Latest New Markets Headlines
All the headlines from our New Markets Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nationwide to Re-Enter New Jersey’s Auto Insurance Market
Jun 6 2014 // New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance Commissioner Ken Kobylowski said today Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company has been approved to write auto insurance in New Jersey, and the company will begin offering auto...
Great American Launches Bitcoin Coverage for Commercial, Governmental Entities
Jun 3 2014 // Great American Insurance Group’s Fidelity/Crime Division has launched commercial coverage for bitcoins, a virtual online peer-to-peer medium of exchange. Bitcoins are used as a method of exchange by which...
NAS Insurance, Swett & Crawford Launch Cyber Liability Program for IIABCal Members
Jun 2 2014 // NAS Insurance Services and Swett & Crawford have created new cyber liability products for IIABCal members and their clients. Members can now log on to NAS Online to quote and issue cyber liability policies for their...
Heritage Insurance Launches Commercial Residential Program
Jun 2 2014 // Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc. has launched a new insurance program for commercial residential properties in Florida. The new line will be written by Heritage’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Heritage Property &...
FirstComp Launches Small Business BOP Product in Hawaii
May 28 2014 // FirstComp, a division of Markel Service, Inc., has launched a new small business owner policy, FirstComp EssentialBOP, for FirstComp-appointed independent agents writing business in Hawaii. The BOP product is also...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Enters Travel Insurance Business
May 20 2014 // Berkshire Hathaway Travel Protection, part of Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance, has launched the first product in its new travel-insurance line designed for travelers, travel agencies, tour operators and travel...
Ironshore Personal Lines Launches Boat, Watercraft Coverage for High-Net Worth Clients
May 8 2014 // Ironshore’s personal lines unit now offers an endorsement option for personal watercraft coverage for high net worth insured homeowners. Ironshore’s watercraft program provides “all risk” coverage...
ANE, Hyundai Marine & Fire Launch New Homeowners Insurance Program
May 8 2014 // ANE, Agency Network Exchange, has formed an agreement with Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co. that gives its members direct access to Hyundai’s new homeowners insurance product. ANE and its member agents...
Revolution Group, Inc. Launches RevON® Insurance eForms on Salesforce1 AppExchange, the World’s Leading Business Apps Marketplace
May 8 2014 // Insurance professionals will save time and ensure accuracy with pre-filled ACORD forms Westerville, Ohio – May 8, 2014 – Revolution Group, a leading technology integration provider specializing in the property/casualty...
QBE North America Launches Management Liability & Professional Lines Coverages
Apr 30 2014 // QBE North America’s continues its expansion into the management liability & professional lines arena with the launch of three new products for public and private commercial companies and financial institutions...
Broker/Insurer Combo Launch Food and Beverage Industry Contamination Coverage
Apr 17 2014 // Willis Group Holdings has announced the launch of a new product contamination insurance proposition, in partnership with XL Group, Willis Limited’s Food and Drink and Faber Global teams, in association with BRC...
Specialty Insurance Managers Launches High Value Homeowners Program
Apr 14 2014 // Specialty Insurance Managers Inc., a managing general agent based in Austin, Texas, has begun offering a new high value homeowners insurance program in Texas, New Mexico, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas, with plans...
ProSight Specialty, Tangram Insurance Launch Social Service Package Program
Apr 10 2014 // ProSight Specialty Insurance and Tangram Insurance Services Inc. have added a package insurance product offering for the companies’ joint Community First Insurance Program serving social service organizations. The...
XL Group Launches K&R Coverage with Crisis Management Advisory Services
Apr 8 2014 // XL Group has launched a kidnap, ransom & extortion (KRE) crisis policy that features a new agreement with risk consultancy, Terra Firma Risk Management LLP. Through the agreement, XL Group’s new KRE coverage is...
Maine Insurance Bureau Announces New Online Auto, Homeowners Resources
Apr 8 2014 // Maine Governor Paul R. LePage and Insurance Superintendent Eric Cioppa recently announced that the Bureau of Insurance now offers new online resources for consumers who want to compare auto and homeowners insurance...
Century Risk Advisors Launches Professional Liability Division
Apr 7 2014 // Century Risk Advisors (CRA), an independent brokerage and risk management agency, has launched a new Professional Practice Division that will specialize in creating risk management and insurance programs for law firms,...
Allied World U.S. Launches Coverage for Liability, Expenses of Privacy Breach
Apr 3 2014 // Allied World U.S. has launched Privacy//403 SRVS, a Specified Response Vendor Solution (SRVS) policy to provide coverage for liability and expenses associated with the compromise of sensitive information and information...
Ironshore Personal Lines Launches Primary Flood Coverage for High Value Homes
Apr 2 2014 // Ironshore’s Personal Lines unit has expanded property coverage protection for high net worth homeowners. Ironshore will offer a primary flood option as part of its homeowners insurance for properties valued at $1...
Louisiana Property Insurer Announces Public Offering
Apr 1 2014 // 1347 Property Insurance Holdings Inc., a property and casualty insurance holding company offering homeowners and dwelling insurance to individuals in Louisiana through its wholly-owned subsidiary Maison Insurance Co.,...
Business Risk Partners, LIU Launch New E&O Policy Form for Agents, Brokers
Mar 26 2014 // Program administrator Business Risk Partners (BRP) has launched a new insurance agents and brokers professional liability form through Liberty International Underwriters (LIU), a division of Liberty Mutual Insurance....
