Latest Personal Lines Headlines
All the headlines from our Personal Lines Topic Page, ordered by recency.
J.M. Wilson in Michigan Promotes Kiser to Personal Lines Manager
Apr 16 2009 // Portage, Michigan-based managing general insurance agency J.M. Wilson has promoted Stacey Kiser to manager of Personal Lines and assistant manager of Property/Casualty. She will oversee the day-to-day activities of the...
Farmers To Acquire AIG’s Personal Auto Group for $1.9 Billion
Apr 16 2009 // Los Angeles-based the Farmers Insurance Group of Companies has announced it will acquire American International Group’s (AIG’s) Personal Auto Group, which includes 21st Century Insurance Co. The acquisition...
Hawaii Re-Issuing Licenses for Personal Lines Insurance
Apr 6 2009 // The Hawaii Insurance Division is re-issuing license certificates to resident and nonresident insurance producers who sell personal lines insurance. The Homeowners-Personal Lines (HO-PL) and Vehicle-Personal Lines (VE-PL)...
Hawaii Re-Issuing Licenses for Personal Lines Insurance Producers
Mar 26 2009 // The Hawaii Insurance Division is re-issuing license certificates to resident and nonresident insurance producers who sell personal lines insurance. The Homeowners-Personal Lines (HO-PL) and Vehicle-Personal Lines (VE-PL)...
Esurance Exploring Massachusetts Personal Auto Market
Mar 24 2009 // Esurance, a San Francisco-based personal auto insurance direct writer, has taken preliminary steps to obtain a license to sell auto insurance in Massachusetts — although the company says it has no immediate plans to...
Florida Program Manager Allied American Enters Personal Lines
Mar 17 2009 // National program insurance manager Allied American Underwriters-AAU, headquartered in Tampa, Fla. has introduced a new national personal lines division. The new programs specialize in writing personal clients on both an...
Abram Interstate Offers Insurance for Hard-to-Place Personal Property
Mar 13 2009 // Abram Interstate Insurance Services Inc. in Rocklin, Calif., is offering coverage for hard-to-place homeowners and dwelling fire risks in Arizona and California. The company will write older homes with no updates, homes in...
Pacific Specialty Expands Texas Residential Property Programs
Mar 10 2009 // Pacific Specialty Property and Casualty Company, the Texas affiliate of California-based Pacific Specialty Insurance Company (PSIC) announced a new suite of preferred tier residential property insurance products in...
IMA Forms Unit to Focus on Small Commercial, Personal Lines Business
Mar 4 2009 // Wichita, Kan.-based IMA has formed a new subsidiary, Signature Select LLC. This new entity, a retail insurance broker, will provide personal insurance services and business insurance solutions for small to mid-sized...
Allstate Joins Personal Insurance Federation of California
Mar 4 2009 // The Board of Directors of the Personal Insurance Federation of California (PIFC) has voted unanimously to accept Allstate Insurance Co. as the newest member of PIFC. Allstate is the first new company to join PIFC in 15...
American Summit Offers Residential Property Insurance in Arizona
Feb 12 2009 // American Summit Insurance Co. of Waco, Texas, has introduced its residential property insurance program, Home Choice, in Arizona. The program features four packages of coverage: basic, value, ultra and special, plus...
Main Street America Unveils New System for Quoting Personal Lines
Jan 27 2009 // Jacksonville, Florida-based insurer The Main Street America Group has introduced Main Street Station for Personal Lines — a new quoting and policy issuance system for its independent insurance agents in Maine,...
Merchants Offers New Personal Auto Policy in New York
Jan 9 2009 // Buffalo, New York-based insurer, Merchants Insurance Group, has launched a new personal auto product in New York. The product, called Merchants Flexible Choice Auto, features significant rate reductions along with new...
Main Street Takes over Westfield’s Personal Lines Business in Delaware
Jan 7 2009 // Westfield Insurance will transfer its personal lines business in Delaware to The Main Street America Group’s NGM Insurance Co., Main Street said. Westfield, which is headquartered in Westfield Center, Ohio, entered...
GNW-Evergreen Insurance Names Scabareti Personal Lines Producer
Dec 31 2008 // Los Angeles-based GNW-Evergreen Insurance Services LLC has hired Tom Scabareti as its new dedicated personal lines producer. He will be responsible for bringing insurance products, services and solutions to high net worth...
MyMGA.com Offers Comprehensive Personal Liability Coverage in California
Dec 29 2008 // MyMGA.com, a division of PersonalUmbrella.com of Emeryville, Calif., is offering comprehensive personal liability coverage in California. Features of the product include coverage for: • Vicious dog breeds; •...
PURE to Offer Personal Lines Coverage in Connecticut
Dec 11 2008 // White Plains, New York-based Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange (PURE) said it has received approval from the State of Connecticut Insurance Department sell homeowners’ insurance and other personal lines of...
AIG Names DeSantis President, CEO of Personal Auto Group
Oct 27 2008 // AIG has named Anthony J. DeSantis as president and CEO of its Personal Auto Group. The Personal Auto Group includes aigdirect.com, the direct personal lines automobile insurance operations of American International Group,...
Fireman’s Fund Adds Two in Personal Insurance Division
Oct 16 2008 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. has appointed Darryl Page president for the Personal Insurance division, and appointed Greg Meyer senior vice president, product management for the Personal Insurance division. Page joins...
Reynolds to Head ACE’s International Personal Lines, SME Business
Sep 9 2008 // The ACE Group of Companies has announced the appointment of Douglas Reynolds as head of international personal lines and small-to-medium enterprise (SME) business. He will be responsible for expanding ACE’s presence...
