Program Business News

Verisk Opens Commercial Property Data to MGAs, Program Managers

Verisk Insurance Solutions said it is making its data for loss estimating of commercial properties available to managing general agents (MGA), managing general underwriters (MGU), and program administrators and others in excess and surplus lines. The data had been only …

Venture Insurance Expands Golf & Country Club Program to 14 New States

Venture Insurance Programs, a national insurance program administrator, has expanded its flagship PREFERRED CLUB program for the golf and country club industry to 14 additional states through Allied World Assurance Company (AWAC), one of three carriers supporting the program. PREFERRED …

K2 Insurance Acquires MGA, Launches Workers’ Comp, Accident Program with QBE

Program specialist K2 Insurance Services (K2) has acquired a New Jersey managing general agency specializing in workers’ compensation alternatives and also launched a nationwide workers’ compensation program with another Kentucky program manager and QBE North America. K2, which was formed …

Program Specialists Targeting Emerging Risks and ‘Doing Old Things Better’

Specialists in the program business segment agree – this is a good market to be in right now. Those specialists also agree that the program business market is poised to handle emerging risks that face the industry, in fact, they …

How Programs Address Emerging Risks

Specialists in the program business segment agree – this is a good market to be in right now. Those specialists also agree that the program business market is poised to handle emerging risks that face the industry, in fact, they …

Target Markets Study: Program Business Revenue Doubled in 5 Years

The financial performance of commercial property casualty insurance program administrators continues to outpace the performance of the overall property casualty insurance markets, according to the most recent study for the Target Markets Program Administrators Association (TMPAA). Program business premium revenues …

K&K to Partner with Producers to Provide New Program Business Markets

K&K Insurance Group, Inc., a subsidiary of Aon plc, is now accepting property and casualty program business from producers. K&K has provided property and casualty program options for more than 60 years, traditionally focused on the sports and leisure industries, …

QBE, Jorgensen & Co. to Offer Accountants Professional Liability Coverage

QBE North America and Jorgensen & Co., a specialist professional liability managing general underwriter, have formed an underwriting agreement to provide accountants and consultants professional liability insurance (APL). According to Don Allard, senior vice president, Specialty Programs at QBE, this …

General Star to Combine Contract P&C, E&O Divisions Into Program Unit

Surplus lines insurer General Star announced it is combining its contract Property/Casualty and Errors & Omissions divisions into a new delegated business division under the leadership of Matt Brown. The new division will be comprised of the existing contract P&C …

Aspen Appoints Tassone as Executive VP for U.S. Program Business

Aspen Insurance announced today that Dominick Tassone has been appointed executive vice president, Programs, for its U.S. business. Tassone’s appointment will be effective from Oct. 1, 2015 when Tom Muller, the current head of Programs for Aspen U.S. Insurance, retires …