All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 22 2013 // A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited has revised the outlook to positive from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of...
Jul 18 2013 // Auto insurance giant GEICO recently announced that Kirk La has been named assistant vice president of the GEICO Insurance Agency and Pionne Corbin will take over as assistant vice president of underwriting in GEICO’s...
Jul 18 2013 // The California Wholesalers Association is adding four associate members to its ranks.CIWA elected to revise its bylaws and allow for more associate members. The new associate members are: Arthur Davis; Beth Hannon; Colby...
Jul 18 2013 // India has extended a temporary approval to Iranian underwriters Kish P&I Club and Moallem Insurance Co for covering container and tanker vessels calling at Indian ports, in a move that should clear a backlog of...
Jul 16 2013 // Newly-formed Ink Underwriting in Kennesaw, Georgia, said it has acquired Pioneer Programs Insurance Solutions, a Pasadena, California-based niche insurance program administrator for the construction and long term care...
Jul 9 2013 // The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI), the workers’ compensation rating organization, appointed Katherine Antonello to the position of chief actuary.Antonello succeeds Dennis Mealy, who is retiring...
Jul 1 2013 // First quarter results for U.S. property/casualty insurers show they made a profit on underwriting for the first time since late 2009.Private U.S. property/casualty insurers’ net income after taxes rose to $14.4...
Jun 25 2013 // Liberty International Underwriters (LIU), part of the Global Specialty division of Liberty Mutual Insurance, has expanded its environmental impairment liability (EIL) operation with a regional presence, to be headed by...
Jun 25 2013 // Dallas-based managing general agency and surplus lines wholesaler, U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc., has named Quinton Goss, vice president for HealthcarePros, the healthcare division of U.S. Risk Underwriters. The division...
Jun 24 2013 // First quarter results for U.S. property/casualty insurers show they made a profit on underwriting for the first time since late 2009.Private U.S. property/casualty insurers’ net income after taxes rose to $14.4...
Jun 18 2013 // The XL Group announced that it has appointed Valérie Devaux-Piquer to the position of Casualty Underwriting Manager, Europe, Reinsurance, effective Sept. 1, 2013.She will take the place of Dieter Kohl, who retires this...
Jun 17 2013 // Lloyd’s underwriting agency, CFC has made a major upgrade to its flagship cyber and privacy product policy in order to protect customers against the changing face of cyber crime and react to the constant changes in...
Jun 13 2013 // Ryan Specialty Group’s ThinkRisk Underwriting Agency announced three new hires in its Northeast offices: Jonathan Koppel, Katie Duff and Nicole Simmons.Koppel joins ThinkRisk as a senior underwriter. He is based in...
Jun 13 2013 // Mitsui Sumitomo at Lloyd’s has affirmed its commitment to grow its Marine Liability business with the appointment of Simon Engelen as Class Underwriter.Engelen will join Mitsui Sumitomo at Lloyd’s later this...
Jun 10 2013 // HCC Insurance Holdings announced the promotion of Simon Button to Chief Underwriting Officer for HCC International Insurance Company PLC and Lloyd’s Syndicate 4141 (known collectively as HCC International). He...
Jun 7 2013 // HCC Insurance Holdings Inc. has p[romoted of Simon Button to chief underwriting officer for HCC International Insurance Co. PLC and Lloyd’s Syndicate 4141, reporting to HCC International’s Chief Executive...
Jun 6 2013 // Managing general agency J.M. Wilson announced it has hired Kristen Pusateri as property/casualty underwriter in its Madison, Wis., office. Her responsibilities include reviewing, quoting, binding and servicing commercial...
Jun 3 2013 // Philadelphia Insurance Companies announced the hiring of Ziad Kubursi as senior vice president of specialty lines and Karen Votta as vice president of large accounts for commercial lines. Ziad Kubursi will lead the...
Jun 3 2013 // The Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) said its recent survey shows significant market changes in the Northeast — with the homeowners insurance and commercial property market appearing to be most affected by the...
May 31 2013 // A.M. Best Co. has revised the outlook to positive from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A+’ (Superior) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “aa” of the property/casualty...