All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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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...
Jun 6 2005 // The Harry W. Gorst Co. has hired Bradley T. Poe to manage its new Irvine, California office. He will be responsible for new business and staffing. Poe began his career on the retail side of the business almost 14 years...
Jun 6 2005 // The Harry W. Gorst Co. has hired Bradley T. Poe to manage its new Irvine, California office. He will be responsible for new business and staffing. Poe began his career on the retail side of the business almost 14 years...
Jun 6 2005 // There were more than 17.6 million recreational boats in use in the United States in 2004, and an estimated 69 million people involved in boating activities, according to the National Marine Manufacturers Association. Since...
Jun 6 2005 // Over 200 years ago Paul Revere rallied the Minutemen with the cry: “The British are coming!” He’d be somewhat surprised to learn of today’s more benign invasion by a number of British insurance...
Jun 3 2005 // Bermuda-based Alea Group Holdings Ltd. released a statement following the conclusion of the of the Group’s Annual General Meeting held on Thursday, June 2, indicating that its underwriting efforts remain profitable...
Jun 3 2005 // Kelly Taber has been named commercial lines staff underwriter at corporate headquarters of Sheboygan, Wis.-based regional property/casualty insurer ACUITY. Taber joined ACUITY in December 2000 as a senior commercial lines...
May 31 2005 // Majestic Insurance Company announced the appointment of Jack Bair as underwriting manager. Bair, based in Majestic’s Long Beach, California office, will report to Janice Aber, vice president. Bair comes to Majestic...
May 27 2005 // Bermuda’s Platinum Underwriters Holdings Ltd. announced that it has completed its previously announced offering of $250 million aggregate principal amount of 7.50 percent notes due 2017 (See IJ Web site May 16 and...
May 23 2005 // Mike Hammond, the CEO of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Risk Solutions Ltd., told delegates at a conference in Lugano, Switzerland, that the “insurance industry must invest in the necessary technical skills if it is to...
May 23 2005 // Bermuda-based Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd. announced the pricing of its offering of $250 million aggregate principal amount of 7.50 percent notes due 2017 (See IJ Website May 16). “The notes are being issued...
May 23 2005 // Program Managers Working for the Working ClassFor some program administrators, blue is the color of money. While other insurance programs target lawyers, insurance agents and various white-collar occupations, some of the...
May 23 2005 // The property/casualty industry can look forward to another year of underwriting profits, assuming normal catastrophic losses of $13-$14 billion, according to a new study by Conning Research and Consulting Inc. However, the...