “Property and Casualty Earnings Volatility Study” that highlighted the insurers and reinsurers that were most effective at minimizing the volatility in their...
Personal Umbrella
Apr 7 2003 // Nuts & Bolts: Superior Access has expanded its personal umbrella programs with two new carriers. There are some limitations and ineligible risks. Agents are invited to visit the Web site at www.superioraccess.com to...
The Hartford Names Bennett Senior V.P., Personal Lines
Mar 25 2003 // The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. announced that Jonathan Bennett has been named senior vice president of the personal lines division in its property-casualty operations effective April 1. Bennett succeeds Paul...
Superior Access Introduces Two New Personal Umbrella Programs
Mar 24 2003 // Irvine, Calif.-based Superior Access Insurance Services Inc. recently announced that they are expanding their personal umbrella programs with two new carriers – both are rated “A (Excellent) ” by A.M....
NAII Leads Effort for ‘Best Practices’ List on Personal Lines Auto
Mar 12 2003 // With some regulators reportedly intent on removing personal lines regulatory modernization from their agenda, the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) offered to lead an industry effort to review personal...
Montemayor Issues Order on Filing of Residential Rates
Feb 28 2003 // Texas Insurance Commissioner Jose Montemayor issued an order on Feb. 26, 2003 requiring residential property insurers to file with the Texas Department of Insurance rates and supporting information as required in Senate...
NAII Expresses Disappointment on RI Mold Regs for Personal Lines
Feb 5 2003 // The National Association of Independent Insurers expressed its disappointment at the recent position adopted by the Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation (DBR) that third-party liability arising from a mold filing...
Fitch Says Personal Lines will Fare Better than Commercial
Jan 15 2003 // Highlighting the questions on profitability and reserves, Fitch Ratings reports that the commercial line and reinsurance sectors of the domestic property/casualty industry faces greater uncertainty than personal lines,...
S&P’s: Higher Premiums Support Personal Lines Insurers
Dec 4 2002 // Cash-strapped homeowners and automobile insurers have enacted the steep price increases necessary to recapture profitability, according to Standard & Poor’s just-published outlook for 2003, which puts the...
S&P’s Sees Improvement for Personal Lines Insurers
Dec 3 2002 // The performance of both of the major coverages written by predominantly personal lines insurers – automobile and homeowners multi-peril insurance – have begun to improve, and there is the prospect of continued...
Personal Umbrella
Dec 2 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Anderson & Murison Inc. has available a program for personal umbrella. Dollars: Policy limits of $10,000,000. Primary or $5,000,000. Excess over $5,000,0000. Other company primary. No deductibles or...
NAII Reacts to Ark. Directive on Personal Lines Credit Scoring
Nov 28 2002 // Insurers are weighing the ramifications of a directive filed by the Arkansas Department of Insurance that amends the requirements for insurers using credit-based insurance scores for personal lines ratings and...
Non-Standard Personal Auto
Sep 26 2002 // Nuts & Bolts: Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc. is offering a non-standard personal automobile insurance program for select producers through its personal lines division. Dollars: BIPD limits available up to...
