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#1 Rebates on HO Premiums? It’s a Thing, Orion180 Says in Launching Florida Coverage
Apr 10 2025 // Orion180, a property insurance and surplus lines carrier founded in Melbourne, Florida, in 2016, has now started writing policies in the state where it is headquartered. And it is doing so with what appears to be an...
#2 Markets/Coverages: Resilience Announces New Cyber Loss Prevention Tools; Amwins Forms New Transportation Entity; Aon Launches Suite of Risk Analyzer Tools
May 2 2024 // Resilience announced new integrated capabilities that enable enterprises to continuously monitor and prioritize their mitigation and transfer of cyber risk. Following the launch of Technology Errors and Omissions (E&O)...
#3 Texas Launches Compensation Program for Border Property Crime Damage
May 10 2024 // Texas landowners along the U.S.-Mexico border who have experienced damage caused by border property crime can now file for reimbursement of up to $75,000, attorney general Ken Paxton announced this week. Texas lawmakers...
#4 Ryan Specialty Announces Succession Plan: Pat Ryan to Exec Chair, Turner to Be CEO
Jul 1 2024 // Ryan Specialty Holdings, Inc. said company founder, chairman and chief executive Patrick G. Ryan will move to an executive chairman role and Timothy W. Turner will take over as will become CEO. Turner is currently...
#5 Tech Update: WTW, Riskonnect Launch Risk Diagnostic Tool for Workers’ Comp
May 13 2024 // Insurance broker WTW has formed a partnership with Riskonnect to pilot an analytical delivery tool that connects claims and exposure data through its new offering WTW Risk IQ API (application programming interface). The...
#6 Markets/Coverages: Howden Launches 1st Carbon Credits Warranty & Indemnity Insurance Policy
Jun 24 2024 // Howden, the London-based insurance intermediary group, announced the placement of the first carbon credits warranty and indemnity (W&I) insurance policy. The W&I policy provided insurance cover on the sale of...
#7 Britam of Kenya Plans to Enter $5 Billion Congo Insurance Market
Jun 11 2024 // Britam Holdings Ltd. is hunting for opportunities to enter the massive but under-served insurance market in Democratic Republic of Congo later this year. Kenya’s biggest listed insurer by market value with operations...
#8 Mangrove, Another New Property Insurer, Enters Florida Market
Jan 27 2025 // Itasca Re chairman Stephen Weinstein has launched a new Florida-domiciled insurance carrier, known as Mangrove Property Insurance, with plans to assume thousands of policies from Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Mangrove,...
#9 Specialty Re/Insurer Convex to Enter Lloyd’s With Syndicate 1984
Feb 14 2025 // Convex Group Ltd., the international specialty insurer and reinsurer, announced it has received in-principle approval to launch Lloyd’s Syndicate 1984, which will commence underwriting in April 2025. Convex said it...
#10 Coverys Launches London Market Insurer, Approved to Write US E&S Business
Jul 2 2024 // Coverys Ltd., a UK entity in the Coverys Group of Companies, has received regulatory authority to launch a London company market insurer, effective June 26. Coverys Ltd. is part of Coverys’ dedicated London platforms...
#11 Markets/Coverages: Hartford and Coalition Announce Cyber Capacity Partnership in UK
Oct 29 2024 // The Hartford and cyber-MGA Coalition announced a strategic, long-term capacity partnership in response to growing customer and broker demand for Coalition’s active cyber insurance approach in the UK market. The new...
#12 Markets/Coverages: High-End Home Insurer Openly Enters Virginia
Jul 10 2024 // Home insurer Openly has begun offering its coverage options to independent insurance agents and their policyholders in Virginia. Already active in 23 states, the upmarket home insurer said it is launching in Virginia with...
#13 Markets/Coverages: Ryan Launches Specialty National Programs Group
Mar 5 2025 // Global specialty insurance firm Ryan Specialty is launching a new practice group focusing on specialty, class specific package business on both an admitted and non-admitted basis. The new group will be within its...
#14 Risk Theory Launches New High Value Homeowners Insurance
Dec 3 2024 // Dallas, TX, December 3, 2024 — Jupiter Risk Services, an affiliate of Risk Theory, is proud to launch its High Value Homeowners Insurance, a new insurance product designed specifically for single-family, high-value...
#15 Ergo Enters US Small Business Insurance Market With Full Buy of Next Insurance
Mar 20 2025 // Munich Re said it has acquired Next Insurance, which will become part of the reinsurer’s major primary insurance business, Ergo. The agreement in place values Next Insurance at $2.6 billion. Ergo already owned nearly...
#16 The 12th New Property Insurer, Apex Star Reciprocal, Enters Florida Market
Apr 8 2025 // Florida’s insurance commissioner on Monday announced another entry into the warming waters of the Florida property-casualty market – the 12th new insurer in the last two years. Nichols (Linkedin) Apex Star...
#17 Markets/Coverages: MGA OpenRoad Enters Collector Vehicle Insurance Market
May 21 2024 // Managing general agency Open Road Insurance announced its entry into the marketplace for collector vehicle auto insurance with its first license in Texas, and plans to launch in other U.S. states later this...
#18 Markets/Coverages: E&S MGA Ledgebrook Launches Architects & Engineers Product
Jun 21 2024 // Ledgebrook, the Boston-based excess-and-surplus managing general agent, announced it will be expanding its professional lines offerings by launching an architects and engineers product with its capacity provider, the...
#19 CyberTrust Massachusetts Launches Cybersecurity Services for Cities and Towns
May 17 2024 // The nonprofit CyberTrust Massachusetts recently launched cyber assessment and monitoring services to help cities and towns in the state address the trend of escalating cyber attacks, ransomware, infrastructure disruption...
#20 Tokio Marine Kiln Launches Specialty Reinsurance Division
Sep 13 2024 // Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK), the international specialist insurer, announced the formation of a new Specialty Reinsurance division to support the company’s growth ambitions in the sector. The new division will be led by...
