All the headlines from our Casualty Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 16 2012 // Property and Casualty Division of the Kansas Insurance Department (KID) has raised the bar when it comes to reviewing new rate and form filings from insurance companies, the department announced.Kansas Commissioner of...
Aug 15 2012 // The Bermuda-based Catlin Group Limited announced that Daniel Curran has been appointed Head of Casualty for Catlin’s London based underwriting operations.He will have responsibility for “a wide range of...
Aug 14 2012 // Los Angeles, CA, 08/14/12 – Sullivan Brokers Wholesale Insurance Solutions is pleased to announce that Vicki Snow has joined the firm’s Casualty Practice Group in the position of Assistant Vice...
Aug 8 2012 // XL Group plc has appointed Barbara Luck as chief underwriting officer in its North America primary casualty business. Based in New York, Luck will assume her new position on August 13. She will report to Ken Riegler,...
Aug 6 2012 // Melville, N.Y.-based WKFC Underwriting Managers has appointed Adam Schnell as chief casualty officer. In his new role, Schnell will focus on developing new casualty product offerings with an emphasis on products liability...
Aug 2 2012 // XL Group plc has appointed industry veteran Alfred Bergbauer as head of multinational casualty in North America.Bergbauer will report to Ken Riegler, president of XL Group’s North American Primary Casualty group. He...
Jul 26 2012 // Illinois-based insurance brokerage, Assurance, has added Avi Lev to its growing property/casualty insurance team as a vice president. Lev brings over five years of experience in the insurance industry with a special focus...
Jul 25 2012 // Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. announced that Jason Dsouza has joined Argo Re (DIFC) Ltd. in Dubai as a casualty and professional lines underwriter. He will report to Argo Re (DIFC’s) Chief Underwriting...
Jul 24 2012 // Group health insurance brokerage is changing but the changes are not primarily due to Congress or the courts. Rather the changes are being driven by costs — the cost of healthcare coverage and the cost of serving...
Jul 19 2012 // Allied World U.S., part of Switzerland-headquartered Allied World Assurance Company Holdings AG, has appointed Kevin Maloney as vice president, excess casualty.Kevin MaloneyBased in Allied’s New York City office,...
Jul 13 2012 // W.R. Berkley Corporation has appointed Michael Fujii as president of its newly formed Berkley Custom Insurance Managers unit in Stamford, Conn.Fujii has over 35 years of experience in the specialty property/casualty...
Jul 11 2012 // Switzerland-headquartered Allied World Assurance Company Holdings AG has expanded its U.S. casualty operations with the launch of a new construction casualty division. The new division will be run from Allied’s New...
Jul 10 2012 // According to a report from Guy Carpenter the July first reinsurance renewals “took place against a backdrop of plentiful capacity,” as capital “has continued to strengthen through the second quarter of...
Jul 10 2012 // Seattle, WA, 07/10/12 – ValueAppeal, a pioneering online do-it-yourself property tax appeal service developed to help homeowners ensure that they are not overpaying their property taxes, today announced the launch of...
Jul 2 2012 // Gallagher, WhitehavenIllinois-based global insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Whitehaven Insurance Group, Inc. in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Founded in 1994,...
Jun 29 2012 // Longtime London market executive James B. Devall has joined Crawford & Co. in its Dallas office to lead the company’s London-fronted business in the U.S.As vice president and managing director of London program...
Jun 27 2012 // Private U.S. property/casualty insurers’ net income after taxes rose to $10.1 billion in first-quarter 2012 from $7.8 billion in first-quarter 2011, with insurers’ overall profitability as measured by their...
Jun 25 2012 // Los Angeles, CA, 06/25/12 – Sullivan Brokers Wholesale Insurance Solutions is pleased to announce that James Viera has joined the firm’s Casualty Practice Group in the position of Senior Broker.“Jim is an...
Jun 18 2012 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength ratings (FSR) of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a-” of the property/casualty subsidiary and affiliated insurance companies...
Jun 18 2012 // The use of predictive modeling has forever changed the way insurance policies are priced. The revolutionary tool allows insurers to design ever-more-sophisticated models that tap ever-more-detailed data sets to refine...