All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 28 2015 // The first nine months of 2014 saw policyholders’ surplus for the U.S. property/casualty insurance industry reach record levels. At the same time, net income after taxes declined substantially and overall...
Jan 28 2015 // QBE European Operations, the group’s business insurance specialist, announced the appointment of Tom Johnson as Surety Underwriter within QBE’s Trade Credit and Surety department. He will take up his role in...
Jan 26 2015 // The program insurance business market has enjoyed years of growth and appears on track to continue its expansion.However, while program business is attracting new interest, some participants are cautioning that not all...
Jan 23 2015 // XL Group announced the addition of global risk management, construction primary casualty and inland marine underwriting expertise in its Dallas office.XL Group’s newest insurance underwriters include: Kristen Hough...
Jan 22 2015 // Glatfelter Insurance Group (GIG) in York, Pennsylvania, promoted John Solari to president of Glatfelter Underwriting Services and chief underwriting officer for Glatfelter Programs, and Jim Partridge to president of...
Jan 22 2015 // The Travelers Companies Inc. today reported net income of $1.038 billion for the fourth quarter that ended on Dec. 31, 2014, up 5 percent compared to $988 million net income during the 2013 fourth quarter.Travelers said...
Jan 14 2015 // Kim Johns New Day Underwriting Managers LLC, a Hamilton, New Jersey-based specialty intermediary of environmental and construction-related professional liability coverage, has hired Kim Johns as account manager within the...
Jan 14 2015 // Increasing competition and lower underwriting margins in the reinsurance market highlights the importance of disciplined underwriting, according to an A.M. Best briefing entitled “Global Reinsurers: Who Will Gain...
Jan 12 2015 // Griffin Underwriting Services has named Cathy Heine personal lines manager. Heine will be responsible for underwriting a variety of personal lines programs as well as expanding relationships with agency and company...
Jan 12 2015 // London-based RSA announced its appointment as the sole underwriter for Cavere Home insurance products which will be available to brokers from January 2015 via Cavere’s Magenta platform, which provides online quotes...
Jan 12 2015 // Welcome to Insurance Journal‘s 2015 Insurance Industry Meetings and Conventions Directory. The information in this directory is taken from a larger database containing additional information on these and other...
Jan 9 2015 // Professional Underwriting Group, Inc. is now offering an admitted program for insurance agent’s errors and omission insurance to qualifying insurance agents in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida,...
Jan 8 2015 // Ryan Specialty Group’s Global Special Risks (GSR), a subsidiary of RSG Underwriting Managers, LLC, has launched a new binding authority facility for the Upstream Solutions Energy Package, which provides products for...
Jan 8 2015 // Qatar Re announced the appointment of Alastair Speare-Cole as Chief Underwriting Officer, effective, January 12, 2015. He joins from JLT Re, the world’s fourth largest reinsurance broker, where he served as CEO since...
Jan 6 2015 // Odyssey Re Holdings Corp. announced changes to its executive management team in two of OdysseyRe’s operating divisions, EuroAsia and London Market.Isabelle Dubots-Lafitte has been named CEO for the Europe, Middle...
Dec 24 2014 // USI Insurance Services has launched a new terrorism insurance product to address the expiring Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (TRIPRA), which ends Dec. 31.Unlike TRIPRA however, USI’s Terrorism...
Dec 12 2014 // To help address businesses’ and financial institutions’ crime concerns, including embezzlement, fraud, and bribery, XL Group is launching a global crime business, under the leadership of Gregory W. Bangs who...
Dec 10 2014 // Pioneer Underwriters announced that its Pioneer Special Risk (PSR), led by President Gary Dubois, has commenced underwriting via its New York based division.The bulletin explained that “Pioneer Special Risk has been...
Dec 9 2014 // Pioneer Underwriters, a London-based underwriting group within Minova Insurance Holdings Ltd., announced that its New York-based division Pioneer Special Risk (PSR) has commenced underwriting. PSR was launched in October...
Dec 9 2014 // While many insurance agencies stick with their agency E&O carrier for years, those that do shop around tend to do so when premiums are rising and, according to a recent Insurance Journal survey, more agencies are...