Latest Property Headlines
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Jul 10 2017 // Kansas City-based insurance broker Lockton has named Jeff Henningsen as president of its Houston property/casualty insurance operation. Henningsen will take on an expanded leadership role in business development for the...
Injuries, Property Damage Reported from Tornadoes in Iowa, Wisconsin
Jun 30 2017 // Thunderstorms that spun off tornadoes as they rumbled across Iowa injured at least two people, mowed down crops and damaged homes and farm buildings. In Wisconsin, at least one person was reported injured, as...
Intellectual Property Risks May Not Be Covered by Traditional Products: TMK Expert
Jun 29 2017 // Many clients are unaware that intellectual property (IP) risks are frequently inadequately covered by traditional insurance products and, as a result, they actually could be “dangerously underinsured” due to...
Nance Named EVP, E&S Property Business, at AXIS Insurance
Jun 28 2017 // AXIS Insurance, a business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, has appointed Marc Nance executive vice president, Excess & Surplus Property. He is based in Chicago. Nance is responsible for growing and managing...
Partners Specialty Group Adds Swett & Crawford’s Coelho in Kansas City
Jun 23 2017 // Partners Specialty Group Inc., an AmWINS Group Co., has added Michael Coelho to its property team. He is based in Kansas City, Mo. With almost 30 years of experience in the insurance industry, Coelho specializes in...
XL Catlin Promotes E&S Property Insurance Regional Leader in Boston
Jun 23 2017 // XL Catlin’s excess and surplus (E&S) insurance team has promoted Caitlin Murphy from senior underwriter to the role of eastern regional vice president of E&S Property. In her new role, Murphy will direct...
House Committee Adds 5 More Bills to Its Flood Insurance Reform Package
Jun 22 2017 // The House Financial Services Committee advanced five flood insurance proposals on Wednesday, adding to the two bills it passed last week. The House measures seek to reform and reauthorize the National Flood Insurance...
Cape Analytics Now Offering Property Data in 8 Additional States
Jun 22 2017 // Cape Analytics, a start-up that relies on machine learning, computer vision and geospatial imagery to produce propriety property data for insurance carriers and others, is expanding. After a start in Florida, the...
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Jun 19 2017 // West Des Moines, Iowa-based GuideOne Insurance has named Jessica E. Clark as the company’s new chief executive officer. Bringing nearly 20 years of leadership experience in property and casualty insurance, Clark...
Loppnow Joins Lockton as Property/Casualty Unit Manager in Milwaukee
Jun 15 2017 // Kevin Loppnow has joined Lockton’s Milwaukee office as a property/casualty unit manager. Loppnow is an industry veteran with more than 25 years of experience as a property/casualty strategist. He previously worked...
Florida Court Rules Property Insurer Liable for Shortfall in Policy Benefits Promised by Agent
Jun 15 2017 // A Florida state Court of Appeal reversed the dismissal of a claim for negligent procurement of property insurance, because, when placing the coverage, the insurer’s agent failed to account for a reduction in...
Worley Acquires Massachusetts’ Apex Claims Service
Jun 9 2017 // Worley Claims Services LLC (Worley), a provider of insurance claims services in the U.S., has acquired Apex Claims Service of New England LLC (Apex), a provider of daily and catastrophe commercial and residential property...
1347 Property Insurance Holdings Appoints Case as Chief Operating Officer
Jun 8 2017 // 1347 Property Insurance Holdings, Inc., a property and casualty insurance holding company based in Tampa, Fla., has appointed Dan Case to the position of chief operating officer. Case will be responsible for strategies and...
XL Catlin Raises Global Property Capacity by 25% to $500 Million
Jun 7 2017 // XL Catlin has raised its global property insurance capacity by 25 percent to US$500 million, which is available on a quota share or layered basis,. With this capacity increase, the company said it will better address...
Heritage Insurance Secures $1.7B in Florida Reinsurance Cover for 2017-2018
Jun 6 2017 // Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc., a property and casualty insurance holding company, announced that its insurance subsidiaries, Heritage Property & Casualty Insurance Co. and Zephyr Insurance Co., have completed the...
Travelers’ Drone Program Is Shaping the Way Claims Reps Do Business
Jun 5 2017 // Travelers’ Claim University, founded in 2007, is working to change the way its claims professionals do business through the use of drones to assist in property inspection and claims analysis. The nearly...
P/C Industry Posts $4.7B Net Underwriting Loss in 2016
Jun 5 2017 // Private U.S. property/casualty insurers lost big in 2016, reporting a $4.7 billion net underwriting loss driven, in part, by higher catastrophe-related property losses, according to ISO and the Property Casualty Insurers...
Texas Lawmakers Pass ‘Hailstorm’ Litigation Bill
Jun 5 2017 // Legislation backed by the insurance industry and some Texas business groups that curtails the ability of policyholders to sue insurance companies over property claims following extreme weather events passed the state...
P/C Insurers Positioned to Absorb Hurricane Season: Fitch
Jun 2 2017 // The 2017 U.S. hurricane season may be here, but property/casualty insurers should be able to handle the challenges it brings, Fitch Ratings said in a new report. “Fitch currently has a negative sector outlook on the...
California Department of Insurance and FAIR Plan Square off in Public Statements
Jun 1 2017 // The California Department of Insurance and the California FAIR Plan Association squared off in conflicting press releases on Thursday over a court decision that awarded a homeowner higher repair costs following a...
