Latest Property Headlines
All the headlines from our Property Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Agents and Homebuyers Need the Right Clues to Make Smart Decisions
Apr 5 2004 // Many recent media accounts would have us believe that prior loss history reports have single-handedly caused an availability crisis and have halted the sale of existing homes. One of the most contentious issues surrounding...
Agents Learn about Opportunities, Challenges at Agribusiness Conference
Apr 5 2004 // The Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West (IBA West) and Insurance Skills Center sponsored the 17th Annual Agribusiness Conference held March 17 and 18 in Sacramento. The nation’s largest agricultural conference...
Commercial Property, Liability, Crime
Apr 5 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has updated its Customarq Classic property policy. Chubb’s Customarq Classic offers U.S. and Canadian commercial customers a choice of monoline property...
Agents and Homebuyers Need the Right Clues to Make Smart Decisions
Apr 5 2004 // Many recent media accounts would have us believe that prior loss history reports have single-handedly caused an availability crisis and have halted the sale of existing homes. One of the most contentious issues surrounding...
Alabama P/C Market Gaining Momentum
Mar 30 2004 // Walter Bell With signs of improvement on the horizon for the property/casualty market in Alabama, Insurance Commissioner Walter Bell recently set aside time to talk with Insurance Journal Southeast about conditions in the...
Hannover Re 2003 Net up 32.8% to $431 Million
Mar 30 2004 // Germany’s Hannover Re Group joined Swiss Re and General Re in reporting a very successful 2003. The world’s fourth largest reinsurer posted net income of 354.8 million euros ($43I million) compared to 267.2...
Miss. Workshop Addresses Problem of Juvenile Firesetting; Reportedly $190 Million in U.S. Property Destroyed Annually
Mar 30 2004 // Mississippi Chief Deputy Fire Marshal Millard Mackey and members of his staff recently participated in a two-day workshop designed to address the problem of juvenile fire setting, one of the reportedly fastest-growing...
Crawford & Co. to Act as Service Provider for Cypress Property & Casaulty
Mar 25 2004 // Atlanta-based Crawford & Company was recently named the primary vendor for property and casualty claims services for Cypress Property & Casualty Insurance Company. Crawford will administer the program using a...
St. Paul Enhances Commercial Property-General Liability Product for Companies with Foreign Operations
Mar 25 2004 // The St. Paul Companies announced the introduction of an enhanced version of “Global Companion,” which it described as “an international commercial property and general liability product designed to help...
Terrorism and TRIA – What’s in Store for the Future’
Mar 22 2004 // Two years later, fate of the historic act remains unknown If a camel is a “horse made by a committee” then the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA), passed by Congress in November 2002, is a law made by several...
Mass. Eyes Fla.-style Hurricane Fund to Ease Coastal Homeowners Crisis
Mar 22 2004 // Massachusetts officials, searching for ways to ease a homeowners insurance availability crisis on Cape Cod and other coastal areas, are researching how Florida dealt with its insurance difficulties 10 years ago when it set...
Commercial Property, Liability, Crime
Mar 22 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has updated its Customarq Classic property policy. Chubb’s Customarq Classic offers U.S. and Canadian commercial customers a choice of monoline property...
S&P Reports Top Layer Reinsurance Ltd. ‘AA’ Ratings Affirmed; Outlook Stable
Mar 17 2004 // Standard & Poor’s has affirmed its ‘AA’ counterparty and financial strength ratings on Top Layer Reinsurance Ltd. The outlook is stable. Top Layer Re is a 50%/50% joint venture between State Farm...
Fla. House Says Thumbs Up to Premium Tax Database Bill; Off for Vote in Senate
Mar 16 2004 // A bill creating an electronic database for insurers to use in allocating insurance property and casualty premium taxes was passed Tuesday by Florida’s House and is headed for a vote in the Senate. “We’ve...
St. Paul Unveils Property, Liability Cover for Overseas Operations
Mar 16 2004 // The St. Paul Companies has introduced an enhanced version of Global Companion, an international commercial property and general liability product designed to help protect U.S.-based companies from the risks associated with...
Aspen Adds 5 Underwriters to U.S. Re Team
Mar 9 2004 // Bermuda-based Aspen Insurance Holdings announced the addition of five property reinsurance specialists to Aspen Re America, its recently formed property reinsurance team located in Rocky Hill, Conn. Brian Boornazian, who...
Commercial Property, Liability, Crime
Mar 8 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has updated its Customarq Classic property policy. Chubb’s Customarq Classic offers U.S. and Canadian commercial customers a choice of monoline property...
Commercial Property, Liability, Crime
Mar 8 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: The Chubb Group of Insurance Cos. has updated its Customarq Classic property policy. Chubb’s Customarq Classic offers U.S. and Canadian commercial customers a choice of monoline property insurance...
Commercial Rates Going Down, Reinsurance Rates Holding Firm
Mar 8 2004 // As Costello famously asked Abbott, “Who’s on first?” A new report released by leading independent insurance intermediary Benfield concludes that despite “ample capacity and signs of resurgent...
Commercial Property, Liability, Crime
Mar 8 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has updated its Customarq Classic property policy. Chubb’s Customarq Classic offers U.S. and Canadian commercial customers a choice of monoline property...
