All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 3 2010 // The acquisition of wholesale insurance broker Colemont Insurance Brokers by its competitor AmWINS Group gives AmWINS entry into international markets for the first time and a bigger presence in Texas, where Colemont is...
Apr 30 2010 // CNA has appointed Belinda Mattucci-Mychajliw to commercial underwriting officer for its New York Metro branch office.In this position, Mattucci-Mychajliw joins nine recently announced commercial underwriting officers who...
Apr 27 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...
Apr 23 2010 // The Travelers Cos. Inc. reported net income for the first quarter 2010 dropped just $15 million, to $647 million in Q1 2010, compared to $662 million in Q1 2009. Operating income in the current quarter declined as well to...
Apr 19 2010 // CNA appointed Nancy Osborn branch vice president for its Phoenix and Albuquerque, N.M., offices; and Connie Taylor vice president of its new Los Angeles branch office, scheduled to open in May.Osborn began her insurance...
Apr 19 2010 // Central Insurance Companies of Van Wert, Ohio, announced the retirements of Michael E. Thompson and George J. Gress. Additionally, Central promoted Jana L. Ringwald to vice president of Commercial Underwriting for its...
Apr 15 2010 // The U.S. property/casualty industry’s profitability as measured by their rate of return on average policyholders’ surplus (or statutory net worth) increased by 5.8 percent in 2009, while private P/C...
Apr 14 2010 // The acquisition of wholesale insurance broker Colemont Insurance Brokers by its competitor AmWINS Group gives AmWINS entry into international markets for the first time and a bigger presence in Texas, where Colemont is...
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...