All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 28 2005 // The Combined Group announced a recent addition to their staff. Stan Opie has joined the Carrollton-based general agency to assume Senior Nonsubscription Underwriting responsibilities with a seasoned team of Nonsubscriber...
Jun 27 2005 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has downgraded the financial strength ratings of several of AXA Canada Inc.’s wholly owned property and casualty insurance subsidiaries.The rating action affects the following...
Jun 27 2005 // Farmington Hills, Mich.-based wholesaler Burns & Wilcox has appointed Alicia Bailey as a commercial underwriter in the firm’s Chicago office. Bailey serves as liaison with Burns & Wilcox’s network of...
Jun 23 2005 // Forty reinsurance companies reported net written premiums of $30.1 billion for 2004, showing a combined ratio of 105.5 percent in the Reinsurance Association of America’s “Reinsurance Underwriting Review: 2004...
Jun 22 2005 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has affirmed the financial strength ratings of “A+” (Superior) and has assigned issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “aa-” to the ING Canada Group.Best also said it had...
Jun 21 2005 // Addison, Texas-based Affirmative Insurance Holdings Inc. announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of IPA LLC, an underwriting agency with operations in Michigan. The underwriting agency...
Jun 21 2005 // New Day Underwriting Managers LLC, an environmental and construction-related professional liability resource for insurance agents and brokers, announced the appointment of Timothy Squyres as vice president. Based in...
Jun 20 2005 // OneBeacon Insurance Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of White Mountains Insurance Group, has named Kevin Rehnberg as senior vice president reporting to Chief Executive Officer John Cavoores. Rehnberg will help support...
Jun 20 2005 // Jennifer Fahrenkrug has been promoted to territory manager at Sheboygan, Wis.-based regional property/casualty insurer ACUITY and will handle the company’s Michigan and Northern Ohio territories. Meanwhile, Kelly...
Jun 20 2005 // Homeownership is considered the centerpiece of the American dream. Homeowners insurance enables individuals and families to protect what is likely to be their single largest asset. Before finalizing their purchase, most...
Jun 20 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services lowered its long-term counterparty credit and senior debt ratings on American International Group Inc. to “AA” from “AA-Plus.” S&P also removed the...
Jun 16 2005 // ACE Tempest Reinsurance Ltd., the ACE Group’s Bermuda-based property and specialty catastrophe reinsurer, has announced the appointment of Guy Swayne to the position of Chief Underwriting Officer,-International.He...
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Jun 7 2005 // Karen Eckert has joined Professional Underwriters of Trooper, Pa. as vice president of municipal programs. Eckert will be responsible for building the municipality by focusing on towns, counties, water and sewer...
Jun 6 2005 // AG Targets Ex-Execs Greenberg and Smith; AIG Restates Financials; Is Settlement Next?From the 1980s until recently, insurance giant American International Group and its top executives “routinely engaged in misleading...
Jun 6 2005 // Homeownership is considered the centerpiece of the American dream. Homeowners insurance enables individuals and families to protect what is likely to be their single largest asset. Before finalizing their purchase, most...
Jun 6 2005 // AG Targets Ex-Execs Greenberg and Smith; AIG Restates Financials; Is Settlement Next?– Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, AIG CEO, 1992From the 1980s until recently, insurance giant American International Group...
Jun 6 2005 // North Canton, Ohio-based insurer Hartville Group Inc. announced that the company’s board of directors have accepted the resignation of chief executive officer Russell Smith III. The board has also accepted the...
Jun 6 2005 // Homeownership is considered the centerpiece of the American dream. Homeowners insurance enables individuals and families to protect what is likely to be their single largest asset. Before finalizing their purchase, most...
Jun 6 2005 // New health-care technologies are helping people live longer, better-quality lives but also increase medical liability exposures, a panel of experts concluded at the Crittenden medical insurance conference in New Orleans...