All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 9 2005 // Burns & Wilcox, the nation’s largest independently-owned specialty insurance wholesaler, underwriter and managing general agent, appointed Sandy Sherman as an underwriter for the company’s New Mexico...
Sep 8 2005 // The U.K.-based Wellington Plc, which operates both in the Lloyd’s market and as a general insurer with several U.S. subsidiary companies, posted impressive first half results with net pre-tax profits up 78 percent to...
Sep 7 2005 // Dan Mahoney has joined Professional Underwriters of Exton, Pa. as vice president for risk control and will head the risk control department. For 25 years, Mahoney has provided health, safety and industrial hygiene services...
Sep 5 2005 // The answer is yes.And now for the question. Did you know that if your application is received by a broker/underwriter, and it is not complete, it goes to the bottom of his/her stack of new business? This is no way for us...
Sep 5 2005 // AVRECO, a wholesale insurance brokerage based in Chicago, has announced the appointment of Marcia Gloppe as an underwriter in the professional liability underwriting department, headed by Linda Deiss.Gloppe began her...
Sep 5 2005 // The answer is yes.And now for the question. Did you know that if your application is received by a broker/underwriter, and it is not complete, it goes to the bottom of his/her stack of new business? This is no way for us...
Sep 5 2005 // Affable Aquarius (21 January – 19 February)Aquarius’ gentle qualities are reflected in an average claims record overall. Aquarian drivers consider themselves sensible, responsible and family-oriented with a...
Sep 5 2005 // Linda Slaughter has been promoted from senior vice president of claims to COO at Concord, Calif.-based Athens Administrators, part of the Jenkins Athens Group. Slaughter joined Athens in its founding days and has been with...
Sep 5 2005 // Barbara Zimmerman has joined IBA West as membership benefits vice president. She will be responsible for the research, development and management of IBA West Service Corporation programs and management of Membership...
Sep 5 2005 // Lloyd’s is 317 years old and doing just fine thank you. London’s venerable insurance market traces its roots to the establishment of Edward Lloyd’s coffeehouse in 1688. It’s an icon of both...
Sep 5 2005 // MarketScout Chairman and CEO Richard Kerr recently “lamented” the apparent demise of the rogue underwriter. In his comments accompanying his May 2005 Market Barometer, the industry leader recalled the...
Sep 5 2005 // Lloyd’s is 317 years old and doing just fine thank you. London’s venerable insurance market traces its roots to the establishment of Edward Lloyd’s coffeehouse in 1688. It’s an icon of both...
Sep 5 2005 // MarketScout Chairman and CEO Richard Kerr recently “lamented” the apparent demise of the rogue underwriter. In his comments accompanying his May 2005 Market Barometer, the industry leader recalled the...
Aug 26 2005 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of The ACE Group of Companies, announced two appointments in its ACE Casualty Risk Unit. William Hazelton joins ACE USA as senior vice president and underwriting manager...
Aug 26 2005 // Stone Oak Underwriters, LLC of San Antonio, TX announces they are now accepting submissions from Independent Agents for Public Entities in Texas and Alabama with this new wholesale agency created by Tom Ramsbacher,...
Aug 22 2005 // Lighthouse Underwriters LLC (www.lighthouseunderwriters.com), a program underwriting company that works with select industry groups, has expanded its ElderCare insurance program with a new workers’ compensation...
Aug 22 2005 // MarketScout began tracking property and casualty pricing trends in 2001 in an effort to share the pricing results of insurance placements related to their 50,000 member agent network. The monthly market trends are...
Aug 22 2005 // NCOIL Model Addresses Use of Claims, Inquiries in Underwriting HomeownersConsumers who initiate a homeowners insurance claim but never receive payment could find that single incident may be used by their insurer to cancel...
Aug 22 2005 // When I first heard from someone I knew that was excited about purchasing an apartment that had been “converted” into a condominium, it really piqued my curiosity. Excited? Purchased? Apartment? Converted?? I...
Aug 22 2005 // Affable Aquarius (21 January – 19 February)The gentle qualities of Aquarius are reflective in an average claims record on all counts. The Aquarian drivers consider themselves sensible, responsible and family-oriented...