All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 7 2025 // World Insurance Associates Names Miller EVP, National AccountsWorld Insurance Associates LLC, headquartered in Iselin, New Jersey, named Adam Miller as its executive vice president, national accounts. Miller, who is based...
Jan 7 2025 // Core Specialty Insurance Holdings Inc. and its subsidiaries have agreed to purchase London Aviation Underwriters Inc. (LAU), in a stock and cash transaction.Financial details of the deal, which is expected to close early...
Jan 7 2025 // Ryan Specialty, a specialty insurance services firm and trading partner for agents and brokers, plans to acquire Nashville-based Velocity Risk Underwriters, with a closing date early this year.Velocity Risk, providing...
Dec 30 2024 // Two Florida-based insurance companies are expanding their product lines, another sign that insurers are making more โ if limited โ moves into a warming market in the state.Amelia Underwriters, a wholesale and surplus...
Dec 20 2024 // With a “silver tsunami” of skilled underwriters eligible to retire in coming years and a shift in employee expectations, recruitment and retention is a critical focus for the insurance industry right now, said...
Dec 17 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Arch Insurance and Chubb Overseas General.A summary of these new hires follows here. Arch Insurance Taps Symenouh From Tokio Marine as Senior Cyber...
Dec 17 2024 // JM Wilson, headquartered in Portage, Michigan, promoted several team members and made new hires to its underwriting team.Priya Albert was promoted to property and casualty underwriter. Albert works with carrier...
Dec 10 2024 // DUAL North America, headquartered in Naples, Florida, appointed Andreas Graham as executive vice president of the EIURS team, a division of DUAL, and Ed Frey as senior vice president of professional liability.Based in...
Dec 9 2024 // SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., December 9, 2024 โ Etesian Underwriters, an expert financial institutions underwriting shop, today announced the launch of its program for middle market and smaller sized financial institution...
Dec 4 2024 // Growth in net earned premiums outpaced a slight increase in losses and loss adjustment expenses to result in the U.S. property/casualty industry posting a nine-month 2024 underwriting profit of $4.1 billion versus a loss...
Dec 3 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Ryan Specialty and Howden Re.A summary of these new hires follows here. Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers Int’l Names Birrell Exec Chair,...
Nov 26 2024 // Oak Reinsurance (OAK Re), the London-based reinsurance company, announced that its Lloyd’s Syndicate 2843 has received permission to begin underwriting business incepting from Jan. 1, 2025. This follows the approval...
Nov 22 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Markel and Generali Global Corporate & Commercial.A summary of these new hires follows. Markel Taps AEGIS London’s Pressman as Senior...
Nov 21 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Selectsys.In the competitive insurance industry, Wholesalers, MGAs, and Brokers are always seeking ways to streamline operations, integrate new technology with legacy systems, and...
Nov 18 2024 // As insurers look to 2025, several trends are emerging that affect premium and deductible costs — leading to lengthy conversations between insurance agents and brokers and their customers.For worship facilities, some...
Nov 14 2024 // Executive summary: When actual prices line up with technical prices, insurers expect underwriting profits to emerge. But what if underwriters find ways to adjust technical prices downwards? In the second part of a two-part...
Nov 13 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the broker Price Forbes and the MGA Altea Insurance.A summary of these new hires follows here. Price Forbes Taps BMS’s Morgan for Global Construction...
Nov 12 2024 // Envelop Risk, the reinsurance managing general agent and analytics specialist, announced the launch of Envelop Underwriting, which will encompass all existing cyber underwriting activities: Envelop Risk Bermuda and Envelop...
Nov 12 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Selectsys.In today’s fast-paced insurance market, underwriters and wholesalers face increasing pressure to streamline operations, reduce manual processes, and enhance...
Nov 5 2024 // American International Group saw third quarter underwriting income in its general insurance segment fall 28% to $437 million due to higher catastrophe losses and lower favorable development on prior year reserves.The...