All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 8 2004 // Northern Virginia Firm to Balance Value for Both Carriers, AgentsRetail insurance agents seeking better service from their brokers have a new resource: K&B Underwriters, LLC. The development could be a welcome relief...
Oct 6 2004 // Zurich North America announced that it has named Gary Kaplan Chief Underwriting Officer for Zurich North America Commercial and head of its Technical Center. “Gary’s knowledge of the Zurich organization, his...
Oct 5 2004 // Bermuda-based Arch Reinsurance Ltd., a subsidiary of Arch Capital Group Ltd., announced that Nicolas Papadopoulo has been appointed as chief underwriting officer and that Tim Peckett has been appointed as general...
Oct 5 2004 // Napa Calif.-based ScanAlert announced that AIU Insurance Japan, a division of AIG and the largest foreign-affiliated P/C insurer in Japan, is underwriting a new hacker insurance program for all “HACKER SAFE”...
Sep 29 2004 // Western Security Surplus (WSS) announced that Shelly Hill-Stockin has joined the company’s Dallas office in the position of underwriter. Hill-Stockin will report to Kyle Stevens, vice president and branch manager of...
Sep 21 2004 // Efforts to deregulate property casualty insurance should include easing restrictions that states place on insurance companies’ underwriting, and not just on removing pricing controls, the National Association of...
Sep 20 2004 // The following article is part three of a three-part commentary written by an insurance company executive which includes an industry critique and reflection on lifelong lessons learned. Part one and two appeared in the Aug....
Sep 20 2004 // In the early 1960s, life in the United States was lived at a slower pace. Transportation and communication required more time (and patience) and employees were more inclined to trust employers on issues relating to...
Sep 20 2004 // Dramatic improvements in underwriting performance by the nation’s property/casualty insurers led to the first underwriting gain in nearly seven years, according to the Jupiter, Fla.-based financial analysis firm...
Sep 20 2004 // When Zurich Financial Services (ZFS) spun off its reinsurance operations into Converium in September 2001, the new company had a bright future. Initial capitalization exceeded $1.6 billion; ZFS had agreed to retain...
Sep 20 2004 // First RespondersOnce upon a time, the excess and surplus line market was the safety valve of the insurance industry—the more lightly regulated, more financially shaky little brother to the admitted market. It was said to...
Sep 20 2004 // All Agencies Can Benefit from a Paperless EnvironmentMany independent insurance agents and brokers are used to the concept of “paperless processing” since most of the insurance companies they represent utilize...
Sep 16 2004 // Bermuda-based Max Re Capital Ltd. announced that its subsidiary, Max Re Ltd., has increased its product offerings by the formation of a dedicated property division. The department will provide insurance and reinsurance...
Sep 9 2004 // Bermuda-based Assured Guaranty Ltd. announced that Pierre Samson, President of Assured Guaranty Re International, Ltd. has assumed responsibility for the Company’s financial guaranty reinsurance segment.Assured...
Sep 8 2004 // Aspen Insurance UK Limited announced from London that Kevin Golson has joined the Company as a marine hull underwriter. “Kevin has over 25 years experience in the marine market, focusing on complex, technically...
Sep 8 2004 // Kyle Stevens, vice president and branch manager of the Dallas branch office of Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers, announced that Ron Klimek has joined the company as production underwriter. Klimek comes on board...
Sep 6 2004 // Something different was definitely in the air at a seminar put on by the American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA) last June. As the group of MGAs and wholesale brokers settled in for the introductory dinner...
Sep 6 2004 // The map shows a thin blue line skirting the edge of the Gulf and Atlantic coasts from Louisiana around Florida and all the way up to Maine to highlight the hurricane states. The blocks of red across the Western territories...
Sep 6 2004 // The map shows a thin blue line skirting the edge of the Gulf and Atlantic coasts from Louisiana around Florida and all the way up to Maine to highlight the hurricane states. The blocks of red across the Western territories...
Sep 6 2004 // A.M. Best Co. announced the release of the “third flow” of its 2004 Underwriting Guide, a series designed to provide underwriters and risk managers with a “better understanding of industrial and...