Latest Property Headlines
All the headlines from our Property Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Marine market responds to stressed catastrophic property coverage
Aug 7 2006 // A recent Wall Street Journal story proclaimed, “As Hurricane Season Begins, Disaster Insurance Runs Short.” Indeed, the stark headline in the July 10 article mirrors the market reality: There is a severe lack...
Marine market responds to stressed catastrophic property coverage
Aug 7 2006 // A recent Wall Street Journal story proclaimed, “As Hurricane Season Begins, Disaster Insurance Runs Short.” Indeed, the stark headline in the July 10 article mirrors the market reality: There is a severe lack...
Florida moving ahead with commercial lines reinsurance pool
Aug 7 2006 // Florida is moving to reactivate a state-run reinsurance pool for commercial lines insurance to help businesses obtain insurance. The Commercial Joint Underwriting Association (JUA) is intended to provide property insurance...
Fighting future losses in the midst of fire season
Aug 7 2006 // With 68,775 blazes already this year, the 2006 wildfire season is well on its way to becoming the worst in 10 years, according to the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC). Its data shows 5.03 million acres have burned,...
Marine market responds to stressed catastrophic property coverage
Aug 7 2006 // A recent Wall Street Journal story proclaimed, “As Hurricane Season Begins, Disaster Insurance Runs Short.” Indeed, the stark headline in the July 10 article mirrors the market reality: There is a severe lack...
New breed of pampered pet services creates market for insurers
Aug 7 2006 // With pet-friendly hotels, doggie happy hours and pet massages available today, this world might truly have gone to the dogs–and cats. According to the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association Inc., 63 percent...
‘Mom & Pop’ dry cleaning market hangs on environmental issues
Aug 7 2006 // While franchises and large company mergers have changed the landscape of businesses across the United States, the “Mom and Pop” structure of most dry cleaning facilities continues to be successful. With...
Growth in retail shopping centers a boon for insurance brokers
Aug 7 2006 // When the going gets tough, the tough go … shopping! Judging by the 18 percent increase in the development of retail shopping centers in the United States in 2005 over 2004, that tongue-in-cheek adage has more than a...
Plenty of room in still-growing self-storage program market
Aug 7 2006 // Randy Tipton, president of Universal Insurance Facilities (www.univins.com) in Phoenix, understands firsthand why self-storage facilities have caught on with so many Sunbelt residents and made her insurance niche a...
Marine market responds to stressed catastrophic property coverage
Aug 7 2006 // The marine market, although not immune to severe weather and other catastrophic occurrences, has not suffered to the extent of the mainline commercial property sector. A recent Wall Street Journal story proclaimed,...
Fighting future losses in the midst of fire season
Aug 7 2006 // With 68,775 blazes already this year, the 2006 wildfire season is well on its way to becoming the worst in 10 years, according to the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC). Its data shows 5.03 million acres have burned,...
Marine market responds to stressed catastrophic property coverage
Aug 7 2006 // The marine market, although not immune to severe weather and other catastrophic occurrences, has not suffered to the extent of the mainline commercial property sector. As such, industry players have sought to fill gaps in...
New breed of pampered pet services creates market for insurers
Aug 7 2006 // With pet-friendly hotels, doggie happy hours and pet massages available today, this world might truly have gone to the dogs—and cats. According to the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association Inc., 63 percent...
‘Mom & Pop’ dry cleaning market hangs on environmental issues
Aug 7 2006 // While franchises and large company mergers have changed the landscape of businesses across the United States, the “Mom and Pop” structure of most dry cleaning facilities continues to be successful. With...
Growth in retail shopping centers a boon for insurance brokers
Aug 7 2006 // When the going gets tough, the tough go … shopping! Judging by the 18 percent increase in the development of retail shopping centers in the United States in 2005 over 2004, that tongue-in-cheek adage has more than a...
Plenty of room in still-growing self-storage program market
Aug 7 2006 // Randy Tipton, president of Universal Insurance Facilities (www.univins.com) in Phoenix, understands firsthand why self-storage facilities have caught on with so many Sunbelt residents and made her insurance niche a...
Crump Names Sienkiewicz Property Broker
Aug 4 2006 // Natalie Sienkiewicz has joined Crump Insurance Services Northwest as a property broker in the Bothell, Wash., office. Prior to joining Crump, she spent seven years as a package underwriter for Chubb focusing on commercial...
AmCom Offers Contractors’ Property and Inland Marine Coverage
Aug 4 2006 // AmCom Insurance Services Inc. in San Ramon, Calif., is offering contractor’s property and inland marine coverage in California to compliment the existing, preferred commercial auto program. The program is being...
Safeco Reports Strong Profitability in Second Quarter
Aug 2 2006 // Seattle-based Safeco has reported second-quarter net income of $199.7 million, reflecting consistent, profitable underwriting performance across all major lines of business. According to the company, it initiated expense...
Mercator Expands Northeast Property Practice with Gatto
Aug 1 2006 // Mercator Risk Services, an independent wholesale insurance broker, has added Vincent Gatto to its Northeast property practice as a vice president. Prior to joining Mercator, Gatto worked for eight years as a retail and...
