All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 9 2006 // David Duncan of David C. Duncan Insurance Services in Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., is worried about whether and how much the cost of his agency errors and omissions insurance might go up next year. Duncan started his...
Oct 6 2006 // “Today it’s a tough time to be a director and officer, and that means it’s a tough time to be a D&O underwriter,” according to Doug Poetzsch, senior vice president, head of specialty claims for...
Oct 4 2006 // The Bermuda-based White Mountains Re Group, Ltd., the reinsurance unit of the White Mountains Insurance Group, announced that C. Russell Fletcher III will join the organization. He’s been named as President and CEO...
Oct 3 2006 // BISYS Commercial Insurance Services has named John Egan senior underwriter, trucking division, in San Diego, to support the states of Arizona, California, and Nevada. Egan has more than 20 years of experience in the...
Oct 2 2006 // The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry’s net income after taxes fell 9.3 percent to $28.3 billion in first-half 2006 from $31.2 billion in first-half 2005 as investment results deteriorated. Reflecting the...
Sep 29 2006 // Professional Underwriters, a national program administrator focused on public entity insurance, has launched new professional liability program designed specifically for the public entity marketplace. The prorgam,...
Sep 25 2006 // The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry showed continued favorable and improved operating performance in the first half of 2006 and, based on results and barring any unusual events going forward, the industry is...
Sep 25 2006 // Think how few things any of us wears, uses or drives that are wholly made in the USA, and that provides a sense of the magnitude of international trade. International trade also is no longer the domain of global giants...
Sep 25 2006 // The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry showed continued favorable and improved operating performance in the first half of 2006 and, based on results and barring any unusual events going forward, the industry is...
Sep 25 2006 // Think how few things any of us wears, uses or drives that are wholly made in the USA, and that provides a sense of the magnitude of international trade. International trade also is no longer the domain of global giants...
Sep 21 2006 // Chaucer Syndicates Limited, the managing agency division of Lloyd’s insurer Chaucer Holdings PLC, has recruited a new team to underwrite an engineering account on behalf of the Property Division of Chaucer’s...
Sep 18 2006 // Appalachian Underwriters Inc. said it has purchased CRC Insurance Service’s guaranteed cost workers compensation program.The program mirrors that of Appalachian’s existing state and carrier footprint very...
Sep 17 2006 // The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation has ordered Universal Underwriters Insurance Co. to return what the state says are $5.3 million in overcharges to 526 commercial policyholders. According to Florida Insurance...
Sep 14 2006 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of “B+” (Very Good) of New Zealand’s Pioneer Insurance Company Limited, but it has revised the outlook to negative from stable. Best also assigned...
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Sep 13 2006 // Peoria, Ill.-based RLI Corp. announced it has hired Andrew McCray as the company’s new vice president, home office underwriting.McCray will report to RLI Insurance Co. President & COO Michael J. Stone....
Sep 12 2006 // Yates & Associates, Santa Ana, Calif., has appointed Lani Vo underwriter/broker. Vo began her insurance career in 1984 with Reliance Insurance Co. After working as an underwriter assistant at AIG, she moved to...
Sep 8 2006 // To increase its market share in the competitive executive and professional market, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. has introduced what it says is one of the industry’s first comprehensive disability income...
Sep 7 2006 // Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Susan Cogswell plans a public forum on Sept. 21 to air concerns over availability of property insurance in the state’s coastal areas.The forum is being called following reports of...
Sep 6 2006 // The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry showed continued favorable and improved operating performance in the first half of 2006 and, based on first-half results and barring any unusual events going forward, the...