All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 18 2014 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Florida Inc. (PIA of Florida) has tapped National Insurance Underwriters (NIU) as the official underwriter of its insurance agents’ professional liability errors and omissions...
Nov 18 2014 // Lancer Indemnity Company, a standard lines commercial property/casualty insurance company in Long Beach, New York, has hired Mickey Wind as underwriter. In this position, Wind will focus on new business accounts and...
Nov 18 2014 // Hamilton Insurance Group, the Bermuda-based holding company for property-casualty reinsurer Hamilton Re and insurer Hamilton USA, announced it has entered into a share purchase agreement to acquire Sportscover Underwriting...
Nov 17 2014 // David DeVinney CNA Financial Corporation hired David DeVinney as commercial underwriting officer for its branch offices in Long Island and Westchester, New York, and Hartford, Connecticut. Based in New York, DeVinney will...
Nov 13 2014 // Catlin Group Limited, the Bermuda-based specialty property & casualty insurer and reinsurer, has issued its interim management statement for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2014, which shows premiums reported...
Nov 11 2014 // Insurance underwriters involved in a legal battle with the Rolling Stones over a $12.7 million claim have won permission to seek evidence in Utah about the mental health of Mick Jagger’s girlfriend before she took...
Nov 11 2014 // Arch Insurance Europe has acquired 100 percent of Resource Underwriting Pacific Pty Ltd (RUPPL), the Melbourne-based MGA. RUPPL will be added to Arch Insurance Europe’s current holdings in Australia. James...
Nov 10 2014 // Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG announced that Neil Lightbown will be appointed as Chief Underwriting Officer of Allied World’s Global Markets segment, which will include Asia, Europe, and Latin America,...
Nov 10 2014 // ANV Holdings BV announced it has strengthened its team of underwriters with two new hires in the Professional Lines division of ANV Syndicate 1861. Tracy Ambrose has been hired as Lead Underwriter for Professional...
Nov 6 2014 // CNA Financial Corporation announced several senior appointments to the Energy, Marine and Aviation (EMA) team of London-based Hardy (Underwriting Agencies) Limited, an independent wholly-owned, indirect subsidiary of CNA,...
Nov 6 2014 // KENNESAW, GA, November 6, 2014 — Blue River Underwriters, a division of Breckenridge Insurance Group, has introduced a new United States Longshoreman and Harbor Workers Act (USL&H) and Maritime Employers Liability...
Nov 4 2014 // Business process solutions company EXL has acquired Overland Solutions Inc., an Overland Park, Kan.-based provider of underwriting support services including premium audit, commercial and residential underwriting surveys...
Nov 4 2014 // Insurer American International Group on Monday reported better-than-expected third quarter earnings, bolstered in part by improved performance at core insurance operations.After-tax operating income jumped 23 percent from...
Nov 4 2014 // Ryan Specialty Group’s wholesale brokerage, R-T Specialty, LLC (RT) has acquired the assets of excess and surplus broker, Tennessee Underwriters Inc. (TUI). A family-owned business, TUI was formed in 1980 in...
Nov 3 2014 // John Roderiques Boston Insurance Brokerage Inc., a national wholesale broker based in Boston, has hired John Roderiques as an underwriter of workers’ compensation, to further develop and manage the firm’s...
Nov 3 2014 // While many agencies stick with their agency errors and omissions (E&O) carrier, those that do shop around tend to do so when premiums are rising. According to Insurance Journal‘s exclusive 2014 Agency E&O...
Oct 31 2014 // A.M. Besthas upgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) to “a” from “a-” of Greenlight Reinsurance Ireland...
Oct 29 2014 // The Hartford reported third quarter 2014 net income totaled $388 million, up 32 percent from $293 million in third quarter 2013.The insurer said core earnings were $477 million for the three months ended Sept. 30, 2014, up...
Oct 28 2014 // J.M. Wilson has promoted Kristy Stratton to property/casualty underwriter in its Portage, Mich., office. She is responsible for quoting new and renewal accounts for a wide variety of commercial property and casualty risks,...
Oct 28 2014 // ANV Holdings BV, the Dutch-headquartered specialty insurance business, announced that Julian Barker has joined its ANV Syndicate 1861 as an underwriter in the political risk & violence team. With more than a decade of...