All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Aug 13 2004 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operations of The ACE Group of Companies, announced two appointments in the U.S. operations of the ACE Global Energy division.Edwin Duffy was named senior vice president and Houston branch...
Aug 11 2004 // Allied World Assurance Holdings Ltd announced that its subsidiary, Allied World Assurance Company (U.S.) Inc., has expanded the capabilities of its New York office to underwrite excess liability and errors and omissions...
Aug 10 2004 // Vista Insurance Partners, a San Antonio, Texas-based wholesale insurance broker, announced the appointment of Margie Bishop as senior broker/underwriter.Bishop will work with current and new Vista agents to develop new...
Aug 6 2004 // Toronto-based Kingsway reported record net income for the second quarter of the year and first six months.Net income increased by 22% to $33.3 million, compared to $27.3 million reported in the second quarter of last year....
Aug 6 2004 // Insurance industry veterans James A. Fowler and John D. Keyes have joined Chicago-based Noodle Specialty Brokers (NSB), the newly formed division of InsuranceNoodle Inc., as senior vice presidents of underwriting. Noodle...
Aug 3 2004 // INAMAR, the marine marketing and underwriting division of ACE USA, announced the appointment of Linda Endress as assistant vice president and marine underwriting manager of INAMAR’s Marine Facilities Group (MFG)....
Jul 30 2004 // Initial review of the aggregate statistics of the U.K. nonlife primary market suggests that, as expected, 2003 saw a modest continuation of the improvement in underwriting results seen since 2000, according to a report...
Jul 29 2004 // Bank holding companies (BHCs) reported insurance or reinsurance income of $25.1 billion in 2003, according to Michael White’s Bank Holding Company Insurance & Investment Fee Income Report (BHC-FIR) published by...
Jul 29 2004 // Chicago-based CNA Financial Corp. announced second quarter of 2004 results.Net income for the second quarter of 2004 was $289 million as compared with net income of $70 million for the same quarter of 2003. The increase...