Latest Personal Lines Headlines
All the headlines from our Personal Lines Topic Page, ordered by recency.
IBTX Risk Services Adds Bell as Director of Personal Insurance
Jul 7 2015 // IBTX Risk Services, an independent insurance agency based in Dallas, has hired Michael Bell as director of its personal insurance division. Bell brings nearly 25 years of experience in the retail insurance agency system...
Vermont Issues Bulletin on Price Optimization in Personal Lines Ratemaking
Jul 2 2015 // Vermont regulators issued a bulletin last week addressing the issue of “price optimization” in personal lines ratemaking. The Vermont Department of Financial Regulation (DFR) noted in the bulletin that some...
USI Acquires Personal Risk Business from BBVA Compass in Arizona
May 20 2015 // USI Insurance Services has acquired the personal risk services business of BBVA Compass Insurance Agency Inc. The accounts, homeowner, automobile, umbrella and other recreational policies, will be combined into the USI...
Abbate Insurance Promotes Iannotti-Montz to Personal Lines VP in Connecticut
May 15 2015 // Lisa Iannotti-Montz Abbate Insurance Associates, an independent insurance agency in New Haven, Connecticut, promoted Lisa Iannotti-Montz to personal lines vice president from personal lines manager. In her new role, she...
North Named President, Personal Lines at Grange Insurance
May 12 2015 // Grange Insurance, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, has named John North president of personal lines. In this role, North will be responsible for the overall growth and profitability of the company’s personal lines...
ACE Launches High Net Worth Personal Insurance Business in Canada
Apr 7 2015 // ACE Group has launched its high net worth personal insurance capabilities in Canada through ACE Private Risk Services. ACE’s program features a highly customizable and specialized package of policies that can include...
Allianz Completes Sale of Fireman’s Fund Personal Lines to ACE
Apr 1 2015 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) said it has completed the sale of the U.S. personal lines business of Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. (FFIC) to ACE Ltd. The sale, which closed on schedule as previously...
Mercer’s Garg Returns to AIG as CEO of Personal Insurance
Apr 1 2015 // American International Group Inc. has named Gaurav D. Garg as chief executive officer, Personal Insurance. The appointment marks the return of Garg to AIG, where he held various personal insurance roles for 12 years before...
Liberty Mutual Centralizing Personal Lines Service at 6 Call Centers
Mar 31 2015 // Boston-headquartered Liberty Mutual said it is moving to a centralized service model for its personal insurance customers beginning in January 2016. This move involves transitioning local service activities into customer...
Personal Insurance Federation of Florida Releases TNC Legislation Guidelines
Mar 27 2015 // Transportation network companies such as Uber and Lyft represent a promising technology that can serve consumers well in the future, but Florida legislators should clarify the insurance requirements for these services in...
Lockton in Colorado Adds Bell as Personal Lines Producer
Mar 11 2015 // Lockton’s Denver, Colo. operation has hired Nate Bell as personal lines producer. Bell has spent 13 years in the insurance industry, most recently as a personal lines producer and sales leader for IMA nationwide. He...
The Hartford Names Sprague to Lead Personal Lines
Mar 4 2015 // Ray Sprague The Hartford Financial Services Group has named Ray Sprague executive vice president, Personal Lines, effective immediately. Sprague will report to Doug Elliot, president of The Hartford. He is based in the...
MiddleOak Exiting Personal Lines; Selling Business to Mapfre
Feb 5 2015 // Spanish insurance giant MAPFRE SA has said it wants to expand and is eying acquisitions in both Europe and the U.S. Barely two months into 2015, it has pulled the trigger on one such deal in New England, reports...
ACE to Buy Fireman’s Fund Personal Lines; Famous Brand Fading Away
Jan 12 2015 // On Dec. 18, Allianz Group announced that it would sell the U.S. personal lines business of its Fireman’s Fund unit to ACE for $365 million by means of renewal rights arrangement. The merger of the personal lines...
Personal Auto Rates Rose 2.1%, Homeowners 3.5% in 2014: RateWatch
Jan 12 2015 // Personal auto insurance companies increased their rates by an average of 2.1 percent countrywide in 2014, according to insurance consulting firm Perr & Knight’s RateWatch reports. The three states with the...
Personal Auto Rates Rose 2.1%, Homeowners 3.5% in 2014: RateWatch
Dec 30 2014 // Personal auto insurance companies increased their rates by an average of 2.1 percent countrywide in 2014, according to insurance consulting firm Perr & Knight’s RateWatch reports. The three states with the...
ACE to Keep Most Fireman’s Fund Personal Lines Staff: Andrade
Dec 23 2014 // ACE Group said it will keep most of the employees with Fireman’s Fund’s personal lines business once its $365 million acquisition of the division from Allianz goes through. “We value Fireman’s Fund...
ACE to Buy Fireman’s Fund Personal Lines; Famous Brand Fading Away
Dec 18 2014 // Allianz Group has agreed to sell the U.S. personal lines business of its Fireman’s Fund unit to ACE for $365 million by means of renewal rights arrangement. The merger of the personal lines business with ACE and the...
Hub International Northeast Hires Dionisio as Personal Lines VP in Conn.
Nov 19 2014 // HUB International Northeast, part of Hub International Limited, has hired Rose Dionisio as vice president of Personal Lines. Based out of the firm’s Fairfield, Connecticut office, Dionisio will be responsible for...
Top 50 Personal Lines Leaders
Nov 17 2014 // About the Personal Lines Leaders: The 2014 Personal Lines Leaders in this special feature are taken from Insurance Journal‘s Top 100 Property/Casualty Independent Agencies as reported in August. This list utilizes...
