All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Sep 3 2004 // Dallas-based Capstone Underwriters announced two promotions within the organization. Paul Hartley was advanced to the position of vice president of underwriting and Kevin Heard was named vice president of...
Aug 31 2004 // Zurich-based Converium Holding AG announced that an external reserve review, conducted by the actuarial consulting firm Tillinghast-Towers Perrin, confirms reserves to be “within a reasonable range of actuarial...
Aug 31 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...
Aug 27 2004 // Lisa Lesandro has joined the Fresno, Calif., office of Burns & Wilcox Ltd., in the position of renewal underwriter. The announcement was made by Ceil Norton, branch manager of Burns & Wilcox’s Fresno...
Aug 26 2004 // France’s SCOR Group didn’t do quite as well as Swiss Re, but it’s come a long way from the dark days of 2001. The reinsurer’s “Back on Track” restructuring plan and the recently approved...
Aug 23 2004 // The following article is part two of a three-part commentary written by an insurance company executive which includes an industry critique and reflection on lifelong lessons learned. Part one appeared in the Aug. 9 issue...
Aug 23 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...
Aug 23 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...
Aug 23 2004 // The fire season started early this year. Wildfires erupted all over California and in Nevada in mid-July, forcing thousands to evacuate and destroying several homes and outbuildings. Affected areas in California included...
Aug 19 2004 // Chicago-based online wholesaler Noodle Specialty Brokers (NSB) announced that Jonathan Freeburg, 44, has joined the company as a senior underwriter focusing on private company directors’ and officers’ liability...
Aug 18 2004 // Derek Borisoff, CEO and president of Monarch E&S Insurance Services has announced that Lance Amick has been hired as the branch manager/senior underwriter of the San Diego branch office. Amick’s responsibilities...