Philadelphia Insurance Companies News

PHLY Acquires Staffing Insurance Business from World Wide Specialty Programs

Philadelphia Insurance Companies (PHLY) has acquired the Staffing Insurance Business offered by World Wide Specialty Programs Inc., based in Melville, N.Y. World Wide will operate as a division of PHLY and assume responsibility for its book of staffing business with …

Philadelphia Insurance Promotes Pottle to Chief Strategic Operations Officer

Philadelphia Insurance Companies (PHLY) has promoted Bob Pottle to executive vice president and chief strategic operations officer (CSOO). The CSOO role is a newly created position that will use Pottle’s 34 years of leadership and experience at PHLY to enhance …

How Risks Change When Recreation Turns to Adventure

Vacationers and tourists are no longer content to sit and relax; they want adventure. The global adventure tourism market is forecast to grow by as much as 46 percent by 2020, according to the Global Adventure Tourism Market 2016-2020 report …

Philadelphia Insurance Companies in Pennsylvania Promotes 5 Employees

Philadelphia Insurance Companies (PHLY), a commercial property/casualty and professional liability insurance company for niche markets based in Bala Cynwyd, Penn., has promoted five employees to vice president. Yvonne Burgess, Michael Ricca and Chris Rosecrans are now vice presidents in the …

Philadelphia, UCPM to Offer Storage Tank Pollution Coverage

Philadelphia Insurance Companies has partnered with UCPM, Inc., an environmental insurance provider, to offer storage tank pollution liability coverage. The new Storage Tank Environmental Policy (STEP) protects policyholders from claims for bodily injury, property damage, and remediation expenses associated with …

Philadelphia Insurance Names Zurich’s Kilroy as National VP of Marketing

Specialty property/casualty insurer Philadelphia Insurance Companies announced the hiring of Brian Kilroy as national vice president of Marketing. Kilroy will lead the insurer’s wholesale and global broker relationships, as well as focus on business development opportunities between Tokio Marine Group …

Philadelphia Insurance Renews Campaign to Plant 80K Trees

Philadelphia Insurance Companies (PHLY) in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, announced that it is continuing its partnership this year with the Arbor Day Foundation with a goal of planting 80,000 trees for the second year in a row. PHLY reached its 2015 …

Philadelphia Insurance Companies Promotes 2 to Senior VP

Philadelphia Insurance Companies, a commercial property/casualty and professional liability insurance company for niche markets, announced the promotion of two vice presidents to senior vice president. Sam Garro is now senior vice president of Compliance and Patrick Walton assumes the position …

Philadelphia Insurance Launches Craft Brewery & Distillery Coverage

Philadelphia Insurance Companies (PHLY) has launched a new product for craft brewery & distilleries that offers a package policy and other product enhancements. There’s been consistent growth in breweries year-over-year since the early 1990s, and according to Brewer’s Association, some …

Philadelphia Insurance Launches Integrated Technology Product

Philadelphia Insurance Companies’ has launched its Integrated Technology product to address the issues from the evolution of technology and growth of the industry through a suite of coverages for complex, multifaceted technology organizations. PHLY’s product offers all the coverage needs …