Latest Casualty Headlines

All the headlines from our Casualty Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Atlantic Casualty to Create 83 Jobs, Invest $11.8M in North Carolina Operations

Feb 19 2020 // Atlantic Casualty Insurance Co., a national provider of commercial insurance products, will create 83 jobs and invest more than $11.8 million through an expansion of its Wayne County, N.C., headquarters, according to a...

Chubb Expands Incident Reporting Tool to Excess Casualty Clients

Feb 18 2020 // Chubb has expanded access of its Incident Alert tool to its Excess Casualty clients during catastrophic events.The tool, which has previously been used by Chubb environmental and cyber customers, now can assist Excess...

HCI Approved by Florida Regulator to Replace Anchor P&C Coverage for 43K Insureds

Feb 18 2020 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has approved a plan for Homeowners Choice Property and Casualty Insurance Company, a subsidiary of HCI Group, to provide replacement policies for Anchor Property and Casualty...

Global Commercial Insurance Prices Increase 11% in 4th Quarter 2019: Marsh

Feb 12 2020 // Global average commercial insurance prices increased 11% in the fourth quarter of 2019, according to the Global Insurance Market Index released by insurance broker Marsh.The fourth quarter rise in prices was the largest...

20 Things to Know About Surplus Lines Insurance in 2020

Feb 10 2020 // As we embark upon a new decade, the surplus lines insurance market has never been stronger. Growth in specialty products and demand for insurance protection in an increasingly dynamic, technological climate necessitates a...

Csik to Take Over as COO of Safety National Casualty as Luebbert Retires

Feb 4 2020 // St. Louis, Missouri-based specialty insurance and reinsurance provider, Safety National Casualty Corp., is changing its executive management structure, effective April 1, 2020.Steve Luebbert, chief operating officer, will...

Sipe Promoted to Property/Casualty Sr. VP at Ohio’s Great American Insurance

Feb 3 2020 // Cincinnati, Ohio-based Great American Insurance Group has promoted Carol Sipe to senior vice president within its Property/Casualty Group.Since 2009, Sipe has served as president of Summit, a provider of workers’...

Willis Re Names Green as Head of Int’l Casualty Reinsurance, Philipsz as Australia CEO

Jan 21 2020 // Willis Re, the reinsurance broking business of Willis Towers Watson, announced the appointment of Cameron Green as head of its International Casualty Reinsurance practice as well as chair of Willis Re Australia.In this new...

HCI to Acquire Policies of Florida’s Anchor P&C; Weston to Acquire Anchor Specialty

Jan 15 2020 // Two Florida-based homeowners insurers, Anchor Property & Casualty and Anchor Specialty Insurance, have succumbed to market pressures in the state and will be acquired by other companies.Tampa, Fla.-based HCI Group has...

ArgoGlobal Names Shallow Head of Int’l Specialty, MacDonald Head of Non-U.S. Casualty

Jan 14 2020 // ArgoGlobal, the Lloyd’s insurer and member of Argo Group, announced the appointment of Jeremy Shallow as head of International Specialty and Ross MacDonald as head of non-U.S. International Casualty.Shallow reports...

BHSI Taps AIG’s Browne as Ireland Country Manager, Head of Casualty, U.K. & Europe

Jan 7 2020 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced it has named Hilary Browne to the dual role of country manager for Ireland and head of Casualty for U.K. and Europe.Browne comes to BHSI with nearly 20 years of...

Credit Ratings of Illinois’ National Fire and Casualty Downgraded

Dec 10 2019 // AM Best has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating to B++ (Good) from A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “bbb+” from “a-” of National Fire and Casualty Co. (NFC), based in...

Chubb Names North America Commercial Lines Leadership: Rockwell, Williamson, Wells

Dec 9 2019 // Global insurer Chubb announced leadership appointments for North America Commercial Insurance, the company’s $5.8 billion retail commercial property/casualty insurance division that serves middle market and small...

Cox Named VP, Business Development at Midwest Employers Casualty

Dec 4 2019 // Midwest Employers Casualty (MEC) has appointed Nathan Cox as vice president of sales.Cox succeeds Steven Link, who is retiring. The appointment is effective immediately. Cox will be responsible for revenue, sales growth...

AXA XL Names AIG’s Wilbanks as Casualty, Environmental Risk Engineering Manager

Dec 2 2019 // AXA XL Risk Consulting has appointed has appointed Sheri Wilbanks as its global Casualty & Environmental Lines of Business manager.Wilbanks will be responsible for building a global casualty and environmental risk...

Gordon, Reynolds Promoted Within Great American’s Property/Casualty Group

Nov 27 2019 // Cincinnati, Ohio-based Great American Insurance Group has promoted Roy Reynolds to divisional president and Garry Gordon to divisional senior vice president within its Property & Casualty Group, Mergers &...

Allstate’s Armstrong Takes Helm as Casualty Actuarial Society President

Nov 15 2019 // Steven D. Armstrong, FCAS, an insurance industry veteran with more than 25 years of experience, has begun his term as the president of the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS). Armstrong has been actively involved with the CAS...

Praedicat Develops Named Peril Casualty Insurance Product via Lloyd’s Lab

Nov 13 2019 // Praedicat, Inc., the Los Angeles-based liability risk analytics software company, announced it is developing a new insurance product designed to help global industrials secure coverage for innovative and essential products...

What to Expect in Commercial Insurance Market Conditions Heading Into 2020

Nov 12 2019 // Ongoing rate increases and reductions in capacity are taking shape in most property/casualty commercial lines in the fourth—and for some, will continue into the new year, according to a recent report from broker USI...

Munich Re’s Assennata Joins North Carolina-Based IAT Insurance Group

Nov 4 2019 // IAT Insurance Group, a provider of specialty property and casualty products, has added Steve Assennata to the company to serve as chief underwriting officer (CUO) of its Programs unit. The company is based in Raleigh,...