Latest New Markets Headlines
All the headlines from our New Markets Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Speare & Company Entertains a Successful Business Approach
Nov 3 2003 // In our continuing series on Agency Insights, we look at Calif.-based Speare & Company, which offers property/casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage services and risk management solutions to a wide variety...
Schinnerer Unveils Basic Form Coverage for Technology Firms
Oct 16 2003 // TechVantage, Victor O. Schinnerer’s E&O program for technology professionals, has introduced a new policy form that provides basic coverage to smaller firms at a lower premium and deductible. “The Basic...
Advisen Launches New Version of Information Platform for Commercial Industry
Oct 16 2003 // Advisen, Ltd., a provider of information, analytics and benchmarking for the commercial insurance industry, recently introduced Version 2.0 of its information platform for insurance professionals. The New York-based...
Travelers Property Casualty Unveils ‘Hidden Hazards’ Fire Safety Education Program
Oct 6 2003 // Travelers Property Casualty Corp. will sponsor a public television documentary on fire safety, which will premiere in November on Connecticut Public Television and be available to other stations across the country next...
Fla. Announces New Strategy for Fighting Auto Fraud
Oct 6 2003 // Continuing efforts to put an end to reported spiraling auto insurance premiums by combating fraud, Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher recently joined Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez-Rundle...
NYSID Announces Arrest of Queen’s Man for Selling Fraudulent Auto ID Cards
Sep 24 2003 // New York’s Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio announced that Vincent Morciglio, 49, of Jamaica was arrested on Friday and charged with two counts of forgery and two counts of criminal possession of a forged...
APCapital Announces Additional Stock Buyback Authorization
Sep 23 2003 // East Lansing, Mich.-based medical liability insurer American Physicians Capital Inc. announced that its board of directors has authorized the continuation of its share repurchase program. This authorization allows the...
Schinnerer Unveils Educational Coverage for Colleges and Universities
Sep 9 2003 // Victor O. Schinnerer and Company has launched EdChoice, an insurance program for small to mid-size colleges and universities. The EdChoice policy, Trustees, Officers, Management and Employment Liability, offers employment...
CIS Inc. Enters S.C. Non-Standard Auto Market
Aug 29 2003 // Jess Chappell, president and CEO of Savannah, Ga.-based CIS Inc., announced that CIS plans to enter into the South Carolina non-standard auto market by taking over the administration of an already existing...
CIS, Inc. announces entry into S.C. non-standard auto market
Aug 28 2003 // CIS, Inc. announces entry into S.C. non-standard auto market Jess Chappell, President and CEO of Savannah, GA based CIS, Inc., announced that CIS will enter into the South Carolina non-standard auto market by taking over...
Shepard Announces Offer, State Auto Advises Patience
Aug 25 2003 // Investor Gregory Shepard, who owns approximately 5 percent of Columbus, Ohio-based State Auto Financial Corp., announced a cash tender offer for 8 million of STFC’s almost 13 million public shares for $32 per share,...
Calif. Commissioner Announces New Emergency Regs for Homeowners
Aug 22 2003 // Watch Video Length: 10 min 36 sec Lo | Hi California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi reiterated that homeowners are in crisis during a press conference in San Diego Aug. 21, announcing new additions to his...
Pa. Announces Significant Expansion Of Crop Insurance Coverage
Aug 18 2003 // Pennsylvania’s Agriculture Secretary Dennis C. Wolff announced that the state’s “AGR-Lite” crop insurance protection program’s maximum policy size has been raised to $250,000, from the...
N.Y. Officials Announce Indictments of Auto Body Shop Insurance Fraud Ring
Aug 14 2003 // Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown, joined by Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly and New York State Insurance Department Superintendent Gregory V. Serio, announced that the owner, manager and employees of a Far...
Klein & Costa Unveils New Market for 30 States, Forms New Division
Aug 12 2003 // California-based Klein & Costa Insurance Services has a marine insurance facility new market (non-admitted/admitted, ‘A’ rated) available for 30 states in the West, Great Lakes and Northeast regions. The...
Abram Interstate Unveils New Homeowner Program
Aug 6 2003 // California-based Abram Interstate has a new homeowners progam available. The program includes: Nuts & Bolts: Abram Interstate, Inc., announced a new Homeowner program. Dollars: Values start at $300,000 and up to $5...
N.Y. Officials Announce Arrest in 9/11 Auto Fraud Case
Jul 22 2003 // New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and New York State Insurance Superintendent Gregory Serio announced the arrest of Peter Perouza, 32, who is charged with insurance fraud and grand larceny stemming from a...
CDS Business Mapping Unveils Birdseye Geocoding
Jul 22 2003 // CDS Business Mapping, a provider in online hazard mapping, announced the release of its revolutionary, patent pending, Birdseye Geocoding™ technology. Birdseye Geocoding combines digital street files and aerial images to...
Zurich North America Unveils FinanceSuite Product Line for Small Business Customers
Jul 18 2003 // Zurich North America announced the launch of the FinanceSuite(tm) product on the Business Finance Center website. The Business Finance Center is an online commercial lending marketplace where the Zurich network of...
E.L.M. Unveils New Market for Misc. Professional Liability
Jul 17 2003 // California-based E.L.M. Insurance Brokers Inc., a specialist in professional liability, has a new market for miscellaneous professional liability, including some hard-to-place classes. Underwritten by Alea London Ltd.,...
