All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 5 2026 // Kyle Goedeke XPT Specialty, headquartered in Plano, Texas, hired Kyle Goedeke as an underwriter/broker. Goedeke has nearly a decade of experience across wholesale brokerage, underwriting, and excess and surplus (E&S)...
Feb 5 2026 // Allstate Corp. fourth quarter 2025 net income applicable to common shareholders was about $3.8 billion, double the $1.9 billion booked for the same quarter the prior year.Allstate’s Property-Liability business turned...
Feb 5 2026 // The U.S. commercial insurance market is demonstrating clear signs of rate fatigue and an overall softening. Since 2017, the industry has experienced increased loss pressures from climate events, social inflation in legal...
Feb 3 2026 // Insurer Chubb booked fourth quarter net income 24.7% higher than a year ago at about $3.2 billion.Results included record P/C underwriting income of $2.2 billion, up nearly 40% over the same period in 2024. The P/C...
Jan 28 2026 // CRC Group Names DeJesus and Woita to Underwriting LeadershipCRC Group hired Joe DeJesus and Austin Woita to its CRC Specialty Underwriting leadership team. DeJesus joined CRC Specialty as an underwriting team leader, based...
Jan 27 2026 // Fourth quarter 2025 net income at W.R. Berkley Corp. decreased nearly 28% compared to the same period a year ago.Net income was about $449.5 million for Q4 2025 compared to net income of about $576.1 million a year ago...
Jan 26 2026 // Underwriters and quoting teams spend hours reviewing guidelines, appetite charts, and exceptions. Selectsys AI Assist acts as an intelligent underwriting assistant inside RQB and Expert Insured (EI), using trained models...
Jan 21 2026 // Fourth quarter 2025 net income at The Travelers Cos. increased about 20% compared with the same period a year ago, to about $2.5 billion.Underwriting, lower catastrophe losses, and more favorable prior year reserve...
Jan 15 2026 // This edition of International People Moves details CUO appointments at SCOR and Hamilton Re.A summary of these new hires follows here. SCOR Names Swiss Re’s Forgeron as P&C Chief Underwriting OfficerSCOR...
Jan 7 2026 // Doss Assumes Role of Vice President, Personal Lines UnderwritingJustin Doss assumed the role of vice president, personal lines underwriting at RLI Corp., headquartered in Peoria, Illinois. In this executive role, he will...
Jan 5 2026 // Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers (RSUM), the underwriting management division of Ryan Specialty, announced the rebranding of Leopanthera to Ryan Financial Lines, effective January 1, 2026.A London-based Lloyd’s...
Dec 29 2025 // Earlier this month, AM Best provided its initial tally of year-to-date financial results for U.S. property/casualty insurers, reporting a $34.9 billion net underwriting gain through the first nine months of 2025.According...
Dec 24 2025 // You’re just about as likely to find a commercial P/C underwriter or actuary who is unconcerned about the increased use of AI in insurance as you are to find one that’s afraid of being replaced by...
Dec 18 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Markel Insurance and Tokio Marine Kiln.A summary of these new hires follows here. Markel Int’l Taps AXIS’ Howell as Senior War and Terrorism...
Dec 17 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Hamilton Insurance Group and MGA Arrow Risk Management.A summary of these new hires follows here. Hamilton Re Promotes Hunt to SVP, Head of Property...
Dec 16 2025 // Trucking coverage specialist Canal Insurance, based in Greenville, South Carolina, has named Matthew Grimm chief underwriting officer, effective this week. Grimm Grimm has more than 30 years of experience in the...
Dec 12 2025 // The Applied Underwriters Invitational said its annual golf competition raised a record-breaking $15.2 million for charities across the nation.The record exceeds last year’s $14 million, and boosts Applied...
Dec 9 2025 // After seeing some of the frustration that insurance agents run into, the head of a well-known south Florida agency has launched a hybrid vehicle โ part brokerage and part program manager.CSMV Underwriting Managers, based...
Dec 2 2025 // Brown & Riding announced Carmen McKeon has joined its Underwriting & Select Accounts Division. With nearly two decades of experience in the excess and surplus lines market, McKeon has built a reputation for guiding...
Dec 2 2025 // Monrovia, CA โ Dec 2, 2025 โ When a broker faced a sudden non-renewal on a large and complex account, the expert intervention of an in-house underwriter at Greenwood General Insurance proved instrumental, transforming...