All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 24 2007 // The collapse of the subprime mortgage lending industry has dominated the headlines, led to turmoil in the credit and financial markets, and left the residential real estate marketplace in disarray. It has already generated...
Sep 24 2007 // The collapse of the subprime mortgage lending industry has dominated the headlines, led to turmoil in the credit and financial markets, and left the residential real estate marketplace in disarray. It also has already...
Sep 24 2007 // The Inland Marine Underwriters Association’s (IMUA) Chicago-based Midwest Advisory Committee recently announced it will present a morning seminar, entitled “Questions You Always Wanted to Know the Answers to...
Sep 19 2007 // West Chester, Pa.-based Venture Insurance Programs named Michele Morrison as vice president of underwriting. Morrison will be responsible for the day-to-day oversight of Venture’s regional underwriting teams...
Sep 19 2007 // A.M. Best has just released a study of the Canadian insurance market, which found that the country’s P/C insurers enjoyed “another solid year,” from profitable underwriting aided by investment income and...
Sep 13 2007 // Farmington Hills, Mich.-based Burns & Wilcox has appointed Micki Jordan and Kristen Monroy to positions at each of the company’s Nevada locations. Jordan, formerly an underwriting manager in the Denver office,...
Sep 7 2007 // Chatsworth, Calif.-based The Harry W. Gorst, Co. promoted Nelson Oliva to underwriter for the personal lines department. Oliva joined the firm in 2004 as assistant underwriter and reported directly to Bryan Clark, senior...
Sep 5 2007 // XL Insurance, the global insurance operations of Bermuda’s XL Capital Ltd, has announced an increase of its underwriting capacity for construction projects, from $40 million to $100 million per project. John...
Sep 5 2007 // Dallas-based U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc. named Quinton Goss a broker and inland marine underwriter at U.S. Risk Brokers, the company’s wholesale excess and surplus lines insurance brokerage operations. He will be...
Sep 3 2007 // Marsh UK has issued a warning to the European financial services sector, including insurance companies, hedge funds, banks and ratings agencies, that “they may be exposed to greater directors’ and...
Sep 3 2007 // Marsh UK has issued a warning to the European financial services sector, including insurance companies, hedge funds, banks and ratings agencies, that “they may be exposed to greater directors’ and...
Sep 3 2007 // As an insurance industry professional, you know that we have a big job to do when it comes to recruiting talented individuals to this business. A career in insurance may not be an obvious choice for college students who...
Sep 3 2007 // As an insurance industry professional, you know that we have a big job to do when it comes to recruiting talented individuals to this business. A career in insurance may not be an obvious choice for college students who...
Sep 3 2007 // Marsh UK recently issued a warning to European financial services sectors, including insurance companies, hedge funds, banks and ratings agencies, that “they may be exposed to greater Directors’ and...
Sep 3 2007 // As an insurance industry professional, you know that we have a big job to do when it comes to recruiting talented individuals to this business. A career in insurance may not be an obvious choice for college students who...
Sep 3 2007 // As an insurance industry professional, you know that we have a big job to do when it comes to recruiting talented individuals to this business. A career in insurance may not be an obvious choice for college students who...
Sep 3 2007 // Richard E. Meuret has been appointed vice president and manager, Field Operations Analysis, for Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company operations. Meuret will be based in the insurer’s Boston home office and...
Aug 30 2007 // Novae Group plc has appointed Bill Edrich as underwriting director of the Group’s insurance company Novae Insurance Company Limited (NICL).He currently serves as the Group’s medical malpractice underwriting...
Aug 30 2007 // Yates & Associates of Tustin, Calif., is expanding its transportation division and adding Mike Thompson as underwriter. Thompson will be responsible for underwriting and issuing commercial auto applications. Thompson...
Aug 30 2007 // Diane Lawrence has been promoted to underwriting manager for California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund. Lawrence began her State Fund career as a marketing consultant at the organization’s San Francisco...