Latest American Family Insurance Headlines
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Indiana Supreme Court Affirms Importance of Reading Policy
Aug 26 2014 // Failure to procure insurance claims of agent malpractice typically involve agent conduct where the agent makes a promise of future activity and not representations about existing provisions related to actual coverages or...
Premium for Most Expensive Car Close to Income for Typical American Family
Aug 21 2014 // A Ferrari 250 GTO Berlinetta last week became easily the most expensive car sold at auction by when a bidder at a California auction agreed to buy it for $38.1 million, according to Hagerty Group LLC, a Traverse City,...
Flashback: Key P/C Insurance Mergers and Acquisitions of 2013
Mar 24 2014 // Compared to some previous years, there were not a lot of mergers in the property/casualty carrier space in 2013 but there were some interesting ones. Major carrier transactions included specialty insurer Markel’s...
Small Business Online Insurer AssureStart Now Writing in Maryland, Pennsylvania
Feb 14 2014 // AssureStart, a Seattle-based start-up direct company that sells small business insurance on the Internet, has opened for business in Maryland and Pennsylvania. Owned primarily by American Family Insurance, AssureStart...
American Family Insurance Super Bowl Ad Features Seattle’s Wilson
Jan 30 2014 // An American Family Insurance commercial featuring Seattle Seahawks Quarterback Russell Wilson is set to debut in select local media markets on Super Bowl Sunday, the company announced. The Madison, Wis.-based mutual...
Small Business Insurance Provider AssureStart to Launch in Texas
Nov 8 2013 // Madison, Wis.-based American Family Insurance is partnering with Seattle-based start-up, AssureStart, to sell small business insurance online to Texas businesses beginning in mid-November. After launching in Texas,...
Business Moves
Sep 23 2013 // American Family, Homesite Group Madison, Wis.-based American Family Insurance reached agreement to acquire direct homeowners insurer Homesite Group Inc. for an anticipated $616 million. Homesite Group is a Boston-based...
American Family Insurance to Acquire Homesite Group for $616M
Sep 6 2013 // Madison, Wis.-based American Family Insurance announced that it reached agreement to acquire direct homeowners insurer Homesite Group Inc. for an anticipated $616 million. Homesite Group is a Boston-based direct writer of...
Insurer Drops Nebraska Man’s Policy Because of Police Dog, Then Apologizes
Nov 5 2012 // An insurance company that canceled the homeowner’s policy of a Nebraska sheriff’s deputy because of his K-9 unit dog said it’s looking to change its practices regarding police dogs. American Family...
Insurer Drops Nebraska Man’s Policy Due to Police Dog, Then Apologizes
Oct 29 2012 // An insurance company that canceled the homeowner’s policy of a Nebraska sheriff’s deputy because of his K-9 unit dog said it’s looking to change its practices regarding police dogs. American Family...
Business Moves – Midwest
Oct 8 2012 // AmWINS North Carolina-based insurance wholesaler AmWINS Group Inc. has partnered with two insurance industry executives, Terry Younghanz and Richard Parks, to form a new managing general underwriter (MGU) focused on...
American Family Acquiring Permanent General, Lumbermens Casualty
Sep 27 2012 // American Family Insurance, based in Madison, Wis., is acquiring Nashville, Tenn.-based PGC Holdings Corp. and its subsidiaries, including non-standard auto insurers Permanent General and The General. The agreement was...
American Family Insurance Launches Online Home Inventory Service
Jul 27 2012 // American Family Insurance has unveiled DreamVault, a home inventory application that’s free to everyone. DreamVault is available online at www.amfam.com and www.amfamlatino.com (Spanish version) and as an app for...
Healthcare Costs for Insured American Family Top $20K in 2012: Milliman
May 15 2012 // The average cost of healthcare for a typical American family of four in an employer- sponsored health plan in 2012 is $20,728. That is a 6.9 percent increase over the 2011 total but the lowest rate of increase in the 10...
Minn. Supreme Court: No Dismissal in Negligence Case Against Agent
Sep 5 2011 // The Minnesota Supreme Court has refused to dismiss a lawsuit against an insurance agent over “negligent procurement of insurance coverage.” Robert M. Swendra of the Robert M. Swendra Agency Inc. representing...
Minn. Supreme Court Rules Against Agent in Negligent Procurement Case
Aug 5 2011 // An insurance agent in Minnesota lost an appeal asking to the state Supreme Court to dismiss a case against him over “negligent procurement of insurance coverage.” Robert M. Swendra with the Robert M. Swendra...
American Family Mutual Insurance to Pay $1M to Arizona Homeowners
May 12 2011 // The Arizona Department of Insurance announced that American Family Mutual Insurance Co. will be paying approximately $1.1 million to more than 5,000 homeowner claimants. In the course of investigating a complaint, the ADOI...
American Family Creates Hispanic Marketing Campaign
Nov 16 2010 // American Family Insurance, in partnership with The San Jose Group, recently debuted its first-ever music-licensing advertising campaign for the Hispanic market. “This popular song was an ideal match for American...
American Family Insurance Offering Business Accelerator Program
Sep 24 2010 // Madison, Wis.-based American Family Insurance has announced the availability of a free, Business Accelerator Program that offers small business owners the opportunity to learn from nationally recognized business experts...
American Family Insurance Cuts Arizona Auto Rates 5.9%
Mar 8 2010 // American Family Mutual Insurance Co. is lowering Arizona auto insurance rates by an average of 5.9 percent starting March 1, saving its Arizona auto insurance customers $13.7 million, the Madison, Wis.-based insurer...
