Latest Auto-Owners Insurance Headlines
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Liberty Mutual, Auto-Owners See DPW Jump in Q1
Jul 6 2023 // Though the U.S. commercial auto insurance industry’s 2022 combined ratio came in above 100 for the fourth time in five years, Liberty Mutual and Auto-Owners started 2023 with double-digit growth in direct premiums,...
Auto-Owners, Erie, Cincinnati, Hartford, Hanover Tops in Agents’ Satisfaction: J.D. Power
Oct 17 2022 // Despite near constant disruption from the twin forces of digital transformation and economic uncertainty, independent insurance agents have never been more satisfied with their carrier partners. According to the J.D. Power...
Auto-Owners, Erie, Cincinnati, Hartford, Hanover Tops in Agents’ Satisfaction: J.D. Power
Oct 4 2022 // Despite near constant disruption from the twin forces of digital transformation and economic uncertainty, independent insurance agents have never been more satisfied with their carrier partners. According to the J.D. Power...
People Moves: CIG Promotes Foggie to Director of Field Operations; Scheiner Named Southwest Field Executive
Jul 1 2022 // Monterey, California-based Capital Insurance Group named Victor Foggie director of field operations. Foggie will oversee CIG’s regional field executives in addition to the home office commercial lines unit. He will...
CIG in California Promotes Cummins, Hepner
Feb 12 2021 // Monterey, Calif.-based Capital Insurance Group has promoted Scott Cummins to assistant vice president in personal lines, and Pauleen Hepner to regional field executive. Cummins will oversee personal lines underwriting,...
AM Best Upgrades Capital Insurance Group in California
Dec 29 2020 // Monterey, Calif.-based Capital Insurance Group has been upgraded by AM Best. CIG received a rating of A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent). AM Best stated: “Concurrently, AM Best has upgraded the FSR to A (Excellent)...
Capital Insurance Group in California Names Doll President and CEO
Nov 5 2020 // Monterey, Calif.-based Capital Insurance Group has named Andy Doll president and CEO. Doll will take the helm of CIG beginning Jan. 1, 2021. Doll currently serves as senior vice president and chief operating officer at...
Business Moves
Sep 7 2020 // National Aon, Wills Towers Watson Shareholders of insurance brokers Aon and Willis Towers Watson have approved all of the proposals necessary to complete their previously announced combination, the firms announced. Aon...
Huron Capital’s High Street Acquires Michigan’s Capital Insurance Group
Aug 14 2020 // High Street Insurance Partners (High Street), a portfolio company of the private equity firm Huron Capital, has acquired Capital Insurance Group (CIG), headquartered in Bloomfield, Michigan. CIG primarily sells commercial...
Insurance Journal’s Top 10 West Region Stories of 2019
Jan 2 2020 // California wildfires dominated the news in Insurance Journal’s Western region in 2019, despite it being a quiet year relative to two consecutive years of deadly blazes that came before. Three of the year’s top...
Capital in California Names Doll Senior Vice President, Chief Operation Officer
Oct 29 2019 // Monterey, Calif.-based Capital Insurance Group has named Andrew Doll senior vice president and chief operating officer. He will continue to manage the insurance operations teams, as well as all other corporate...
Capital Insurance Group in California Names Zic Controller
Sep 6 2019 // Monterey, Calif.-based Capital Insurance Group has named Rob Zic controller. Zic will lead the CIG accounting team and focus on reporting accuracy, enhanced controls, improved documentation and automation efficiencies. He...
Business Moves
Jun 17 2019 // National Ryan Specialty, Atlantic Specialty Ryan Specialty Group has acquired the assets and operations of Atlantic Specialty Lines Inc. The ASL team is now a part of R-T Specialty, the wholesale brokerage unit of Ryan...
Capital Insurance Group in California Officially Acquired by Auto-Owners Insurance
May 28 2019 // Capital Insurance Group is now a member of the Auto-Owners Insurance group of companies after regulatory approvals were cleared and closing documents were signed this week. CIG in February entered into an agreement to be...
Auto-Owners to Acquire Capital Insurance Group in California
Feb 19 2019 // Auto-Owners Insurance has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Monterey, Calif.-based Capital Insurance Group. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Auto-Owners Insurance Group is headquartered in Lansing, Mich....
A.M. Best Assigns Credit Ratings to Delaware’s Auto-Owners Specialty Insurance
Jun 11 2018 // A.M. Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of a- to Auto-Owners Specialty Insurance Company (AOSIC) of Dover, Del. The outlook assigned to these ratings is...
Harrold to Retire as Chairman, CEO of Auto-Owners Insurance
Dec 12 2017 // Jeff Harrold, chairman and chief executive officer of Lansing, Michigan-based Auto-Owners Insurance Co. and its affiliates, is retiring effective Dec. 31, 2017, the company announced. He has been with the company for more...
Michigan’s Auto-Owners Insurance Named PIA National’s Company of the Year
Sep 21 2017 // The National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) has named Lansing, Mich.-based Auto-Owners Insurance Co. as recipient of its 2017 Company Award of Excellence. “Auto-Owners is highly deserving of this,...
Business Moves
May 1 2017 // Cook Maran, Gundermann Cook Maran & Associates, one of New York and New Jersey’s largest insurance brokers, will acquire Gundermann & Gundermann, a third-generation, family owned company that’s grown...
Auto-Owners and Concord General Mutual Insurance Affiliation Approved
Apr 6 2017 // Auto-Owners Insurance and Concord General Mutual Insurance have announced that their affiliation has been approved, effective April 1, 2017, by policyholders and all regulatory bodies. Auto-Owners is a Lansing,...
