All the headlines from our Surety Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 3 2019 // Philadelphia Insurance Companies, a commercial property/casualty and professional liability insurer, announced the promotion of Michael Cundiff from vice president to senior vice president of Surety.Cundiff will succeed Ed...
Nov 25 2019 // AssuredPartners Inc. has acquired Surety Solutions Insurance Services Inc. of Rancho Cordova, Calif. The team of 15 will remain under the leadership of John Page and Ryan Tash. Surety Solutions is licensed in all 50...
Nov 22 2019 // Arch Reinsurance, a subsidiary of Arch Capital Group Ltd., is acquiring Aspen Reinsurance’s global credit and surety reinsurance business after Aspen Re decided to exit the line.In addition to the renewal rights on...
Oct 29 2019 // Accredited Surety and Casualty Co. Inc., a Florida-domiciled insurance company licensed to write admitted business in all 50 states, has entered into a new program partnership with M.G. Skinner & Associates Insurance...
Oct 25 2019 // Managing general agency and surplus lines broker J.M. Wilson has added Grant Schweisthal as an assistant surety underwriter in its Carmel, Indiana, office. He is responsible for assisting surety underwriters on a wide...
Oct 21 2019 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced it is entering the surety market in Australia and has named Jonathan Griffiths as head of Surety, Australia.BHSI will focus on providing contract surety solutions for...
Oct 8 2019 // Tokio Marine HCC announced the appointment of Jennifer Metcalfe as senior surety underwriter – France, effective Sept. 16. She reports to Aymeric Vinet Desrues, head of Surety – France, who was appointed in...
Aug 20 2019 // Liberty Mutual Surety has appointed Douglas Schrift and charged him with developing the company’s Subcontractor Default Insurance (SDI) offering.SDI is a two-party catastrophic insurance coverage that protects...
Jul 24 2019 // San Francisco-based EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property and casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, has added Eric Feighl and John Hohlt in its Houston office.Feighl has joined...
Jul 24 2019 // J.M. Wilson has promoted Shelly Tucker-Lorenz to surety underwriter in its Carmel, Indiana, office.With this new role, she is responsible for underwriting new and renewal commercial and contract bonds, corresponding with...
Jun 27 2019 // BondExchange has upgraded its surety bond platform to give agents their own branded portal to directly distribute bonds to their clients.The original platform launched in 2016 and now serves over 25,000 agents across the...
May 9 2019 // NFP, a New York, N.Y.-headquartered insurance broker and consultant that provides employee benefits, property and casualty, retirement and individual products, has named John Hyland, senior vice president of NFP Property...
May 8 2019 // Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based UFG Insurance has hired Scott Bailey as surety underwriting manager.He will succeed current surety underwriting manager, Art Fearn, who is retiring after a successful 15-year career with the...
Apr 15 2019 // Liberty Mutual Insurance said it has agreed to acquire the global surety and credit reinsurance operations of property/casualty insurer AmTrust Financial Services. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Upon closing, Liberty...
Feb 21 2019 // San Diego, Calif.-based Cavignac & Associates has named Jessica Rodriguez an account administrator within the agency’s surety department. Rodriguez serves as the client contact within the department for...
Feb 13 2019 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Salem, Ore.-based Surety Solutions LLC and Agency Multiplied Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Surety Solutions is a surety focused agency that specializes in offering...
Jan 25 2019 // Jase Hamilton has been promoted to Surety Department manager at Cavignac & Associates, a San Diego-based risk management and insurance brokerage firm specializing in the design and construction industry.Hamilton joined...
Jan 17 2019 // Peoria, Illinois-based RLI Corp. has promoted Bob Kirk and Brian Schick within its Surety group.Kirk, assistant vice president, Commercial Surety, has been promoted to vice president, Commercial Surety. Kirk succeeds...
Oct 2 2018 // IAT Insurance Group, a Raleigh, N.C.-headquartered provider of specialty property and casualty products, has finalized its acquisition of Newark, N.J.-headquartered IFIC Surety Group Inc. IFIC consists of International...
Sep 6 2018 // Chubb reports that Mike Berry, who has been head of Surety for the UK and Ireland, will serve as head of Surety for Europe.Jamal Griffith is replacing Berry as head of Surety for UK and Ireland. Berry will be responsible...