Latest Personal Lines Headlines
All the headlines from our Personal Lines Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Survey Says Personal Liability Limits Fail to Keep Pace With Growth in Household Assets
May 25 2001 // According to a survey by the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies Personal liability protection is not keeping pace with personal asset growth or litigation trends, leaving affluent individuals and their families exposed to...
Lebo Named Interim Head of Safeco Personal Insurance
Mar 21 2001 // SAFECO has appointed Bill Lebo as interim chief operating officer for SAFECO Personal Insurance, the company’s largest insurance segment. Lebo, 55, will continue to serve as executive vice president for...
Insurance Carriers to Launch Personal Lines Site
Feb 14 2001 // American International Group, Kemper Insurance Cos. and Prudential Insurance Co. of America plan to jointly establish a web-based insurance agency that will allow consumers to research, buy and manage personal lines...
TRAVELERS PERSONAL LINES AGENTS
Feb 5 2001 // Travelers has launched a new Internet-technology-based automation system for personal lines independent agents in an effort to save them time and improve their profitability by simplifying the quoting and issuing of new...
Travelers Launches Web-based Quote, Rate and Issue System For Personal Lines Agents
Jan 23 2001 // Travelers has launched a new Internet-technology-based automation system for personal lines independent agents in an effort to save them time and improve their profitability by simplifying the quoting and issuing of new...
Progressive Announces Changes to Personal Auto Programs
Oct 12 2000 // Progressive announced that effective Nov. 11, 2000, the company will make changes to its personal auto programs in both Progressive West and Progressive Marathon. These actions, which are being taken in response to...
CNA Personal Insurance Unveils New Name
Sep 29 2000 // CNA Personal Insurance has changed its name to Encompass Insurance, pledging to sell only through independent agents. Independent agents represent one third of the personal lines insurance market and $45 billion in annual...
Personal Auto Profits Plummet
Aug 14 2000 // As Losses Top 66 Percent Will Texas Soon Bench the Benchmark System? Personal auto losses increased last year in 35 of 51 markets across the country, making for an average pure loss ratio of 65.6 percent, the highest level...
Hartford School of Insurance Trains Personal Lines
Aug 7 2000 // Responding to a shortage of seasoned personal lines producers in insurance agencies, The Hartford School of Insurance is offering a development program for new agency personal lines producers. The first class starts in...
The Hartford Makes Plans to Roll Out SEMCI to Commercial, Personal Lines Agencies
May 23 2000 // Beginning in June, The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. will begin providing agencies with the ability to complete applications and receive and accept binding insurance quotes in real time through their agency...
Brady, Chapman, Holland Finalizes Plans To Spin Off Personal Lines Department
Apr 24 2000 // Brady, Chapman, Holland, one of the largest independent agencies in the state, is putting the finishing touches on a deal to turn its personal lines department into a wholly owned subsidiary. The deal, expected to be...
