All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 9 2023 // Specialty MGA UK, a recently formed managing general agent focused on providing additional capacity for specialty lines of businesses, has acquired the ForestRe team from Globe Underwriting, the UK-based MGA.Financial...
Jan 19 2023 // San Francisco-based wholesale insurance brokerage Socius Insurance Services, Inc. has acquired the assets of Kelly Underwriting Services, a Farmingdale, New York based managing general underwriter.Led by Tom Nash, Kelly...
Jan 12 2023 // Bermuda-based Mosaic Insurance has opened an office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, as a strategic regional platform to access risks from across the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia (MEASA) market.Three specialist...
Jan 6 2023 // NFP Names Canning SVPNFP has named Andrew Canning senior vice president and head of project risk advisory for the company’s growing North America construction and infrastructure group. The group, part of NFP’s...
Dec 19 2022 // Pen Underwriting has launched a new regional claims hub in Chelmsford dedicated to managing commercial property and liability claims, which will complement its existing team of specialists in Manchester, England.As part of...
Dec 15 2022 // Phil Hobbs, president and managing director of Liberty Special Markets (LSM), has been elected as the new chair of the International Underwriting Association (IUA). He replaces Rob Kuchinski, head of Commercial Insurance...
Dec 14 2022 // As corporations increasingly navigate the environmental, social and governmental (ESG) landscape, they require tools and benchmarking to help them meet their ESG targets. After all, regulators are moving to enforce...
Dec 12 2022 // Ryan Specialty signed a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets of Griffin Underwriting Services in Bellevue, Washington.The acquisition is expected to close in January 2023. Griffin Underwriting is a binding...
Dec 6 2022 // Apparently nothing has changed within the last several months to change AM Best’s negative outlook on the U.S. personal lines insurance segment.Tuesday the insurance industry rating agency said it was maintaining its...
Nov 21 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Liberty Specialty Markets, Arch Insurance International, and Rokstone’s iFarm Underwriting.A summary of these new hires follows here. Liberty...
Nov 3 2022 // Everest Re Group Ltd., the Bermuda-based re/insurer, has unveiled a refreshed brand, including a new logo and visual identity reflecting its positioning and commitment to “underwrite opportunity” for...
Nov 2 2022 // The Hartford Names Ant Head of Middle & Large Commercial Business UnitsThe Hartford has named Tracey Ant head of middle and large commercial business units effective Jan. 1. In this newly created role, Ant will oversee...
Oct 31 2022 // As cyber threat actors continue to innovate and find new ways to increase their odds of success, panelists at the 2022 Advisen Cyber Risk Insights Conference urged underwriters to raise the stakes when assessing...
Oct 27 2022 // The legalized cannabis industry is rapidly evolving, with new, chemically concocted variants popping up almost monthly. On top of that, management of marijuana and hemp businesses is going through changes, with “weed...
Oct 24 2022 // MS Amlin Appoints TMK’s Evans as Senior Underwriter, Marine ReinsuranceMS Amlin Underwriting Ltd., the Lloyd’s market re/insurer, announced the appointment of Paul Evans as senior underwriter Marine...
Oct 20 2022 // The Bank of England said on Thursday it had fined insurer MS Amlin Underwriting Ltd (MSAUL) 9.695 million pounds ($10.84 million) for failings in its governance, controls and risk management which spanned five years.The...
Oct 17 2022 // With rising inflation and the prospect of a recession on the horizon, the present macroeconomic environment is forcing property/casualty underwriters to adapt to new technologies and sources of data. All the while,...
Oct 13 2022 // With rising inflation and the prospects of a recession on the horizon, the present macroeconomic environment is forcing property/casualty underwriters to adapt to new technologies and sources of data. All the while,...
Oct 11 2022 // MS Amlin Underwriting Ltd. (MS AUL), the Lloyd’s re/insurer, announced the appointment of Andrew Carrier as chief executive officer.Carrier, currently MS AUL’s chief underwriting officer (CUO), will take up the...
Oct 7 2022 // Munich Re, the world’s largest reinsurer, on Thursday announced stricter policies for investing in and underwriting oil and gas projects, drawing praise from environmental activists.The German reinsurer said on its...