All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 23 2007 // PeopleThe Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Co. named Thomas H. Grimstad, M.D., as its new president and chief executive officer. Grimstad will succeed John E. Lemoine, M.D., effective Jan.1, 2008. Since its founding in...
Dec 23 2007 // Next year may go down on record as one of the best insurance industry underwriting performances in the past 80 years, according to an industry survey of Wall Street stock analysts and industry professionals.Analysts expect...
Dec 21 2007 // Birmingham, Ala., Mayor Larry Langford will not say why he refused to answer questions from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, but says he believes he is the target of a federal criminal...
Dec 20 2007 // Arch Insurance Group said it has completed its acquisition of Wexford Underwriting Managers and will rename the new division Arch Wexford.The deal has been in the works since January, when the two companies signed an...
Dec 17 2007 // Next year may just go down on record as one of the best insurance industry underwriting performances in the past 80 years, according to an industry survey of Wall Street stock analysts and industry professionals.Analysts...
Dec 14 2007 // Quirk & Co. has added two Bainbridge Island, Wash., underwriters. Pam Hollinshead has more than 30 year of commercial underwriting experience. She will focus on servicing new and renewal accounts for...
Dec 12 2007 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a+” of Zurich Insurance Company (ZIC), the main operating company of...
Dec 10 2007 // OneBeacon Insurance Group has appointed Terry Thompson as senior vice president and chief underwriting officer of the company’s U.S. operations.Reporting to Chief Executive Officer Mike Miller, Thompson will be...
Dec 6 2007 // American International Underwriters (AIU), the international P/C division of American International Group (AIG), has announced it will offer a series of podcasts or audiocasts, entitled “‘AIUcasts,’...
Dec 5 2007 // The Board of Hardy, a major specialist Lloyd’s insurer, announced that it proposes to move the Group’s corporate domicile to Bermuda “in order to improve the Group’s strategic positioning in the...
Dec 4 2007 // Specialty Underwriters’ Alliance, Inc. (SUA) announced that Daniel Cacchione has been appointed as vice president and chief underwriting officer of Chicago-based SUA Insurance Co., the sole operating subsidiary of...
Nov 28 2007 // According to its recently released trading statement, the Bermuda-based Catlin Group Limited “continues to perform strongly, and this performance reflects continued broker support for Catlin’s enlarged...
Nov 27 2007 // Trinity E&S Insurance Services Inc. based in Bermuda Dunes, Calif., has named Phil Tanner an underwriter responsible for commercial lines. He will handle the territories of California, Nevada and Arizona.
Nov 18 2007 // PeopleLockton Companies LLC appointed Frank Scardino as president of the company’s Dallas property and casualty operation. In his new position, Scardino is responsible for setting the vision and long-term strategies...
Nov 18 2007 // Despite a rosier outlook in the agents’ errors and omissions (E&O) insurance market compared with years past, many insurance agents still faced rate increases in their E&O coverage in 2007 and anticipate...
Nov 18 2007 // Agencies that offer their employees the option of working remotely achieve an advantage when it comes to attracting and retaining top-notch CSRs. Considering how their jobs have changed over the years, it is more than...
Nov 16 2007 // USRisk Brokers Insurance Services Inc. announced that Joan Edwards has joined its Oakland, Calif., office as branch manager, and Chris Ramos has joined the office as senior underwriter. USRisk Brokers is a California...
Nov 14 2007 // Analysts from Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services have pit together an analytical report on Bermuda’s insurance and reinsurance industry, following what S&P sees as “another excellent...
Nov 14 2007 // U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc., the ninth largest managing general agency and surplus lines wholesaler in the nation, announced that it has named Peter Stanislaw as vice president and branch manager of Lighthouse...
Nov 7 2007 // The Hartford Financial Services Group announced that it is expanding its existing international professional liability underwriting capabilities with the opening of a new office in London.Following the success of its U.S....