All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 19 2015 // ANV Holdings has unveiled a new consumer products team within Lloyd’s Syndicate 5820, reporting to Bruce Whitmee, who was recently appointed active underwriter (subject to regulatory approval).Based in London, the...
May 19 2015 // ACE Group appointed Ashwin Kapoor as terrorism and political violence underwriter as it continues to invest in building its specialist insurance capabilities around the world.Reporting to Piers Gregory, terrorism...
May 18 2015 // Three insurance professionals with experience in the high-net-worth customer segment have joined Chubb Personal Insurance (CPI).Jennifer Celmer, Robert Haibi and Eric Shanks have been appointed to management roles at Chubb...
May 18 2015 // MSIG at Lloyd’s, the international specialty arm of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group, has appointed Martin Eyres as property underwriting manager and promoted Andrew Dougall as head of property and casualty.Eyres, who...
May 18 2015 // The American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA) expanded its membership again in 2015 with the addition of eight new organizations, all based in Canada.The Canadian organizations sought to become part of the...
May 18 2015 // The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry posted its second consecutive year of profitable underwriting results in 2014, according to A.M. Best.Surplus for this sector increased by $21.9 billion and reached another...
May 15 2015 // A.M. Best has revised the outlook to positive from stable for the issuer credit rating (ICR) of MGA Insurance Co. Inc. (MGA) in Dallas and affirmed its ICR of “bbb.”Concurrently, A.M. Best has affirmed the...
May 14 2015 // AEGIS London has appointed Dan Rouse as casualty underwriter. He joins from broker Howden.Rouse will join the established team of London-based underwriters writing an international book of business, excluding...
May 14 2015 // The Lloyd’s Market Association (LMA) has announced six newly elected board members. They are: Andrew Brooks, CEO, Ascot Underwriting Stephen Eccles, active underwriter, Travelers Syndicate Management Richard Harries,...
May 13 2015 // The Inland Marine Underwriters Association (IMUA) recently elected its slate of officers for 2015. Michelle Hoehn, The Travelers Group, was re-elected as IMUA chairperson. Also re-elected were Deputy Chairperson William...
May 13 2015 // AAIS’s Flood Coverage Endorsement“Flood” becomes a covered cause of loss by attachment of AAIS’s Flood Endorsement CO 1223 (The Flood Endorsement specifically designed for the COP XL is...
May 12 2015 // A string of recent major natural catastrophe events in Australia is expected to materially affect non-life insurers’ upcoming earnings for the fiscal year that ends June 30, 2015, according to an A.M....
May 12 2015 // Frankie Silva has been named assistant vice president of underwriting at GEICO’s regional office in Lakeland, Fla. Silva previously served as assistant vice president of underwriting in the company’s San Diego...
May 11 2015 // Terry Moore Vermont Mutual Insurance Group has appointed Terry Moore as vice president of underwriting. He will be based in Vermont Mutual’s Montpelier, Vermont, headquarters. Moore comes to Vermont Mutual from...
May 11 2015 // A subsidiary within Brown & Brown Inc.’s national programs division has acquired certain assets of Bellingham Underwriters Inc. in Washington. Bellingham Underwriters is a managing general underwriter that...
May 11 2015 // Everest Re Group Ltd. said that Michael Mulray will be joining the company as chief underwriting officer for the U.S. insurance operations of its Everest National Insurance Co.Mulray joins Everest from General Electric...
May 11 2015 // Arthur J. Gallagher, the international division of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., has unveiled a simplified operating structure to better serve customers and maximize growth opportunities.Gallagher Insurance Solutions –...
May 11 2015 // J.M. Wilson, based in Portage, Mich., has promoted Mary Ricks to the position of senior fleet transportation underwriter.Ricks is responsible for evaluating transportation fleet submissions for acceptability to company...
May 6 2015 // Bermuda-based RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. reported net income available to RenaissanceRe common shareholders of $167.8 million, or $4.14 per diluted common share, in the first quarter of 2015, compared to $151.0 million,...
May 5 2015 // Orchid Underwriters Agency LLC, a Vero Beach, Florida-based managing general agent providing excess & surplus (E&S) insurance for coastal properties, announced that it has acquired Coastal Agents Alliance, a...