Latest New Markets Headlines
All the headlines from our New Markets Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC, Announces Expansion of Republic Underwriters to Nine Additional States
Sep 16 2014 // San Diego, Calif. (Sept. 16, 2014) – Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC, a national multi-line program manager, is pleased to announce the expansion of its workers compensation presence throughout the United...
Brit Launches Cyber Product for Critical Infrastructure, Industrial Machinery
Sep 15 2014 // Brit PLC, a global specialty insurer and reinsurer, has developed an insurance service to protect companies operating critical infrastructure and industrial machinery from terrorist and other malicious attacks, such as...
MAPFRE Enters Mass. Life Insurance Market
Sep 8 2014 // MAPFRE U.S.A. has begun selling a term life insurance product in Massachusetts, where MAPFRE’s subsidiary, Commerce Insurance, is the largest auto and home insurance carrier. MAPFRE said it is seeking to leverage its...
Marsh Launches Catastrophic Cyber Policy For Large Companies
Sep 4 2014 // Marsh, a global insurance broker, risk manager and a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Cos., has launched a new cyber insurance policy that provides catastrophic protection for large companies seeking to...
CGSC Launches Marine Specialists Latitude in Hong Kong
Sep 2 2014 // Latitude Brokers Ltd., previously the Marine Division of Cooper Gay Asia, has been launched as a separate entity. The change follows the receipt of regulatory approval in July 2014 by the Hong Kong Confederation of...
MAPFRE Enters Life Insurance Market in Massachusetts
Aug 27 2014 // MAPFRE U.S.A. said it has begun selling a term life insurance product in Massachusetts, where MAPFRE’s affiliate Commerce Insurance Company is the largest auto and home insurance carrier. MAPFRE said it is seeking to...
Chubb Launches Crime Coverage for Payment Fraud
Aug 25 2014 // The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has created a crime insurance endorsement to help protect companies from an increasingly prevalent type of fraud. Chubb’s Social Engineering Fraud Endorsement provides coverage...
JHPInsite Launches Business Discovery Tool for Brokers
Aug 25 2014 // Reno, NV, 8/25/14– JHPInsite.com, an insurance quote engine technology company, is pleased to announce the launch of I-Square.org. I-Square.org represents an innovative new tool designed to assist agents and brokers...
Allianz Launches Cyber Crime Coverage for Canadian Companies
Aug 19 2014 // Industrial insurance specialist Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has launched Allianz Cyber Protect in Canada, a suite of coverages with capacity to protect a company in the event of a data loss or a...
Alteris Launches Specialty Insurance Program for Large Water-Related Entities
Aug 19 2014 // Alteris Insurance Services Inc. has launched a new specialty insurance program for large water-related entities in the contiguous U.S. (excluding Alaska and Hawaii). Alteris’s new coverage provides protection to...
Acadia Insurance Launches Small Business Product in Maine, New Hampshire
Aug 15 2014 // Acadia Insurance, a W. R. Berkley Co., has launched a new insurance policy for small businesses in Maine and New Hampshire called AcadiaAdvantage. The product is expected to be available in additional states this...
Maryland Gov. O’Malley Announces Disaster Relief for June Flooding
Aug 11 2014 // Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley has announced a disaster relief package to help residents of Allegany and Washington counties who were affected by flooding in June. The governor announced the relief last Friday. The...
ICAT Launches a New California Homeowners Earthquake Product
Aug 4 2014 // BOULDER, CO – (August 4, 2014) – ICAT, a leading provider of property insurance to businesses and residences in hurricane and earthquake exposed regions of the United States, is pleased to announce the launch of its...
SCI Underwriting Management Launches Four New Products for Aging Service Industry
Jul 31 2014 // SCI Underwriting Management, LLC, a managing insurance agency with a focus on the aging service industry, has launched four new products for the segment: property (ultimate cover); nursing home auto coverage; crime...
Berkshire Specialty Enters Fiduciary Liability Segment, Hires Prussack as VP
Jul 28 2014 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has entered the fiduciary liability market and named Rhonda Prussack as vice president, Fiduciary Liability, to lead the effort. According to Dan Fortin, senior vice president,...
XL Group Launches Cyber Liability Coverage in Brazil
Jul 22 2014 // After last month’s launch of its cyber liability including professional indemnity coverage for technology companies, XL Group has announced “the launch of a second, more general cyber risks insurance solution...
Chief Executive Insurance Services Launches Personal Director’s Liability Coverage
Jul 18 2014 // Chief Executive Insurance Services has launched an enhanced personal director’s liability (PDL) policy. Coverage is available to members of Chief Executive Group and their spouses, as well as non-members through...
Aon Launches Custom Liability Product for Railroad Industry
Jul 17 2014 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, has launched a new product designed to support the railroad industry, including Class I railroads. Called the Cantilever Excess Pollution Liability...
CFC Underwriting Launches Intellectual Property Product
Jul 16 2014 // Specialist lines underwriting agency CFC has launched an intellectual property product focused on small and medium sized companies. The product can cover the costs associated with a number of intellectual property...
New Specialty Insurance Group to Target Sports, Entertainment Markets
Jul 10 2014 // Specialty Insurance Group (SIG) has been launched by three specialty and risk insurance veterans, Greg Mosher, David Harris and Lowery Robinson, to provide custom programs for the needs of the sports, leisure and...
