All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 6 2007 // New Jersey drivers could see a return to high prices and fewer choices for their insurance if legislators limit the use occupation and education as rating factors, insurers warned lawmakers at a legislative hearing this...
Mar 5 2007 // A.M. Best Co. has completed its assessment of the U.S. commercial market and revised the outlook to stable from negative for 2007. Although A.M. Best says there continues to be evidence of pricing deterioration, the level...
Feb 28 2007 // Specialty Underwriters’ Alliance, Inc. has announced financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2006.Highlights for the year ended December 31, 2006 include: * Gross written premium growth...
Feb 26 2007 // The numbers, or estimates, for the property casualty insurance industry for 2006 are in. Dr Robert Hartwig, president and chief economist of the Insurance Information Institute, discussed them with Insurance...
Feb 26 2007 // The numbers, or estimates, for the property casualty insurance industry for 2006 are in, and Dr. Robert Hartwig, president and chief economist of the Insurance Information Institute, discussed them with Insurance...
Feb 26 2007 // The old saying “all politics is local” is born of the realization that the things that most directly affect us are local issues. In that respect, one could say that insurance is a local business. Risk...
Feb 26 2007 // The numbers, or estimates, for the property/ casualty insurance industry for 2006 are in. Dr. Robert Hartwig, president and chief economist of the Insurance Information Institute, sat down with Insurance Journal’s...
Feb 26 2007 // Corporate governance, stockholder activism, pricing discipline, a surprise event to define next D&O cycleThings are about as good as they can get right now in the directors and officers liability environment but that...
Feb 25 2007 // News CurrentsThe numbers, or es-timates, for the property casualty insurance industry for 2006 are in, and Dr. Robert Hartwig, president and chief economist of the Insurance Information Institute, discussed them with...
Feb 25 2007 // News CurrentsThe numbers, or es-timates, for the property casualty insurance industry for 2006 are in, and Dr. Robert Hartwig, president and chief economist of the Insurance Information Institute, discussed them with...
Feb 25 2007 // News CurrentsThe numbers, or estimates, for the property/ casualty insurance industry for 2006 are in. Dr. Robert Hartwig, president and chief economist of the Insurance Information Institute, sat down with Insurance...
Feb 25 2007 // Things are about as good as they can get right now in the directors and officers liability environment but that doesn’t necessarily comfort D&O brokers and underwriters in this high-profile segment; instead it...
Feb 23 2007 // Bass Underwriters has a new admitted program for BOPS targeting a varied selection of risks. The program will entertain such businesses as beauty and nail salons, clothing stores, convenience stores, electronic and video...
Feb 23 2007 // Toronto-based Fairfax Financial Holdings recorded net earnings in US dollars of $159.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2006 and $227.5 million for the 2006 year ($8.45 and $11.92 per diluted share, respectively).The...
Feb 20 2007 // Insurance broker Appalachian Underwriters will double its Knoxville-Oak Ridge Innovation Valley, Tenn., presence to more than 300 people over the next three years, company officials announced.As part of the expansion, the...
Feb 20 2007 // Kansas City, Mo.-based Euclid Managers, LLC, an underwriting manager and claim administrator for internet, tech, media and manufacturing professional liability, has announced the hiring of Kim A. Ellis as senior...
Feb 19 2007 // Liberty International Underwriters, a division of Liberty Mutual Group, now offers general liability products out of its Los Angeles office. Heading up the Los Angeles operation’s general liability office is Vice...
Feb 15 2007 // Nautilus Insurance Announces Senior Vice President of Underwriting Scottsdale, Ariz.-basedNautilus Insurance Group, comprised of Nautilus Insurance Co. and Great Divide Insurance Co., subsidiaries of W.R. Berkley Corp.,...
Feb 12 2007 // The old saying “all politics is local” is born of the realization that the things that most directly affect us are local issues. In that respect, one could say that insurance is a local business. Risk...
Feb 12 2007 // When it comes to property catastrophe insurance coverage, many commercial clients are being forced to swallow a bitter pill in the form of steep prices, new limits on policies, higher deductibles and a shortage in the...