Latest Answer Financial Headlines
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Distribution Overpowers Underwriting. How CNA Ex-CEO Chookaszian Views Industry’s Past, Present and Future
Jun 1 2018 // The former chief executive of an insurance company believes the center of value of the property/casualty industry has shifted away from one of the activities that would seem to define an insurance risk-taking enterprise:...
Answer Financial in California Names Smith Director of Business Development
Dec 19 2017 // Encino, Calif.-based Answer Financial has named Kevin Smith director of business development. Smith will report to Tom Capp, senior vice president of business development. Smith has more than 25 years of experience within...
Worldwide Facilities in California Names Answer Financial’s Galaviz CFO
Oct 6 2017 // Worldwide Facilities LLC has named John Galaviz its new chief financial officer. He is based in the firm’s Los Angeles, Calif. headquarters. Galaviz was chief financial officer for Answer Financial prior to joining...
Answer Financial Adds Rideshare Gap Coverage in 24 States
Sep 26 2017 // Answer Financial, a national auto and home insurance agency., has added rideshare gap coverage plans to its offerings on its insurance comparison shopping platform. Rideshare drivers can now compare specialized coverage...
Answer Financial Expands Insurance Comparison Site Into Homeowners Segment
Jul 25 2017 // Answer Financial, a personal lines insurance agency in the U.S., has expanded its insurance comparison platform to include homeowners and condo insurance. The expansion enables shoppers to compare rates and customize...
Allstate’s Sadler Moves to Answer Financial as Director of Carrier Relations
May 5 2017 // Jeff Sadler has joined online insurance agency Answer Financial as director of Carrier Relations. Sadler will oversee strengthening the agency’s carrier platform to meet the needs of its growing customer base. He...
Answer Financial’s Beard Joins Car Insurance Comparison Markeplace, The Zebra
Sep 21 2016 // Austin, Texas-based car insurance comparison marketplace, The Zebra, has added Steve Beard as vice president of sales operations. Beard joins The Zebra after directing carrier relations at Answer Financial, which was...
Answer Financial Names Bur to Direct Business Development
Sep 14 2016 // National auto and home online insurance agency Answer Financial has hired Eric Bur, most recently with The General, as director of Business Development. Answer is expanding its business development team to grow its network...
Capp Joins Answer Financial to Sign More Business Partners
Mar 30 2016 // Tom Capp has joined the senior management team for the online auto and home insurance agency Answer Financial. Capp, as senior vice president of Business Development, will be working to grow the company’s network of...
Cummings, Beard Join Answer Financial
Jul 29 2015 // Allstate’s online auto and home insurance agency Answer Financial has added two insurance professionals to its leadership team. Brendan Cummings joins Answer as the director of Business Development to build...
Insurance and Online Dating
Feb 23 2015 // With today’s technology the world of knowledge, commerce, and even love, are at people’s fingertips. So Answer Financial asks, why not insurance? If 40 million people choose to find love online, maybe they...
Buying Insurance Is Like Online Dating? Or Loving a Local Agent?
Feb 13 2015 // Buying insurance has been compared to having a root canal and betting with pirates. It’s been called confusing and boring. More than a few have said they’d rather listen to nails on a chalkboard than sit...
Answer Financial Inc. Opens Insurance Sales Office in Utah
Jun 4 2014 // Encino, Calif.-based Answer Financial Inc. will open a fourth office in Ogden, Utah. The office, adjacent to operations for sister company Esurance, opens this summer. The office is currently taking applications for sales...
Answer Financial Relocating Main Tennessee Sales Center to Knoxville
Oct 2 2013 // Online insurance agency Answer Financial Inc. is relocating its main Tennessee call center to West Knoxville. The office is slated to open next week. The agency is celebrating its new state-of-the-art sales center with a...
Answer Financial Builds Sales Center in Knoxville
Jan 28 2013 // Home and auto insurance seller Answer Financial Inc. has broken ground on a 32,775 square foot facility in Knoxville, Tenn. that will serve as the company’s primary sales center. The office will have capacity for...
Zander Insurance, Answer Financial to Offer Home, Auto Insurance Nationwide
Apr 19 2012 // Zander Insurance Group has partnered with Answer Financial to offer home and auto insurance to its customers nationwide. Zander Insurance offers a range of personal insurance products, including term life, disability,...
Business Moves
Nov 7 2011 // The Doctors Co., FPIC Medical liability insurer The Doctors Co. completed its previously-announced acquisition of FPIC Insurance Group Inc., a major provider of health care liability insurance in Florida, Texas, Georgia...
Business Moves
Oct 17 2011 // Allstate, Esurance, Answer Financial The Allstate Corp. said it has obtained all required regulatory approvals and closed its acquisition of Esurance and Answer Financial from White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. The...
Allstate Closes on $1 Billion Acquisition of Esurance, Answer Financial
Oct 7 2011 // The Allstate Corp. said it has obtained all required regulatory approvals and closed its acquisition of Esurance and Answer Financial from White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. The purchase price was approximately $1...
Allstate Targets Online Insurance Sales; Buys Esurance, Answer Financial
May 18 2011 // In a bid to capture more business from customers who shop online, giant Allstate Corp. has agreed to pay $1 billion to buy two popular online insurance sellers — Esurance and the associated site, Answer...
