All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 4 2007 // Bermuda-based Catlin Group Ltd. appointed Nick Greggains chief underwriting officer for insurance, and Andrew Englesbe chief underwriting officer for reinsurance for Catlin U.S. Both will be responsible for insurance and...
Nov 4 2007 // When defaults in U.S. mortgages reached record levels in the second quarter of 2007, forcing a large number of subprime mortgage lenders to shut down or file for bankruptcy, the fallout spread quickly throughout the...
Nov 4 2007 // Attorneys are singularly aware of liability exposures and the impact of litigation in modern society. Accordingly, attorneys are adroit and meticulous about the insurance coverage they purchase. Insurance must fulfill...
Nov 1 2007 // Berkley Net Underwriters announced the addition of Brian Risen as senior vice president of Sales and Marketing and the promotion of Brian Douglas to the newly created position of director of Marketing and Strategic...
Oct 30 2007 // Munich Re is acquiring the UK Company MSP Underwriting Ltd. for a figure it said is in the “mid double-digit million Euro range.” MSP Underwriting Ltd. owns both the Lloyd’s managing agency Beaufort...
Oct 29 2007 // The Bermuda-based Catlin Group Limited announced from its London office that Tim Burrows, a Catlin underwriting director, will retire at the end of 2007 after more than 36 years in the London insurance market.He will then,...
Oct 29 2007 // Specialty Underwriters’ Alliance, Inc. recently announced that William Loder, the company’s chief underwriting officer, has resigned effective Jan. 1, 2008. President and Chief Executive Officer Courtney Smith...
Oct 29 2007 // Managing general agent and surplus line boker Trans Cal Associates announced the expansion of it underwriting staff. Sarah Lemons was promoted to commercial lines underwriter in Trans Cal’s Commercial Transportation...
Oct 29 2007 // The Harry W. Gorst Co. of Chatsworth, Calif., has promoted LaTanya Taylor to commercial lines underwriter. Taylor began her career in insurance in 1989 at a large California wholesaler, in which she specialized as a tech...
Oct 27 2007 // The California State Compensation Insurance Fund’s Glendale Legal Unit B appointed Katherine Harvey-Edwards to attorney-in-charge. Harvey-Edwards brings 16 years of legal experience to her new post. She was hired as...
Oct 23 2007 // Liberty International Underwriters (LIU), a division of Liberty Mutual Group, has expanded the lines of insurance available in Texas and the Southwest region by offering primary general liability products and...
Oct 19 2007 // Commonwealth Underwriters Ltd., a regional Excess & Surplus Lines Broker based in Richmond, Va., has appointed G. Stephen Allen as vice president of North Carolina operations, based in Raleigh. Prior to joining...
Oct 19 2007 // The Harry W. Gorst Co. based in Chatsworth, Calif., has promoted Sharon Babic to commercial lines underwriter. Babic began her career in insurance in 2003 as an account technician at a retail agency in Woodland Hills,...
Oct 18 2007 // R.E.Chaix & Associates announced that Jeannemarie Pettipas-Ross has joined the Northern California office in Napa as assistant vice president, underwriting. Pettipas-Ross began her insurance career in 1990 at a...
Oct 16 2007 // Burlington, N.C.-based TAPCO Underwriters Inc. (TAPCO) has introduced a specialty contractors program, offering monoline general liability coverages to agents in Texas, the company announced. TAPCO opened its Texas...
Oct 16 2007 // San Diego-based Appalachian Underwriters Inc. has a contractors general liability market available in California through independent agents. This program is backed by an admitted,A.M. Best Co. “A”-rated...
Oct 10 2007 // Flagstone Reassurance Suisse SA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bermuda-based Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings Limited, announced it has entered into a Technical Underwriting Agreement with Imperial Reinsurance Company...
Oct 9 2007 // Auto insurers in Massachusetts will not be able to use credit scores to price or underwrite risks when the state enters its managed competition market next April.Insurance Commissioner Nonnie Burnes sided with consumer...
Oct 9 2007 // London-based Ascot Underwriting Ltd. has created new subsidiary in Houston, Texas – Ascot Underwriting Inc. The company said the move is part of Ascot’s plan to establish local underwriting platforms, and...