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Cabrillo Coastal Launches Flood Coverage for Dwelling Fire Policies in Florida

Cabrillo Coastal General Insurance Agency launched a flood endorsement for new or existing dwelling fire policies for its admitted program in Florida. The coverage follows Cabrillo Coastal’s launch of a flood endorsement for new or existing homeowners policies for their …

Early Bills Filed for 2019 in Texas Include Insurance-Related Measures

Lawmakers have begun filing bills in the Texas Legislature for the legislative session that begins in January 2019. Among the bills filed so far that relate to property/casualty insurance include: HB 259: Relating to named driver insurance policies and certain …

Palomar Specialty Launches Residential Flood Program in California

Palomar Specialty Insurance Co. has launched Flood Guard, a private flood program in California that uses an advanced and granular proprietary rating system. Palomar used catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide’s probabilistic flood model for the United States in its rate …

Tower Hill Insurance Launches Private Flood Program in Florida

Tower Hill Insurance has expanded its residential property insurance coverage offerings in Florida to include stand-alone flood policies with coverage up to $5 million. Standard coverage through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is only available up to $250,000 for …

NFS Edge Launches Flood Coverage Option for Condo Associations

NFS Edge Insurance Agency, Inc., a unit of Aon National Flood Services, Inc., through its Insurmark division has launched a new private flood insurance alternative to the Residential Condominium Business Association Package (RCBAP) for condo associations located in high flood …

New England Flood Insurance Launches Flood Coverage for Homeowners

New England Flood Insurance (NEFI) is now offering flood insurance to homeowners in New England. Coverage is underwritten by NEFI and backed by an A rated carrier and is not affiliated with the National Flood Insurance Program. NEFI will use …

Carpenter Report Details Impact of 2004 & 2005 Hurricane Seasons

Guy Carpenter & Company released Part II of the two-part Ten-Year Retrospective of the 2004 and 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Seasons. Part II focuses on the 2005 hurricane season and the cumulative effects of both the 2004 and 2005 seasons on …

Philadelphia Launches Commercial Excess Flood Coverage

Philadelphia Insurance Cos. (PHLY) is now offering commercial excess flood coverage to complement its commercial primary flood product. PHLY’s new excess coverage competitively priced and available at limits higher than the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) for businesses. Through PHLY’s …

Ironshore Personal Lines Launches Primary Flood Coverage for High Value Homes

Ironshore’s Personal Lines unit has expanded property coverage protection for high net worth homeowners. Ironshore will offer a primary flood option as part of its homeowners insurance for properties valued at $1 million or more in selected states nationwide. By …

Vertafore, StoneRiver Partnership Aims to Make Selling Flood Insurance Easier

Insurance software firm Vertafore has formed a partnership with flood insurance policy processing firm StoneRiver National Flood Services (NFS) to provide independent agents a new way to quote and cross-sell flood insurance when selling homeowners insurance. The partnership integrates NFS’s …