All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 13 2010 // CNA Select Risk, which includes excess and surplus business, as well as wholesale property accounts, added to its transportation unit the newly-created Center of Excellence in Atlanta. The unit will focus on writing new...
Apr 13 2010 // Penn National Insurance announced a number of executive moves, including the retirement of CEO Dennis C. Rowe.Rowe will retire October 1, but retain his position as chairman of the board. He began his career with Penn...
Apr 9 2010 // AmWINS Group, Inc. and Colemont Insurance Brokers today announced that the two companies will be combined to form a specialty insurance distributor placing more than $4.8 billion in annual premiums with over 1,800...
Apr 7 2010 // Central Insurance Companies of Van Wert, Ohio, has promoted Jana L. Ringwald to vice president of Commercial Underwriting for its Central Mutual and All America subsidiaries, and Patrick J. Jackson to vice president and...
Apr 7 2010 // Chicago-based CNA Financial Corporation has appointed new commercial underwriting officers in several branch offices.The following commercial underwriting officers are scheduled to begin their new roles in April: Jamie...
Apr 5 2010 // Accident Fund Insurance Company of America, based in Lansing, Mich., appointed Lisa Riddle the new vice president of Claims and Medical Operations.In her new role, Riddle is responsible for the strategic direction of...
Apr 5 2010 // New Jersey-based Synergy Professional Associates has hired Thomas Dattoli as manager of its professional liability unit. Dattoli will be responsible for underwriting professional and excess liability for lawyers, and...
Apr 5 2010 // While high-profile crimes like Bernie Madoff’s $65 billion Ponzi scheme generate headlines, employees at companies across the county are committing smaller, low profile crimes every day.Many employee theft schemes...
Apr 5 2010 // Your client’s directors and officers liability policy is coming up for renewal. What can you expect from the market? Like the Dickens classic, this is a tale of two markets.The Best of Times For companies with little...
Mar 30 2010 // Robert K. Stahl of IIW Insurance Services Inc. in Portland, Ore., has announced an agreement to merge his operations with Bass Underwriters Inc. in April. The merger will expand Bass Underwriters’ presence in the...
Mar 30 2010 // The shortage of experienced property/casualty insurance underwriters is growing as senior underwriters retire and the issue is keeping carrier executives up at night, according to an industry software provider that thinks...
Mar 25 2010 // C.V Starr & Company (California), a subsidiary of New York-based C.V. Starr & Co. Inc., has appointed Andrew (Andy) Robinson chief underwriting officer. Robinson has nearly 30 years industry experience and spent 13...
Mar 23 2010 // Minneapolis-based MMIC Group has promoted Jeff Pearson to vice president of underwriting. Pearson joined MMIC as senior underwriting manager in 2003. He has worked in the insurance industry for more for 22 years. Pearson...
Mar 22 2010 // The Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters Society Golden Gate Chapter has awarded Janis Dunivin of Wells Fargo Insurance Services of California with its Insurance Person of the Year Award, and State Farm with its...
Mar 19 2010 // Brown & Brown Inc. will acquire New Jersey-based Excel Underwriters Alliance Inc. and Spirit Underwriters Inc., the Florid-based brokerage announced.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Excel and Spirit offer...
Mar 15 2010 // Starr Indemnity & Liability Co., Inc., an indirectly wholly owned subsidiary of Starr International Company, Inc., and Chubb & Son, a division of Federal Insurance Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of The Chubb, have...
Mar 11 2010 // London-based specialty insurer Hiscox, which launched a significantly expanded U.S. presence in 2006, saw gross profits reach record levels ($481 million) in 2009. In this exclusive interview with Insurance Journal, Hiscox...
Mar 11 2010 // E&S brokerage firm Connecticut Underwriters has named Darren Valencia as director of its professional lines business. Valencia has 10 years of experience underwriting and brokering professional liability coverage, and...
Mar 9 2010 // Specialist Lloyd’s insurer, Jubilee Managing Agency Limited, has been appointed to provide dedicated amateur motor sport personal accident coverage for amateur race and rally drivers who hold UK Motor Sport...
Mar 7 2010 // Thomas J. Schaffler has been named president of Lockton Cos. employee benefits practice in Chicago. He joined Lockton more than 10 years ago as executive vice president and producer and serves on the Chicago executive...