All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 4 2010 // Atlanta-based specialty insurer American Safety Insurance (ASI) has hired several new underwriters at regional locations throughout the country.In its New Jersey office, Robert Williams joins ASI as a senior excess...
Feb 2 2010 // Los Angeles-based Farmers Insurance Group of Companies has appointed Susan Bithell vice president and chief underwriting officer. In her new role, Bithell will oversee the continued alignment of the company’s...
Jan 28 2010 // Liberty International Underwriters (LIU), a division of Liberty Mutual Group, restructured its U.S. Specialty Casualty unit. The following organizational changes are effective immediately:Carl Pursiano has been named chief...
Jan 26 2010 // Tapco Underwriters Inc. (TAPCO), a Burlington, N.C.-based MGA specializing in high-volume, transaction-based excess and surplus insurance lines, is opening an underwriting service center in Dallas, Texas.Tapco veteran...
Jan 24 2010 // Colemont Insurance Brokers has promoted Tara Plourde to broker in the company’s Hartford, Connecticut office. She joined Colemont in 2008. Prior to Colemont, she was a commercial lines underwriter at a standard lines...
Jan 24 2010 // Todd Richardson has been promoted to regional vice president – State Auto Middle Markets Insurance (SAMMI) for the company’s Western region, which includes Utah, Colorado, Arizona, Oklahoma and Texas....
Jan 24 2010 // A recently announced plan by New York’s governor to boost his state’s financial services industry by recreating the New York Insurance Exchange has drawn the attention of insurance industry executives and...
Jan 20 2010 // Torus announced that it is in the process of establishing a London-based property tem to serve the UK. David Ring joins the Company to lead the new operations as UK Head of General Property. He is responsible for managing...
Jan 20 2010 // Markel International has appointed Tom Davies as liability underwriter in the insurer’s Marine and Energy Division. Davies has eight years of experience in marine and energy insurance and has spent the last six years...
Jan 13 2010 // New York-based XL Insurance, the global insurance operations of XL Capital Ltd., has expanded its U.S. Aviation underwriting team with an aviation branch office in San Francisco and by adding to its New York-based...
Jan 13 2010 // Insurance agents, a former insurance commissioner and a consumer advocate have sounded an alarm about the property insurance marketplace in Florida, a market that has seen four insurers get into financial trouble in the...
Jan 12 2010 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has stated that its ratings on Bermuda-based RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (currently ‘A’ with a stable outlook) and related entities are not affected by the...
Jan 10 2010 // New York-based insurance wholesaler Russell Bond & Co. has promoted Margaret J. Arnold to assistant vice president-controller. She is a 20-year veteran of the firm.In addition, the company has also promoted Derek...
Jan 10 2010 // The board of directors of the American Academy of Actuaries has elected Mary Frances Miller as the organization’s president-elect. Miller will succeed Ken Hohman as president for the 2010-2011 term.Miller is a...
Jan 8 2010 // The ACE European Group has appointed Iain Ainslie to the role of Technology and Cyber Liability Underwriter. ACE said the appointment underscores its “commitment to enhancing its service offering and presence in this...
Jan 7 2010 // Bordentown, N.J.-based New Day Underwriting Managers LLC, an environmental and construction-related professional liability resource for insurance agents and brokers, announced it is building its underweriting team by...
Jan 5 2010 // Specialty insurer Torus has hired three New Jersey-based executives to oversee underwriting of primary lines of general liability and auto liability for renewable energy.Angie Adams, Adam Newman and Wayne Jacobson have...
Dec 30 2009 // In times like these, where the insurance industry is now in its fifth year of a soft market, the use of an agency captive insurance company can spark both revenue and profits to improve an agency’s overall financial...
Dec 22 2009 // Private U.S. property/casualty insurers’ net income after taxes rose to $16.2 billion through nine-months 2009, partially recovering from the 91.2 percent decline to $4.4 billion through nine-months 2008 from $49.6...
Dec 21 2009 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has raised its counterparty credit rating on Platinum Underwriting Holdings Ltd. to ‘BBB+’ from ‘BBB’. S&P also assigned its ‘A’...