All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 8 2022 // Brace Bolsters North America Team with DorrBrace Underwriting Limited announced the appointment of Glenn Dorr as head of distribution, North America, continuing the firm’s expansion. Based in Boston, Dorr will help...
Feb 8 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at QBE, Beazley and TigerRisk Partners.A summary of these new hires follows here. QBE Promotes Shallow as Head of MarineQBE has appointed Kevin Shallow as...
Feb 7 2022 // Philadelphia Insurance Companies (PHLY) announced the promotion of 11 leaders in its Underwriting, Marketing, Risk Management, Insurance Operations and Human Resources departments:Lynn Bencivenga has been promoted to vice...
Feb 4 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Liberty Specialty Markets, HDI Global and CFC Underwriting.A summary of these new hires follows here. Liberty Financial Risk Solutions Promotes 2, Hires...
Feb 4 2022 // The board of the Lloyd’s Market Association (LMA) has announced cross-market consensus on underwriters’ in-person availability – either at the Lloyd’s Underwriting Room or in the office.The commitment...
Feb 3 2022 // Austin, Texas-based Technical Risk Underwriters, a Ryan Specialty Group managing general underwriter focused on construction, has secured $100 million of wood frame builder’s risk capacity, effective January 1,...
Feb 2 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, Chubb and Marsh.A summary of these new hires follows here. Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Promotes 2 in Engineering &...
Feb 1 2022 // Aqueous Underwriting has secured increased capacity under plans to expand its foothold across the UK professional indemnity insurance market in 2022. The specialist managing general agent can now offer cover for limits up...
Feb 1 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Chubb Global Markets, Brit Ltd. and Willis Towers Watson.A summary of these new hires follows here. Chubb Global Markets Appoints Abbott as Product Head...
Feb 1 2022 // Specialty re/insurance group Chaucer announced the creation of a dedicated team for Renewable Power as part of plans to broaden its Energy Division and provide dedicated support to oil and gas clients as they transition...
Jan 31 2022 // Descartes Underwriting, the insurtech company that specializes in parametric natural catastrophe products, has announced a $120 million Series B funding round.Growth equity firm Highland Europe is leading the capital-raise...
Jan 27 2022 // A property insurer must give up its underwriting manuals in a claims dispute, a Florida appeals court said Wednesday.In People’s Trust Insurance Co. vs. Theodore Foster, the 1st District Court of Appeals in...
Jan 25 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Peak Re, Gallagher Re and the Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies.A summary of these new hires follows here. Peak Re Appoints Echo Re’s Nowakowski as...
Jan 24 2022 // Pen Underwriting announced two new long-term UK capacity deals with QBE in the highly specialist areas of public authority and higher education risks, as well as hazardous goods, environmental industries and tanker...
Jan 21 2022 // Insurer QBE has filed a lawsuit alleging a poaching scheme by a number of its former aviation division employees and specialty insurer Applied Underwriters.QBE’s complaint involves the resignation of a total of 13...
Jan 20 2022 // Zurich Insurance Group has worked hard to turn around its financial results over the past five years by bringing underwriting back to the organization, with a greater focus on selecting the right risks, pricing them...
Jan 18 2022 // Southern Insurance Underwriters, a managing general agency based in Atlanta, has named Whitney Griffith new underwriter for garage insurance. Griffith, who will be in SIU’s Alpharetta, Georgia, office, has more than...
Jan 14 2022 // IRVING, Texas, January 14, 2022 — Breckenridge Insurance announces the promotion of Jamey Schoenhard to vice president, underwriter of the specialty property program team. Schoenhard has twelve years of experience in...
Jan 11 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance, BMS and Fidelis Insurance.A summary of these new hires follows here. BHSI Promotes Kidd to Country Manager,...
Jan 11 2022 // First Underwriting Ltd., the London-based specialist MGA that is part of Kingfisher UK Holdings, announced a five-year capacity deal to place approximately £1 billion (US$1.4 billion) of gross written premium into the...