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Markets/Coverages: BTIS and RLI Cater to Home-Based Businesses; Cover Genius Targets Midsize Retailers with Warranty App

BTIS Partners With RLI to Offer Nationwide Home-Based Business Insurance Managing general agent Builders & Tradesmen’s Insurance Services (BTIS) has launched a home-based business coverage that is available nationwide and underwritten by specialty insurer RLI. RLI’s home business insurance protects …

Specialty Insurer Fortegra Financial Corp. Launches EU Subsidiary in Malta

Fortegra Financial Corp., a Jacksonville-based international specialty insurer and subsidiary of Tiptree Financial, announced the creation of a wholly owned European subsidiary in Malta. The unit, called Fortegra Europe Insurance Co. Ltd. (FEIC), has received authorization from the Malta Financial …

EFG Companies Launch Extended Vehicle Warranty Product

EFG Companies has launched a vehicle service contract (VSC) called Simplicity Vehicle Protection that gives agents and brokers the ability to sell an extended warranty to clients after the purchase of the vehicle. With Simplicity Vehicle Protection, agents and managing …

Assurant Launches Solar Project Insurance

Assurant Inc. has unveiled an insurance product for commercial solar project developments designed specifically for the 100 kilowatts to three megawatts solar market. It allows developers of commercial and industrial scale projects to address problematic risks that have traditionally made …

Ex-US Fidelis Workers in Missouri to Split $1.5M

More than 550 former employees of US Fidelis in Wentzville, Mo., will share a nearly $1.5 million settlement reached in bankruptcy court. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the April 18 deal settles allegations that the workers weren’t properly warned …