UPC Approved to Write P&C Insurance in Rhode Island

United Property and Casualty Insurance Company (UPC), a homeowners insurer, has been approved by the Rhode Island Department of Business Regulation to write property and casualty insurance in the state as an admitted carrier.

UPC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of United Insurance Holdings Corp., a property and casualty insurance holding company.

This brings the total number of states in the U.S. covered by UPC to four, along with Florida, Massachusetts and South Carolina.

The UPC subsidiary is in varying stages of discussion with other state insurance regulatory authorities regarding its desire to write property insurance in those states.

Source: About United Insurance Holdings Corp.