All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Feb 24 2011 // Capitol Insurance Cos. of Middleton, Wis., announced that Kevin A. Klestinski has been named vice president of Property & Casualty Underwriting, Richard F. Boettner has been promoted to director of Underwriting –...
Feb 22 2011 // Professional Program Insurance Brokerage in Novato Calif., has added Lisa Martone to its underwriting staff. Martone will be a senior underwriter to grow the program business, including the new artisan contractor program,...
Feb 18 2011 // Mitsui Sumitomo at Lloyd’s has made five appointments to its corporate, mid-market and regional distribution teams as the UK non-life insurer continues its expansion drive.The corporate team has been strengthened by...
Feb 10 2011 // Cincinnati, Ohio-based Great American Insurance Group’s Property and Inland Marine Division has promoted two insurance executives: Grace Thomas and Cecil Wilson.Thomas was promoted to divisional senior vice...
Feb 10 2011 // The Bermuda-based (London headquartered) Catlin Group Limited reported net profits before tax in 2010 of $406 million, compared to $603 million in 2009, primarily due to a significant increase in catastrophe losses last...
Feb 10 2011 // The loss of market share in the surplus lines sector of the property/casualty insurance industry will turn around when standard carriers begin to experience negative results from the non-standard business they’ve...
Feb 9 2011 // Bermuda-based RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. reported net income available to common shareholders of $122.6 million or $2.23 per diluted common share in the fourth quarter of 2010, compared to $211.8 million or $3.38 per...
Feb 8 2011 // Specialist insurer Beazley announced that it is broadening its coverage of environmental risks, first launched by its U.S. company, by “establishing an environmental risks underwriting capability at Lloyd’s,...
Feb 7 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...
Feb 7 2011 // Great American Insurance Group, headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, announced that Michael G. “Mike” Liguzinski will succeed John W. Sullivan as divisional president, Specialty Human Services Division, upon...
Feb 7 2011 // OneBeacon Technology Insurance appointed Mary Fisk-Bieker as vice president and central and eastern territories underwriting manager. She brings more than 25 years of insurance experience to OneBeacon, 23 years of which...
Feb 4 2011 // Colorado Casualty, a Liberty Mutual Agency Corp. regional company, announced that Brenda K. Hickert has been named vice president, Underwriting. With more than 20 years of industry experience in positions of increasing...
Feb 4 2011 // QBE the Americas created a U.S.-based general aviation underwriting operation.Headquartered in Atlanta, QBE the Americas’ Aviation Team is designed to expand the company’s global aviation activities. QBE is...
Feb 4 2011 // Distinguished Programs Group LLC (Distinguished), headquartered in New York, has acquired a controlling interest in GreenLine Underwriters (GreenLine), a Dallas-based program administrator focused on delivering insurance...
Feb 3 2011 // The Global Captive Practice of Willis Group Holdings and Atlas Insurance PCC (Protected Cell Company), which is based on the Island of Malta, jointly announced the establishment of a new insurance structure to cover the...
Jan 31 2011 // UK-based specialist insurer Amlin plc announced that a wholly owned subsidiary has entered into an agreement to acquire Lead Yacht Underwriters Limited from members of Lead Yacht’s board of directors. The transaction...