All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 10 2014 // Canopius Group Limited, the global specialty (re)insurance platform of Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Holdings Inc., said it is expanding its U.S. presence with the launch of Canopius Underwriting Agency Inc. (CUAI).Based in New...
Sep 10 2014 // Global specialty insurer Liberty International Underwriters (LIU), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has added eight underwriters to its U.S. Excess Casualty Division.“Our new staff brings added skill and...
Sep 9 2014 // London-based Ascot Underwriting Ltd. has appointed Banos Georgiou as chairman, Diana Gladwell as senior vice president, and Devin Lefebvre as vice president of Ascot Underwriting Inc. in Houston.The team will report to...
Sep 9 2014 // A.M. Best has released its annual segment review of the global reinsurance industry, titled “How Relevant Is The Underwriting Cycle?” The special report includes a ranking of the top 50 global reinsurance...
Sep 9 2014 // Paul Greensmith and Jonathan Gale have been appointed chief underwriting officers for Catlin Group Limited’s London hub, with primary responsibilities including insurance and reinsurance, respectively.Greensmith...
Sep 9 2014 // Selling workers’ compensation comes at a price. In 2013, underwriters generated a loss of one percent for every premium dollar written. As such, agents also face many financial constraints, making this line of...
Sep 8 2014 // Chicago, Ill.-based Berkley Fire and Marine Underwriters hired Jaymee Parker as a territory underwriting manager. She is based in Detroit, Mich.Parker will be responsible for agency relationships and underwriting growth...
Sep 8 2014 // Dallas, TX, 9/15/14 – U.S. Risk Insurance Group, Inc. (www.usrisk.com), the eighth largest managing general agency and surplus lines wholesaler in the nation, announced that it has opened a new office in the city of...
Sep 8 2014 // Anchor Insurance Holdings is purchasing Beaumont, Texas-based Southeast Surplus Underwriters General Agency, Spindletop Premium Finance, and Ranchers and Farmers Insurance Co. from Mirage Interest Inc., the companies...
Sep 8 2014 // Kenner, La.-based Lane & Associates Inc. announced that Marie Hohensee has joined the managing general agency as vice president of commercial underwriting.Hohensee has over 30 years of experience in commercial...
Sep 8 2014 // Lloyd’s of London began and remains a specialized market (not an insurance company). It accepts risks that are too large, or too complex, or both, that do not lend themselves to coverage through more “normal...
Sep 4 2014 // Altitude Risk Partners, the global aviation and space underwriting business, announced the appointment of former broker Charles Hollingworth as an underwriter.Hollingworth joined from Aon Risk Solutions where he was a...
Aug 25 2014 // Patriot Underwriters Inc., a Patriot National Inc. company, named Shadi Lang vice president of marketing and underwriting of its California region. Lang will be based in Woodland Hills. In her new role, Lang will build and...
Aug 22 2014 // Wholesale insurance provider J.M. Wilson has hired Erika Barney in its Arlington Heights, Ill., office as a transportation underwriter. Barney will be responsible for quoting new and renewal bobtail and transportation...
Aug 21 2014 // Floating together in a muck of alphabet soup the insurance industry, the government and the scientific community can be assured success in at least one thing amid their combined efforts to deal with climate...
Aug 20 2014 // J.M. Wilson has added Josh Mauk as a transportation underwriter in its Carmel, Ind., office. Mauk is responsible for quoting new and renewal trucking, non-trucking, business auto and public auto risks for Indiana...
Aug 20 2014 // Managing general agency and surplus lines broker, J.M., Wilson has added Samantha Johnston as assistant property/casualty underwriter in its Portage, Mich., office. Johnston began at J.M. Wilson as a property/casualty...
Aug 18 2014 // Chicago, Ill.-based Berkley Fire & Marine Underwriters hired Kiley O’Connell as territory underwriting manager for the states of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. He is based in Cincinnati, Ohio.O’Connell is...
Aug 15 2014 // Indianapolis-based Specialty Insurance Group (SIG) appointed Charles (Charlie) Landrum as underwriting director, with a specialty focus in the sports and entertainment markets. Prior to joining the SIG team, Landrum was...
Aug 15 2014 // The MEMIC Group, a workers’ compensation insurer in Portland, Maine, hired Steven Crobar and Margaret Templeton as senior production underwriters to serve its agents in the state of New York.Together, Crobar and...