Latest Property Headlines

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Fla. Weighs Special Session to Take Up Property Insurance Ideas

Nov 15 2006 // Insurers would be able to buy more reinsurance from the state’s hurricane catastrophe fund and homeowners would be able to buy lower cost policies offering less than complete coverage if recommendations from a...

Liberty Mutual Property Opens Office in Orange County

Nov 14 2006 // Liberty Mutual Property, a business unit of Liberty Mutual Group, opened a new office in Orange County, Calif., in response to what it’s calling a growing book of middle-market commercial property business in...

Max Re Posts $26.5 Million Q3 Net Income; Names Becker Chairman, CEO

Nov 14 2006 // Bermuda-based Max Re Capital Ltd. reported net income for the three months ended September 30, 2006 of $26.5 million, or $0.42 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $44.2 million, or $0.96 per diluted share, for the...

ACE Europe Names Cryer UK, Ireland Commercial Property, Package Product Manager

Nov 13 2006 // Ace European Group has named Stephanie Cryer as its UK and Ireland Commercial Property and Package Product Manager. She joins ACE from Chubb where she was most recently the London Strategic Marketing manager and previously...

First American Property & Casualty Insurance CIO Named Elite 8

Nov 10 2006 // Santa Ana, Calif.-based First American Property & Casualty Insurance Co. a member of The First American Corp. family of companies, announced that Jim Court, vice president and chief information officer of First...

Commercial Premiums, Except Coastal Property, Continued Falling in 3Q

Nov 7 2006 // Commercial insurance premiums fell slightly in the third quarter of this year, representing a continuation of the trends that occurred in the past two quarters, according to the RIMS Benchmark Survey, which surveys current...

Under Construction: The Green Property Insurance Market

Nov 7 2006 // Douglas G. Hotchkiss, owner of the Dallas, Texas-based Hotchkiss Insurance Agency, hadn’t thought much about building “green” or environmentally-friendly structures. But he now says, “it’s a...

A year after Katrina, commercial property market ‘bleak’ in New Orleans

Nov 6 2006 // Placing of business is harder than it has ever been, agent says We insure a business in French Quarter in New Orleans which was unaffected by the flooding from Katrina and for the most part had fairly limited windstorm...

Crist, Davis promise different insurance plans for Fla.

Nov 6 2006 // Florida gubernatorial hopefuls Charlie Crist and Jim Davis agree that three challenges facing the state are skyrocketing homeowners insurance rates, rising property taxes and public schools that some rank among the...

Consumer group says property-casualty rates drop ‘irrespective’ of tort reform enactment

Nov 6 2006 // There is continuing evidence that the skyrocketing insurance rates of 2000 to 2003 have led to record industry profits, but commercial insurance rates have stabilized or dropped in almost every sector, including medical...

Survey: Commercial market softens, insurer appetite increases

Nov 6 2006 // The commercial property/casualty market continued to soften during the third quarter, with indications that some insurers are finding an appetite for business in which they previously were not interested, according to the...

There are no ‘mulligans’ in commercial property

Nov 6 2006 // Lessons in loss prevention help keep commercial property insurance clients from becoming statistics You may be familiar with the word “mulligan.” In golf it means a chance to do it over without a penalty....

UNDER Construction: The Green Property Insurance Market

Nov 6 2006 // Douglas G. Hotchkiss, owner of the Dallas, Texas-based Hotchkiss Insurance Agency, hadn’t thought much about building “green” or environmentally-friendly structures. But he now says, “it’s a...

Crist, Davis promise different insurance plans for Fla.

Nov 5 2006 // Florida gubernatorial hopefuls Charlie Crist and Jim Davis agree that three challenges facing the state are skyrocketing homeowners insurance rates, rising property taxes and public schools that some rank among the...

A year after Katrina, commercial property market ‘bleak’ in New Orleans

Nov 5 2006 // We insure a business in French Quarter in New Orleans which was unaffected by the flooding from Katrina and for the most part had fairly limited windstorm damage,” said Parke Ellis, a principal with Gillis, Ellis...

Survey: Commercial market softens, insurer appetite increases

Nov 5 2006 // The commercial property/casualty market continued to soften during the third quarter, with indications that some insurers are finding an appetite for business in which they previously were not interested, according to the...

Consumer group says property-casualty rates drop ‘irrespective’ of tort reform enactment

Nov 5 2006 // There is continuing evidence that the skyrocketing insurance rates of 2000 to 2003 have led to record industry profits, but commercial insurance rates have stabilized or dropped in almost every sector, including medical...

Commercial Property

Nov 5 2006 // N12 84 IT spurs need for underwriters Professional liability issues expected to grow

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Nov 5 2006 // Douglas G. Hotchkiss, owner of the Dallas, Texas-based Hotchkiss Insurance Agency, hadn’t thought much about building “green” or environmentally-friendly structures. But he now says, “it’s a...

There are no ‘mulligans’ in commercial property

Nov 5 2006 // You may be familiar with the word “mulligan.” In golf it means a chance to do it over without a penalty. Unfortunately, in the world of loss prevention and property protection, a mulligan is typically not an...