All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 30 2007 // Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Nonnie Burnes says four insurers not now writing auto insurance in the state have said they will enter if her plan to allow competitive pricing goes forward.Burnes is not naming the...
Aug 29 2007 // Auto insurers in Massachusetts would not be allowed to use socioeconomic factors in competitively pricing or underwriting policies under a regulation proposed by Insurance Commissioner Nonnie Burnes.The draft regulation...
Aug 21 2007 // Marsh UK 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 Officers’...
Aug 20 2007 // Professional Underwriters of Exton, Pa., named Gene Mammone as production underwriter, Municipal Programs. Mammone will be responsible for building the municipality segment of Professional Underwriters and its’...
Aug 20 2007 // In a world where one-stop shopping is the norm, it makes sense that consumers now demand cosmetic and medical services be blended and offered in one location. With no extra travel and no extra hassle, a one-stop, beauty...
Aug 20 2007 // In a world where one-stop shopping is the norm, it makes sense that consumers now demand cosmetic and medical services be blended and offered in one location. With no extra travel and no extra hassle, a one-stop, beauty...
Aug 16 2007 // Colemont Insurance Brokers has promoted Tom Bunke to vice president – underwriter of Colemont – Southern California. Bunke joined Colemont in March 2001. He began his career with the G.J. Sullivan Co. and...
Aug 7 2007 // An insurer of a so-called “follow form” excess policy is not bound by the decision of a primary insurer to settle a claim, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled.The state’s highest court...
Aug 6 2007 // The world has experienced rapid and profound changes in recent years, and the energy industry has been no exception. Climate changes (including global warming), market fluctuations, ever-increasing business mergers and...
Aug 6 2007 // If ever there was a time for insurance agents to get out and go looking for a better errors and omissions policy, this is the season.Agents who do will come across several admitted carriers that are welcoming new business...
Aug 6 2007 // PeopleThe Property Casualty Insurers Association of America has named Deputy Secretary of Commerce David A. Sampson to serve as the association’s president and chief executive officer. Sampson takes over the reins on...
Aug 6 2007 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America has named Deputy Secretary of Commerce David A. Sampson to serve as the association’s president and chief executive officer. Sampson takes over the reins on Sept....
Aug 6 2007 // Today’s energy industry is being challenged by climate changes, market fluctuations, business mergers, natural disasters, terrorism, war, political risk, increasing regulatory and financial scrutiny and evolving...
Aug 6 2007 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America has named Deputy Secretary of Commerce David A. Sampson to serve as the association’s president and chief executive officer. Sampson takes over the reins of PCI...
Aug 6 2007 // The world has experienced rapid and profound changes in recent years, and the energy industry has been no exception. Climate changes (including global warming), market fluctuations, ever-increasing business mergers and...
Aug 6 2007 // If ever there was a time for insurance agents to get out and go looking for a better errors and omissions policy, this is the season.Agents who do will come across several admitted carriers that are welcoming new business...
Aug 2 2007 // Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. announced that Hans-Joachim Guenther would join Endurance Worldwide Insurance Limited in London as Chief Underwriting Officer for Reinsurance and Head of Reinsurance for Europe. He has 19...
Jul 26 2007 // TAPCO Underwriters, Inc., in Burlington, N.C., reported that Ken Schneider and Bill McCord have joined the company as vice presidents of marketing and underwriting.Schneider and McCord join TAPCO with decades of experience...
Jul 26 2007 // USF Insurance Co. recently announced that Ken Rice has been promoted to director of underwriting. Rice joined USF in July 2006 as underwriting manager, a role he held until his promotion. Previously, Rice was a...
Jul 23 2007 // Wholesale insurance broker Connecticut Underwriters has welcomed Tom Crawford as its new product development manager based in its Middletown, Conn. office.Crawford has 26 years experience in the insurance industry where he...