Harleysville

• Nationwide Q1 Net Income Up; Operating Income Down 40%

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 10, 2012

  First-quarter net income at Nationwide was $508 million, compared to $501 million for the same period a year ago, but operating income fell more than 40 percent.

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  Trying to Bring Claims Complexity to an End

  By Robert Regis Hyle, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 8, 2012

  For an article we plan to publish in our June edition of Tech Decisions, I contacted several claims professionals to ask them about the state of their claims administration systems. Not surprisingly, the respondents—both large carriers and mid-tier—told different tales about the state of their systems.

• Captive-Agent Carriers: Is a More Aggressive Pursuit of Independents in the Cards?

  By Michael P. Voelker  |  April 26, 2012

  Although there won’t be a flood of new markets available to independent agents, increased interest by carriers in the independent channel can translate into opportunity.

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  The Week in Quotes

  By Staff Writers  |  April 20, 2012

  I.I.I. President Robert Hartwig on industry surplus, Brown & Brown Chairman and acting President and CEO J. Hyatt Brown on the state of the market, and more.

• Underwriting Undertakers

  By Shawn Moynihan, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  January 13, 2012

  Given the myriad problems that can arise in the handling and preparation of a dead person’s body, funeral homes face a number of unique risks that must be addressed by their insurance policies.

• Nationwide & Harleysville Discuss Merger Benefits for Independent Agents

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  September 29, 2011

  Increased access to markets and being connected to a national company are just a few of the benefits the chief executives of Nationwide Mutual Insurance and Harleysville Mutual Insurance say the combination of the two companies will bring to independent agents.

• Operation Turnaround

  By Nicole Zwartz  |  August 1, 2011

  A stressed agency recovers with determined new owner and staff

• Three Sessions Explore the Value of Cloud Computing for Carriers

  By Michael P. Voelker  |  May 23, 2011

  The on-demand capabilities of cloud computing make it a compelling alternative for insurers looking to reduce costs around both applications and infrastructure. Yet concerns about security, stability, control, and other risks have caused the insurance industry to be relatively slow adopters of cloud technologies.

• Controversial S.C. Bill Defining ‘Occurrence’ In CGL Policies Advances

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 1, 2011

  A South Carolina bill that would define an “occurrence” in construction general liability insurance contracts in a way opposed by the insurance industry passed the Senate, and an insurer group is seeking to delay action in the House until the courts weigh in again.

• Insurer Groups Against S.C. Bill Defining ‘Occurrence’ In CGL Policies

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  February 10, 2011

  Insurance groups are opposing a bill under consideration in South Carolina that would reverse a recent court ruling on what is considered an “occurrence” in construction general liability insurance contracts.