All the headlines from our Markelcorp Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 27 2018 // Markel International, the specialist insurance subsidiary of Markel Corp., has appointed David A. Crozier to be president of Markel Canada, its business which operates across the country, with offices in Toronto, Montreal,...
Mar 19 2018 // V3 Insurance Partners LLC, a Newtown, Penn.-based specialty insurance program administrator, has named Brian Janitschke chief operating officer.In this role, he will be based in V3’s Newtown offices and will focus on...
Mar 16 2018 // Markel International, the London-based specialist insurance subsidiary of Markel Corp., will cease to write London open market property business with immediate effect.The development has no impact or implications for...
Mar 15 2018 // Markel Corp. has named Julia Chu as chief officer for Global Ceded Reinsurance. In this newly-created position, Chu will head up ceded reinsurance functions across Markel’s product lines and international insurance...
Mar 6 2018 // EC Insurance Company Ltd. (ECIC), the specialist insurer for the contracting market, has begun the process of transferring business over to Markel International Insurance Co. Ltd. (MIICL), following ECIC’s...
Feb 26 2018 // Markel Corporation has hired Beth Hungate-Noland as a managing director.In this role, Hungate-Noland will join the team at Markel that is responsible for oversight of the company’s Markel Ventures operations and will...
Nov 29 2017 // Markel International, the specialist insurer, has completed its acquisition of EC Insurance Co. Ltd. (ECIC), having received approval from the Prudential Regulation Authority.Sevenoaks, England-based ECIC provides a wide...
Nov 17 2017 // Markel Corp. has completed its previously announced acquisition of State National Companies, a specialty provider of property/casualty insurance services that operates two core businesses, program services and lender...
Nov 17 2017 // Markel Corp. announced that F. Michael Crowley, the company’s vice chairman, plans to retire on December 31, 2017.Crowley will transition his duties and responsibilities as well as his relationships with key...
Nov 9 2017 // Newbridge Risk Partners, an underwriting cell on the Castel Underwriting MGA formation platform, has secured a new binder with Lloyd’s and London company market capacity to support the continuing growth of its...
Oct 25 2017 // Markel Corporation has announced a new insurance product for biomedical and life sciences companies in the U.S. primary insurance segment that provides product liability, professional liability, general liability, clinical...
Oct 17 2017 // Markel International, the specialist insurer, has unveiled a fintech policy offering comprehensive protection for businesses in the financial technology sector in Asia, having successfully launched it in the UK early last...
Sep 19 2017 // Markel Corporation has enhanced its policy form and protections for hard-to-insure law firms which can no longer secure coverage in the admitted markets.This coverage is available on an excess and surplus (E&S) lines...
Sep 7 2017 // Markel International, the London-based specialist insurer and Markel Corp. subsidiary, plans to acquire the business of EC Insurance Co. Ltd. (ECIC).Sevenoaks, England-based ECIC, whose ultimate parent is the Electrical...
Aug 15 2017 // Markel Corp. has launched a new trade credit and political risk operation in Chicago.Christen Mizell will transfer to Chicago from New York to take on trade credit and political risk underwriting responsibility for the...
Aug 8 2017 // Markel International, the the London-based specialist insurer and Markel Corp. subsidiary, has appointed Alex Holcroft as political risk underwriter in Singapore. He joins the existing trade credit and political risk team...
Aug 7 2017 // Insurance is a very simple business.“You take in some money, you spend some money and you lose some money, and God willing, you have some left at the end of the day,” according to Anthony (Tony) Markel, vice...
Aug 7 2017 // Markel, State NationalMarkel Corp. will acquire Texas-based State National Companies Inc. for $919 million, a deal that the Virginia-based insurer and reinsurer said will help diversify its underwriting and revenue...
Jul 26 2017 // Markel Corp. will acquire Texas-based State National Companies Inc. for $919 million, a deal that the Virginia-based insurer and reinsurer said will help diversify its underwriting and revenue streams.Both companies’...
Jul 24 2017 // Specialist insurer Markel International has appointed Deepika Mathur to lead its entry into the Indian market. Capacity will be provided by Markel’s Syndicate 3000 at Lloyd’s and business will be written...