All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 14 2010 // Insurer XL has made eight new appointments to its North American Construction team.Gregory P. McKiernan will serve as senior vice president of Construction Primary Casualty, based in New York. He most recently served as...
Dec 10 2010 // Markel International, the specialty property and casualty insurer, announced that it has strengthened its retail division, Markel (UK) Limited, with two senior appointments. Dave Robson and Graham Morse have been appointed...
Dec 10 2010 // Georgia-based N-Surance Outlets has named Gary Alexander as underwriting manager.Alexander will oversee all underwriting activities for the managing general agent and wholesaler. Alexander, a 30-year veteran of the...
Dec 9 2010 // Liberty International Underwriters U.S. (LIU) has launched an Excess and Surplus Lines (E&S) Property product. This product provides wholesale brokers with a new market for their clients’ commercial property...
Dec 9 2010 // London-based underwriting agency Torus Executive Risks (TER), the joint venture between global specialty insurer Torus and Nexus Underwriting Management Ltd., has appointed Michael Kofi-Sikah as Senior Financial Lines...
Dec 7 2010 // Bermuda-based Alterra Capital Holdings Limited announced the appointment of Daniel G. Gamble as Managing Director of Alterra USA.Gamble has more than 15 years experience in Professional Liability underwriting, most...
Dec 5 2010 // Massachusetts agency Provider Insurance has hired Sharon Cardoso as personal lines account manager. She will be responsible for acquiring new clients and expanding existing client accounts in the personal lines division...
Dec 5 2010 // Frost Insurance in Austin, Texas promoted Sheri Smyth to vice president of personal lines. Smyth, a 23-year insurance industry veteran, manages the personal lines department’s growth and retention efforts, and...
Nov 24 2010 // The UK’s insurance industry has spawned numerous professional and trade associations over the years, but, oddly enough, one of the most important sectors, the managing general agents, or MGA’s, who underwrite...
Nov 19 2010 // The Connecticut Chapter of the National Association of Insurance Women has named Cynthia Bruce, an underwriter at E&S broker S.H. Smith & Co., as its Connecticut professional underwriter of the year. Bruce...
Nov 18 2010 // Patriot National Insurance Group has named Dean D. Watters as president of its subsidiary Patriot Underwriters, Inc. In his new role, Watters will oversee Patriot National’s managing general agency, program...
Nov 14 2010 // Connecticut-based managing general agency Business Risk Partners has named Mark Bradway as director of broker relations. He has worked in specialty liability for over a decade. He began his career at wholesale broker Swett...
Nov 14 2010 // Companies that seek longevity in the insurance industry should not focus solely on increasing profits. That’s the assessment of Robert P. Hartwig, president and economist for the Insurance Information Institute....
Nov 12 2010 // The Bermuda-based Catlin Group Limited’s interim management statement highlighted some significant premium increases in certain lines.The bulletin said: “Group-wide net premiums earned increased by 13 percent...
Nov 8 2010 // Companies that seek longevity in the insurance industry should not focus solely on increasing profits. That’s the assessment of Robert P. Hartwig, president and economist for the Insurance Information Institute. In...
Nov 8 2010 // RSI International Inc., a Texas-based managing general agency, announced that Robin James has joined its Commercial Underwriting Department in Arlington. James joins RSI after relocating to Texas from Goldsboro, N.C.,...
Nov 2 2010 // Marsh’s London office announced the appointment of Mike Rogers as head of Marsh ProBroker, its UK community of independent brokers. He joins Marsh from Towergate’s Broker Network where he was Head of Business...
Nov 2 2010 // A.I.M. Mutual Insurance Companies and Quincy Mutual Group will join forces to to create the Commercial Solutions Underwriting Alliance, a business arrangement designed to meet the commercial lines product needs of small to...
Nov 1 2010 // Liberty Northwest, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, appointed Danny R. Schamma to vice president, finance. He will direct the business planning process, oversee financial reporting and analysis, and...
Nov 1 2010 // Companies that seek longevity in the insurance industry should not focus solely on increasing profits. That’s the assessment of Robert P. Hartwig, president and economist for the Insurance Information Institute....