All the headlines from our Casualty Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 1 2022 // Another Florida property insurer is taking major steps to cut its losses, including suspending the writing of new homeowner policies starting this week – the latest warning sign about the state’s distressed...
Jan 5 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Willis Towers Watson, KPMG and Miller.A summary of these new hires follows here. Insurance broker Willis Towers Watson announced the appointment of Chris...
Jan 5 2022 // OLDWICK – JANUARY 05, 2022 – AM Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) to A+ (Superior) from A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) to “aa-” (Superior)...
Dec 13 2021 // Lezaj to Lead New Zurich Middle Market Complex Casualty UnitZurich North America has created a Complex Casualty unit to support its customers in the upper middle-market segment. Steve Lezaj, a veteran insurance executive,...
Nov 30 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the insurer QBE Canada and brokers Amwins Global Risks and Ardonagh Group.A summary of these new hires follows here. QBE Appoints Liberty Mutual’s...
Nov 19 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at insurer Hiscox, the reinsurance broker Inver Re, and the Lloyd’s managing agency, Blenheim Underwriting.A summary of these new hires follows here....
Nov 17 2021 // This edition of International People Moves covers appointments at Sompo International, AXA XL and OneGlobal Broking.A summary of these new hires follows here. Sompo Int’l Appoints QBE’s Reid as Head of...
Oct 20 2021 // Coverys European Holdings (CEH), a leading underwriting vehicle that invests in speciality managing general agencies in Europe and the UK, announces the expansion of its AEC underwriting agency with the launch of AEC...
Oct 19 2021 // D&O Insurer Tegron Names Tokio Marine’s Shergill as Senior U/WTegron Specialty, the Beat Capital backed D&O underwriting specialist, announced the appointment of Kiran Shergill as senior underwriter. Shergill...
Oct 5 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Ed Bermuda, Mosaic Insurance and Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI).A summary of these new hires follows here. Ed Bermuda Names Marsh’s...
Oct 5 2021 // Ledger Investing, Inc., a technology-driven marketplace for matching insurance risk to capital markets, announced the closing of Nanorock Fund Ltd., an insurance linked security (ILS) fund focused primarily on investing in...
Sep 29 2021 // AM Best downgraded the Financial Strength Rating to B (Fair) from B+ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “bb+” (Fair) from “bbb-” (Good) of Casualty Underwriters Insurance Co. in Salt...
Sep 23 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the broker Howden and two Lloyd’s insurers: Apollo Syndicate Management and Atrium Underwriting.A summary of these new hires follows here. Howden...
Sep 6 2021 // Bermuda’s Vantage Group Holdings Ltd. is introducing new product offerings in healthcare and excess casualty.Vantage was established in late 2020 and began writing reinsurance risk on January 1, 2021, through its...
Aug 20 2021 // Insurance broker Willis Towers Watson announced that Kate Mead is the new head of its Canadian property/casualty broking team.Previously Willis Towers Watson’s practice leader for the Midwest, Northeast U.S. &...
Aug 18 2021 // Swiss Re announced changes in the leadership of its Reinsurance Business Unit. Effective Jan. 1, 2022, Jason Richards will become country president and CEO UK & Ireland. He will be succeeded by Julie Stephenson as...
Aug 10 2021 // This post is part of a series sponsored by TransUnion.Credit-based insurance risk scores draw from credit data to more accurately assess consumer risk and improve the underwriting process Today, credit-based insurance...
Aug 10 2021 // Noting the passage in the 87th Legislature of Senate Bill 1367, which made changes to certain lines of insurance, the Texas Department of Insurance has outlined the changes that are effective for an insurance policy that...
Aug 5 2021 // This edition of International People Moves covers two promotions at the insurer Fidelis and a new hire at broker OneGlobal in Bermuda.A summary of these appointments follows here. Fidelis, the Bermuda-based insurer, has...
Aug 3 2021 // This edition of International People Moves covers London-based appointments at three managing general agents: Ensurance, Occam and Aqueous Underwriting.A summary of these new hires follows here. MGA Ensurance Hires...