All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 25 2011 // Patriot National Insurance Group hired Theodore Werckman as alternative market underwriting manager of the group’s PEO unit. In this position, Werckman will oversee Guarantee Insurance Co. and Patriot...
May 24 2011 // Third Coast Underwriters, which provides workers’ compensation insurance for underserved markets that have complex risks, is expanding facilities in Louisiana and Texas, and adding the availability of workers’...
May 24 2011 // The Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters Society Oregon Chapter has named its 2011 officers. They are: President Chuck Nagan, President-Elect Dale Thomas, Vice-President Linda Rooke, Treasurer Diane Connolly, Secretary...
May 19 2011 // The Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters Society Golden Gate Chapter has named its 2011 officers and board members. They are: President Michael Johnson; Treasurer Kelly Huang, Secretary Dan Miller, and Board Members...
May 18 2011 // New Jersey-based New Day Underwriting Managers has promoted John Heft to senior vice president, director real estate practice. The 20-year industry veteran joined New Day in 2006, and has developed and managed the...
May 17 2011 // The UK’s BMS Group announced that its Lloyd’s Managing General Agent subsidiary, Pioneer Underwriting and JH Intermediaries have added two new employees: John Andrews, as Business Development Director and Jade...
May 16 2011 // Steamship Mutual, a London-based global P&I (Protection & Indemnity) Club, announced that “during the 2010/11 financial year the Club’s underwriting performance has continued to strengthen and it has...
May 16 2011 // Newport Beach, Calif.-based GCube named Al Caceres senior vice president of underwriting covering all renewables, and Michael Durning executive vice president of client relations and business development. Both will be...
May 13 2011 // A.M. Best Co. has revised the outlook to negative from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a” of The Motorists Insurance Pool (Motorists...
May 10 2011 // A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited has revised the outlook to stable from negative and affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of “a” of...
May 10 2011 // Pioneer Underwriting, BMS Group’s recently launched Lloyd’s MGA, announced that Amy Fu joins the team as a Marine Underwriter.BMS launched Lloyd’s Managing General Agent, Pioneer Underwriting, in April...
May 4 2011 // J.M. Wilson, a managing general agency based in Kansas City, Mo., has added Ariynna Garrison in Kansas City as property and casualty underwriter. Garrison is responsible for quoting new and renewal accounts for a wide...
May 4 2011 // The London office of Liberty International Underwriters in Europe (LIU Europe), a member of Liberty Mutual Group, announced that it is organizing a charity football match at Charlton Athletic’s Valley ground on...
May 2 2011 // The University of California (UC) has redefined the rules of cyber liability insurance, using an approach that the university’s Chief Risk Officer Grace Crickette calls “reverse underwriting.”...
May 2 2011 // The civil and political unrest in Egypt and other parts of the Middle East and North Africa have brought to light how vital political risk coverage is — regardless of the country in which a company has operations.Roger...
Apr 28 2011 // London-based specialist Lloyd’s insurer Marketform announced that experienced London Market underwriter Gary Cooke will join the company effective June first, as head of Marine Cargo Underwriting.“After two...
Apr 20 2011 // U.S. property/casualty insurers’ net income after taxes rose to $34.7 billion in 2010 from $28.7 billion the year before, with insurers’ rate of return on average policyholders’ surplus increasing to 6.5...
Apr 20 2011 // Bermuda-based Alterra Capital Holdings Limited announced several role changes and promotions that will affect its corporate and reinsurance operations, including the appointments of Greg Richardson as Executive Vice...
Apr 19 2011 // Irving, Texas-based JW Wrobel & Associates LLC has hired Kate Innocent as senior underwriter. Innocent will specialize in marketing, underwriting and placing small to medium surplus lines accounts for retail agencies...
Apr 19 2011 // SCF Arizona, the state’s largest provider of workers’ compensation insurance, has named Noel A. Williams vice president of underwriting. Williams hasextensive property and casualty experience in commercial...