Latest New Markets Headlines
All the headlines from our New Markets Topic Page, ordered by recency.
IPISC Launches Abatement Insurance Program for Intellectual Property Risks
Sep 19 2012 // Louisville, Ky. headquartered Intellectual Property Insurance Services Corporation (IPISC), which focuses on intellectual property (IP) insurance risks, has launched the InventPro Abatement Insurance program. The InventPro...
Specialty Risk Associates Announces New Hires and Promotions
Sep 7 2012 // Louisiana-based Specialty Risk Associates Inc. has made two promotions within its Shreveport office. Kelly Babin assumed the position of controller. Babin, a Certified Public Accountant, joined Specialty Risk in 2010 as...
CMIC Announces Additional Practice Coverage for Doctors
Sep 5 2012 // CMIC, a doctor-owned medical malpractice insurer serving Connecticut and Massachusetts, has launched a new program for Massachusetts doctors who are employed outside of their regular practice (commonly referred to as...
NAS Launches Enhanced E&O Coverage for Healthcare Consultants
Aug 30 2012 // NAS Insurance Services has enhanced their E&O program for healthcare facilities with more coverages for consultants. The E&O product for healthcare consultants now includes: Cyber liability coverage ...
Coastal Risk Underwriters Enters Alaska Homeowners Market
Aug 16 2012 // Coastal Risk Underwriters (CRU), a member company of Insight Catastrophe Group, has launched a new preferred homeowners program for properties located in the state of Alaska. The program, underwritten by Occidental Fire...
Advanced E&S Group Launches Community Association Debt Coverage
Aug 10 2012 // Advanced E & S Group has launched the Assessment Recovery Indemnity (ARI) program. ARI is a new insurance product underwritten by member companies of the AmTrust Group, designed to help condominium and homeowner...
Montpelier Re Announces Appointments in Property Treaty Operation
Aug 10 2012 // Montpelier Reinsurance Ltd., the Bermuda subsidiary of Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd., has announced several appointments in its Bermuda property treaty operation. Effective immediately, Paul Hopwood, formerly Head of US...
QBE Launches Packaged Protection for Business Owners
Aug 9 2012 // QBE is now offering business owners protection all in one package. Owners of small- to medium-sized companies may now insure their businesses and business vehicles, and provide workers’ compensation to their...
Swett & Crawford Subsidiary Launches New Marine Underwriting Division
Aug 3 2012 // Swett & Crawford subsidiary J. H. Blades & Co. has launched J. H. Blades Marine Underwriting Services (Blades Marine), a new marine insurance underwriting division. This full service MGU will underwrite brown water...
DTRIC Insurance Launches Usage-Based Auto Insurance in Hawaii
Aug 3 2012 // DTRIC Insurance will begin offering Akamai Rater, Hawaii’s first program that aligns individual driver behavior with auto insurance rates. DTRIC’s Akamai Rater uses a small, in-vehicle telecommunications device...
Ironshore Launches Commercial Crime Coverage Through Pembroke Syndicate
Jul 26 2012 // Ironshore Inc. has launched a specialty commercial crime product to be offered by its Lloyd’s Pembroke Syndicate 4000, based in London. Offering coverage limits up to GBP 20 million, Ironshore’s commercial...
Lexington Announces Law, Ordinance Upgrade Coverage Enhancement
Jul 24 2012 // Lexington Insurance Company has introduced Law and Ordinance Upgrade, a new enhancement that is available to Lexington’s higher education, healthcare and commercial real estate property policyholders. In the event of...
Relocation Insurance Group Launches Full Value Protection Moving Coverage
Jul 24 2012 // Relocation Insurance Group (dba Moving Insurance LLC) has launched a new moving insurance product designed to assist interstate moving companies that were required to adopt expanded Full Value Protection regulations...
Astonish Launches New Website with Insurance Industry Marketing Tools
Jul 24 2012 // Warwick, RI, 07/24/12 – Astonish, a Digital Marketing Company catering to Local Insurance Agencies, Financial Services and Group Benefit firms, MGA’s, Aggregators and Carriers recently launched a new website...
Everest National Launches Non-Profit Social Service Industry Program
Jul 17 2012 // Everest National Insurance Co., a U.S. insurance subsidiary of Everest Re Group, Ltd., has launched anon-profit social service program with NIF Group, Inc. that will target a variety of social service providers. NIF is a...
Global Special Risks Launches Liability Package for Energy Consultants
Jul 17 2012 // Global Special Risks (GSR), part of RSG Underwriting Managers, LLC, has launched a new liability package policy for energy consultants working primarily in the complex offshore/onshore and “fracking”...
CEA Unveils Homeowners Choice Earthquake Coverage Product Line
Jul 3 2012 // As of July 1, 2012, the California Earthquake Authority (CEA) is offering its new Homeowners Choice product line. The new product will give residents greater control over their earthquake insurance premium and the ability...
K&K Adds Optional Sexual Abuse Coverage to Sports, Entertainment Programs
Jun 22 2012 // K&K Insurance Group, Inc. has added a new optional sexual abuse and molestation coverage (SAM) available for most e-commerce sport, leisure and entertainment risk purchasing programs (RPG) including: Amateur sports...
Berkley Life Sciences Launches Coverage for Drug & Medical Device Shortages
Jun 19 2012 // Berkley Life Sciences, LLC, a member company of W. R. Berkley Corp., has released a new insurance created to address attempts to hold pharmaceutical and medical device companies liable because their drugs, devices or other...
Philadelphia Insurance Launches Commercial Flood Protection
Jun 14 2012 // Philadelphia Insurance Cos. has introduced a new commercial primary flood insurance product designed to be an alternative to businesses enrolled in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). There are a vast number of...
