Latest Property Headlines

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Lloyd’s China, Tokio Marine Kiln & PICC Sign Intellectual Property Liability Deal

Oct 30 2015 // Lloyd’s China, Tokio Marine Kiln and People’s Insurance Company of China Property and Casualty Company (PICC P&C) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to provide intellectual property infringement...

Florida Regulators ‘Encouraged’ by Insurers’ Stress Test Results

Oct 29 2015 // Florida property insurers are well-capitalized and able to handle a 1-in-100 year storm event if and when it occurs in the state, according to the Florida Office of Insurance’s 2015 Data Call and subsequent stress...

Police: 7th St. Louis Church Property Torched in 2 Weeks

Oct 23 2015 // An arsonist set fire to the rectory doors of a 172-year-old Catholic church early on Oct. 22, marking the seventh attempt to burn a place of worship in the St. Louis area in two weeks, police said. Authorities said an...

Data Call Deadline Approaching for Property Insurers in Georgia

Oct 21 2015 // Personal and commercial property insurers in the State of Georgia have until Oct. 30 to respond to a Data Call from the Georgia Insurance Department. The bulletin for the data call, issued in August, states the information...

Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Adds New All Risk Property Program in 50 States

Oct 19 2015 // San Diego, CA, October 19 2015 – Arrowhead General Insurance Agency, Inc. (Arrowhead), one of the largest program administrators in the country, announced today the addition of a new Commercial All Risk property...

E&O Insights: How Well Are You Managing Your Agency’s Commercial Lines Accounts?

Oct 19 2015 // Ask errors and omissions (E&O) carriers about their results when dealing with commercial lines shops and most, if not all, would comment that heavy commercial lines agencies definitely generate their share of E&O...

10 Things to Know About Commercial Property

Oct 19 2015 // Commercial property insurance continues to be a buyer’s market with additional capacity still making its way into an already overcrowded space. In the current market it is important for the insureds to set goals...

Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC Hires Lee Glaser as the Senior Vice President of the Commercial Division

Oct 15 2015 // San Diego, CA, October 15 2015 – Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC, a National multi-line program administrator, welcomes Lee Glaser as the new Senior Vice President of the Commercial Division. In his new role, Lee...

Insurance Rules For Valuing Damaged Or Destroyed Property

Oct 13 2015 // Replacement cost does not mean what the client believes or has been told. Insureds assume replacement cost translates into new stuff for old junk – because agents have told them that’s how it works. Well, to be...

Global Property Insurance Premiums Top $360 Billion: Finaccord Survey

Oct 12 2015 // As of the end of 2014 the worldwide property insurance market was worth $360.5 billion in gross written premiums with household (homeowners’) policies making up 54 percent of this total, according to a survey...

American Claims Management Tapped for Constitution Insurance’s Claims Management

Oct 12 2015 // San Diego, CA, October 12 2015– American Claims Management (ACM) has been chosen as the third party claims administrator for Constitution Insurance Company (CIC) for their personal property product division, effective...

European Property Underwriting Forms Capacity Agreement with 3 Risk Partners

Oct 6 2015 // European Property Underwriting Limited (EPU), a London-based property owners MGA, has secured an exclusive capacity arrangement with three risk transfer partners, led by HDI Gerling, with major co/reinsurance...

Berkley Re UK Launches Global Facultative Property Unit; Galea to Lead Team

Oct 5 2015 // Berkley Re UK Limited*, the London-based subsidiary of W. R. Berkley Co., announced it launched a global facultative property unit to provide targeted and tailor-made coverage to global clients, which will “enable...

Underinsurance of Property Is Growing Global Challenge: Swiss Re Report

Oct 5 2015 // The underinsurance of property risk – particularly natural catastrophe risks – has risen steadily over the past 40 years, even though claims payments have increased significantly during that period, according to Swiss...

Report: Florida Cities Most Vulnerable to Storm Surge

Oct 5 2015 // Four of the top eight cities most vulnerable to a major storm surge are located in Florida, according to a new report released by Karen Clark & Company (KCC). The 2015 “Most Vulnerable U.S. Cities to Storm Surge...

Experienced Property Broker Michael Dauth Joins Breckenridge Insurance Services as Vice President

Oct 2 2015 // ATLANTA, Ga., October 2, 2015 — Michael Dauth has joined Breckenridge Insurance Services, a leading specialty wholesale commercial brokerage firm, as vice president, broker. With more than 20 years of insurance...

Great American Insurance Names Niehaus Property/Casualty Sr. VP

Sep 25 2015 // Great American Insurance Group based in Cincinnati, Ohio, has named James (Jim) R. Niehaus was named senior vice president and chief information officer of its Property and Casualty Group. Jim Niehaus Niehaus joined the...

Intellectual Property: Case of the Monkey’s Selfie and Animals’ Copyright

Sep 25 2015 // A macaque monkey who took now-famous selfie photographs should be declared the copyright owner of the photos, rather than the nature photographer who positioned the camera, animal-rights activists contend in a novel...

CoreLogic Adds Probabilistic Flood Model to Risk Management Program

Sep 25 2015 // CoreLogic, a residential property information, analytics and data-enabled services provider, has released an expanded version of its natural catastrophe risk management program, which features a probabilistic flood model...

Construction Defect Analysis for Occurrence and Manifestation Occurrence Form Policies

Sep 21 2015 // The commercial general liability (CGL) policy is the standard insurance policy used for construction liability risks. Because of this, a question often arises as to whether or not the policy that’s in force when the...