Latest New Markets Headlines
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Music and Business Industry Specialist Gravitas Insurance Group in California Launches
Mar 17 2022 // Gravitas Insurance Group, an insurance brokerage in Los Angeles, California, designed exclusively to serve the music and business management communities, was launched this week by John Tomlinson. Tomlinson previously...
M.J. Hall Launches Admitted Cannabis Management Liability in California and Arizona
Mar 16 2022 // M.J. Hall & Co. is now offering directors and officers liability, employment practices liability and fiduciary liability insurance coverages to cannabis companies and their executives through an admitted product in...
First Chicago Launches Commercial Auto Insurance Program in Illinois And Indiana
Mar 15 2022 // First Chicago Insurance Company announced it recently launched its augmented commercial auto insurance program in Illinois and Indiana. The program covers owned or leased Vehicles, hired autos, non-owned, temporary...
People Moves: Sompo Int’l Restructures Insurance Business With 4 Teams; Miller Hires Martin for Sports & Entertainment; CFC Promotes Berry to Cyber Product Leader
Mar 11 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Sompo International, Miller and CFC Underwriting. A summary of these new hires follows here. Sompo International Holdings Ltd., the Bermuda-based...
Gallagher Launches Insurance Business in Dubai International Financial Centre
Mar 8 2022 // Insurance broker Gallagher has launched a new business in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) to support clients across the Middle East and Africa with its specialty and facultative reinsurance solutions. The...
Texas’ Dents.co Launches App That Measures Auto Body Damage
Feb 23 2022 // Dents.co, a new software company based in Longview, Texas, has launched a mobile app that measures auto body damage and provides reporting that repairers can share with insurers partners to speed negotiation repair...
Prime Insurance Company and Prime Property & Casualty Insurance Inc. Announces the Appointment of New Board Member
Feb 23 2022 // Ms. Richards states, “It is an honor to serve a carrier so dedicated to fighting for justice on behalf of our insured partners.” Chicago, IL, February 23, 2022 — Rick J. Lindsey, President, CEO and Chairman...
Asta and JPO Consulting Launch ARTes, an MGA Specializing in U.S. Inland Marine
Feb 17 2022 // Asta, the third-party managing agent at Lloyd’s, and JPO Consulting, announced the launch of ARTes Specialty Ltd., an independent UK-based managing general agent (MGA), wholly owned by its founders and...
Tokio Marine Invests in Satellite Imaging Specialist ICEYE, Enters NatCat Collaboration
Feb 9 2022 // ICEYE, the Helsinki-based synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data provider and specialist in natural catastrophe solutions, announced that Tokio Marine Holdings has made a strategic investment in the company as it looks to...
Aon Launches Cannabis-Focused Management Liability Program Greensite
Feb 3 2022 // Greensite Insurance Services, an Aon speciality insurance program, has launched a cannabis management liability program tailored toward private entities including start ups that are looking for substantial management...
BTIS Launches Expanded Workers’ Comp Coverage in California, Arizona, Colorado, Oregon, Nevada, Texas
Feb 2 2022 // Builders & Tradesmen’s Insurance Services Inc. announced access to an expanded workers’ compensation coverage option, which is now available in California, Arizona, Colorado, Oregon, Nevada and Texas. BTIS...
First Online M&A Insurance Marketplace Launches in Australia
Jan 31 2022 // io.insure, the world’s first online mergers and acquisitions (M&A) insurance marketplace for small and medium-sized business (SME) transactions, announced it has launched in Australia. The io.insure marketplace...
WTW Launches Crisis Management Business Unit for Security Risk Management
Jan 12 2022 // Willis Towers Watson announced the formation of a new Crisis Management unit with the merger of Special Contingency Risks (SCR) and the Terror and Political Violence teams, which will sit within its Financial Solutions...
Specialist MGA Platform Pine Walk Launches Energy Liability MGA, OPEnergy
Jan 12 2022 // Pine Walk Capital Ltd., the London-based specialist MGA platform, has announced the launch of its sixth MGA, OPEnergy Ltd. OPEnergy received regulatory approval from the UK regulator on Jan. 6, 2022 and will write onshore...
Germanna Community College Launches First High School Cybersecurity Class
Dec 28 2021 // The 10 students in Stephen Tate’s cybersecurity fundamentals class are unwitting multitaskers. In addition to preparing to pass the Computing Technology Industry Association’s Security+ exam – an exam...
Argo Announces Sale of ArgoGlobal SE as Group Focuses on U.S. Specialty Insurance
Dec 20 2021 // Argo Group International Holdings Ltd., the Bermuda-based underwriter of specialty insurance, announced an agreement to sell its Malta business operations, ArgoGlobal Holdings (Malta) Ltd. and its subsidiaries, to...
Goosehead Insurance to Enter Life Insurance Market with Ethos
Dec 8 2021 // Independent personal lines insurance agency, Goosehead Insurance Inc., has enter into the life insurance space through an alliance with insurtech Ethos Life (Ethos). The company announced today that through...
AGCS, Insurtech Visicover Launch Marine Insurance Service for UK Leisure Vessel Owners
Dec 7 2021 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), Allianz’ entity for large-scale corporate and specialty risks, announced the launch of an online marine insurance service designed for UK leisure vessel owners in...
Charles Taylor Accelerates Growth Course in the US as it Launches New Business Lines, Acquisitions and Attracts Top-Tier Talent
Dec 7 2021 // Achieving Rapid Growth in the US Since Rolling Out National Expansion Strategy NEW YORK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 7, 2021 – Charles Taylor Adjusting and Technical Services, a leading global loss adjusting business, today...
Willis Towers Watson Launches Industry Risk Forum for Ports and Terminals
Dec 2 2021 // Insurance broker Willis Towers Watson announced the launch of a dedicated risk forum for the ports and terminals industry. With ports and terminals client members worldwide, as well as risk forum specialists from Willis...
