All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 30 2011 // K&K Insurance, a division of Aon Underwriting Managers and a managing general underwriter offering insurance products and services to the sports, leisure and entertainment industries, has hired two new underwriters to...
Mar 21 2011 // High-risk property is a location that is inherently dangerous due to the nature of its operations or that is exposed to powerful forces of nature such as hurricanes, earthquakes, and floods. Insuring against these...
Mar 21 2011 // Bermuda-based Alterra Capital Holdings Limited has announced the appointment of Mark Abrahams as Property Insurance Underwriting Manager for Syndicate 1400 at Alterra at Lloyd’s Limited.He has more than 15 years of...
Mar 21 2011 // For many businesses, 2010 was a year of transition. Companies began to pick up the pieces of the economic downturn and were cautiously optimistic by bringing on temporary staff to help out rather than hire permanent...
Mar 21 2011 // Provider Insurance has appointed Lynn Cubano as personal lines account manager. She will be responsible for acquiring new clients and expanding existing accounts in the personal lines division of the Massachusetts-based...
Mar 17 2011 // XL Insurance, the global insurance operations of the XL Group, has promoted Gavin Bruce-Smythe to Chief Underwriting Officer (CUO) for its International Property & Casualty business.He previously served as Chief...
Mar 14 2011 // Insurer XL has appointed Robert C. Schenone as vice president and senior class underwriter in its space underwriting unit. Schenone, who will be based in New York, joins XL Insurance from Sciemus Ltd., where he served as...
Mar 11 2011 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of the ACE Group, is reorganizing its medical liability group into two operating units, ACE Medical Risk and ACE Life Sciences. These two units will serve the unique...
Mar 9 2011 // Western National Insurance Group (WNIG), headquartered in Minnesota, has partially realigned its management team. The following members of WNIG’s management team have assumed new roles: Jeff Couchman, formerly vice...
Mar 7 2011 // Pennsylvania-based managing general underwriter Interstate Insurance Management has made several promotions.Larry E. DeFrances has been named executive vice president, commercial auto underwriting manager – U.S....
Mar 7 2011 // InsuranceJournal.com reported on the adventures of IBM’s artificial intelligence machine, Watson, and its victory on the TV game show “Jeopardy.” In the article and podcast, What’s Next for...
Mar 3 2011 // State Farm reported $1.8 billion in after-tax net income in 2010, compared with $800 million in 2009. The improvement “was driven by the P-C companies’ improved results,” said the bulletin, which also...
Mar 3 2011 // Maritime General Agency announced its newly formed business identity, which it said “combines three niche marine insurance underwriting facilities: Maritime Program Group; Maritime General Agency, Marine MGA, and...
Mar 2 2011 // Allied American Underwriters (AAU), a national program manager and subsidiary of USG Holding/USG Insurance Services, has added Pamela King as an underwriting assistant in Louisiana. King developed her career throughout 19...
Mar 1 2011 // Hong Kong-based Starr International Company, Inc. has announced the appointment of Irene Chang as Underwriting Manager of Starr Casualty for Greater China.She will lead the effort in developing and promoting all Casualty...
Mar 1 2011 // The Australia-based QBE Group reported net after tax profits of *$1.278 billion for 2010, a 17 percent decrease from the $1.532 billion reported for 2009. However, the decline was almost entirely due to a drop in...
Feb 28 2011 // The Bermuda-based Argo Group International Holdings announced that Bruno Ritchie has joined the company to lead Argo Assurances, Argo Group’s new Paris-based underwriting platform for large specialty risks. The new...
Feb 25 2011 // Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. Has announced leadership changes in its Catastrophe business unit, effective April 1, 2011.Brian Secrett, currently Chief Underwriting Officer and Deputy Head, Catastrophe, has been appointed...
Feb 25 2011 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the business and certain assets of London-based Woodbrook Underwriting Agencies, Ltd.The transaction is expected to close during...
Feb 24 2011 // Middleton, Wis.-based Capitol Insurance Companies has announced three promotions. Kevin A. Klestinski has been named vice president of property and casualty underwriting, Richard F. Boettner has been promoted to director...