All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 18 2013 // San Diego, CA, 9/18/13 – Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC, a national multi-line program manager, is pleased to announce two new additions to the Knoxville dedicated marketing office. The Knoxville office welcomes...
Sep 17 2013 // MarketScout, the national electronic insurance exchange and specialty MGA headquartered in Dallas, Texas, has expanded its commercial specialty program underwriting practice with the addition of Jackie Bourret as vice...
Sep 17 2013 // Managing general agency, J.M. Wilson, announced one promotion and one new hire in the Midwest.Amanda Montgomery has been promoted to transportation underwriter in the company’s Portage, Mich., office. Montgomery was...
Sep 17 2013 // Delegates attending the annual conference of International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) in London were told that “insurers, ship owners and cargo interests cannot equate piracy in West Africa to that seen off the...
Sep 16 2013 // Berkley Underwriting Partners, a W. R. Berkley company, has changed its name to Berkley Program Specialists. The company said the change better reflects its sole focus on program business. “We decided to change our...
Sep 12 2013 // Shreveport, La.-based Specialty Risk Associates Inc. announced the hiring of three new commercial lines underwriters – Ryan Gore, Laura Schlidt and Patti Haigler.Prior to joining Specialty Risk Associates, Gore...
Sep 9 2013 // The market for workers’ compensation insurance is in a recovery phase of the underwriting cycle after several years of poor results. In particular, premium rates continued to increase meaningfully through the first...
Sep 5 2013 // The Reinsurance Association of America (RAA)’s latest survey shows a group of 18 U.S. property/casualty reinsurers posted $4.756 billion net income in aggregate for the first six months of 2013 — an increase of...
Sep 4 2013 // XL Group has added a crisis management team to provide corporate clients in the U.S. with product recall, war, terrorism and political violence, kidnap, ransom, and extortion insurance. Led by Denise Balan in New York, the...
Sep 4 2013 // FinSecure — a W.R. Berkley Corp. member company that focuses on insurance for financial institutions — announced that Elizabeth Loft Good has joined the company as vice president and chief underwriting officer...
Sep 4 2013 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire the Giles Group of Companies, headquartered in London, England. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and is expected to close...
Sep 4 2013 // Specialist Managing General Agency (MGA) Pioneer Underwriting Limited announced the appointment of David Carson to spearhead its new division ‘Pioneer Cat,’ incorporating property catastrophe reinsurance...
Sep 4 2013 // UK-based Nexus Underwriting Management Limited announced that it has acquired Torus Insurance Holdings Limited entire holding in Torus Executive Risks Ltd (TER) with effect as of August 30, 2013.Following the acquisition,...
Sep 3 2013 // Former Lloyd’s Chairman Max Taylor Joins Pioneer Underwriting BoardRecently formed – April 2011 – Pioneer Underwriting Limited announced that industry veteran Max Taylor has been appointed as Chairman of the...
Aug 26 2013 // Specialty Underwriters & Risk Evaluators LLC has acquired Jackson, Mich.-based WSIB Insurance Agency from the Capacity Group of Companies, headquartered in Mahwah, N.J.WSIB currently operates as a wholesale broker and...
Aug 23 2013 // The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) announced it is now offering its Texas Windstorm Insurance Association Underwriting Basics Workshop online.This course, which is open to insurance agency personnel, has been...
Aug 22 2013 // Advanced Insurance Underwriters, a nationwide provider of commercial insurance, and CODA, the California Operator & Door Association, have collaborated to give contractors access to general liability coverage and...
Aug 21 2013 // The UK’s BMS Associates, a specialist independent broker and underwriting group, has appointed Dane Douetil as its new Group Chief Executive Officer.BMS Associates is the parent company of BMS Group Limited, its UK...
Aug 20 2013 // CED 1976 LLC, a N.J.-based managing general underwriter for the Jewelers unBLOCKed brand that focuses on providing coverage to the jewelry industry, announced that Ken Bessette has joined its management team as strategic...
Aug 19 2013 // Fidelis Group Holdings LLC, through its subsidiary company Continental Underwriters Ltd., announced the formation of its new inland marine division and appointed two managing directors for the new unit.Ed Helfers and Lisa...