All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 7 2007 // Steve Taylor has been promoted to regional sales director for Encompass Insurance in New York and New Jersey.Taylor joined Allstate in 1978 as an underwriter trainee. He was promoted to various management positions in...
May 7 2007 // Commercial property/casualty premiums for all sizes of accounts dropped sharply during the first quarter of 2007, with indications that insurance companies are starting to loosen underwriting standards and price...
May 7 2007 // Another report details property/casualty insurers’ 2006 profitability, escape from stormsWarns falling prices mean profits are at, or are steadily, approaching the cyclical peak Another report on the insurance...
May 2 2007 // Burns & Wilcox announces that Aaron Woods has joined the company’s Los Angeles office, which is located in Woodland Hills, Calif., as a personal lines underwriter/broker. Previously, Woods spent three years as a...
May 1 2007 // The Bermuda-based Catlin Group Limited announced that Chris King and Matthew Newman have been appointed as business group leaders for Catlin s underwriting operations in London.King will lead Catlin s War and Political...
Apr 27 2007 // Rockhill Underwriting Management recently named Curt Crozier vice president and director of Property Underwriting. In his new role, Crozier will work closely with Rockhill’s Chief Property Officer to manage and grow...
Apr 27 2007 // Farmington, Conn.-based Darwin Professional Underwriters, Inc. reported that net income increased 87 percent to $5.2 million for the first quarter of 2007, while gross premiums rose 24 percent to $74 million during the...
Apr 23 2007 // For several years, directors and officers underwriters have viewed corporate insiders’ adoption of so-called “Rule 10b5-1 plans” as evidence of good corporate governance and as a positive underwriting...
Apr 20 2007 // Lloyd’s insurer Novae announced that it has “moved into the international general liability market with the recruitment of two senior underwriters to Syndicate 2007. Mark Davies and Rupert Taylor have joined...
Apr 18 2007 // Professional Underwriters, a national program administrator focused on public entity insurance, has launched a new program, “SafetyFirst”, which targets independent school bus contractors. According to Tom...
Apr 18 2007 // Appalachian Underwriters Inc. has opened a San Diego, Calif., satellite office to house its underwriting and executive staff. George Johnston, a 21 year veteran of the California insurance marketplace and former Arrowhead...
Apr 18 2007 // Another report on the insurance industry confirms and details what has been widely acknowledged: a sharp decline in catastrophes in 2006 contributed to improved underwriting results for the year.The U.S. property/casualty...
Apr 17 2007 // Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. has announced management changes in the Group’s U.S. and worldwide catastrophe reinsurance underwriting operations.Effective July 2007, Tad Walker will succeed Robin Williams as Executive...
Apr 17 2007 // Meadowbrook Insurance Group, Inc. has agreed to acquire U.S. Specialty Underwriters, Inc. for a purchase price of $23.0 million. The purchase price is comprised of $13.0 million in cash and $10.0 million in Meadowbrook...
Apr 17 2007 // Specialty insurance and brokerage provider Burns & Wilcox announced that Jennifer Shumate has been promoted to underwriter in the company’s Arlington, Texas, office. Previously, Shumate was a production...
Apr 11 2007 // Amlin Bermuda Ltd., Amlin’s wholly owned reinsurance business, has appointed Alun Thomas as an underwriter, reporting to Underwriting Director John Andrews. Alun joins from Aon Limited, where he was a director of...
Apr 9 2007 // In today’s soft directors and officers market, the importance of a long term approach can often be lost in the process of securing coverage. However, history has proven in the past 15-plus years that the D&O...
Apr 9 2007 // In today’s soft directors and officers market, the importance of a long term approach can often be lost in the process of securing coverage. However, history has proven in the past 15-plus years that the D&O...
Apr 9 2007 // Not all offshore platforms are created equal, which is why one platform will survive a storm unscathed while another nearby is completely obliterated. In order to appropriately underwrite offshore platform risk,...
Mar 30 2007 // National Specialty Underwriters, Inc. (NSU) has announced the hiring of Dianne O’Donnell as sales executive, and Meghan Hamilton as account manager for NSU Healthcare, a division of the company that specializes in...