All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 16 2004 // Charlotte, N.C.-based American Wholesale Insurance Group (AmWINS), one of the nation’s largest independent wholesale insurance broker, has announced the appointment of Stephen J. Vaccaro Jr. as president of its...
Jun 16 2004 // Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Zenith National Insurance Corp. announced that, at the request of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited’ it filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement...
Jun 15 2004 // Texas-based American Underwriting Managers announced that Phyllis K. Barnes has joined the company as marketing director.Barnes has more than 10 years of experience in the surplus lines field. She was previously associated...
Jun 9 2004 // London-based Wellington Underwriting plc, a major Lloyd’s underwriter, has announced plans for expansion into U.S. Specialty business through the proposed acquisition of AXA Corporate Solutions Excess and Surplus...
Jun 8 2004 // Florida-based American Professional Liability Underwriters Inc. has announced a pair of promotions within the company. Robert Kenney has been named as president. Kenney has been with AmPro since 1996, and was formerly vice...
Jun 7 2004 // The American Institute of Marine Underwriters (AIMU) has revised the association’s cargo clauses for the first time since 1966. AIMU chairman David French said the revisions would make the forms more consistent with...
May 24 2004 // The American Institute of Marine Underwriters (AIMU) has revised the association’s cargo clauses for the first time since 1966.AIMU chairman David French said the revisions would make the forms more consistent with...
May 21 2004 // A.M. Best Co. announced the release of the “second flow” of its 2004 Underwriting Guide. The publication is aimed at helping insurance underwriters and risk managers gain a better understanding of industrial...
May 21 2004 // Boulder, Colo.-based International Catastrophe Insurance Managers LLC (ICAT) announced that Peter Pilawa has joined the company as a senior underwriter. Pilawa joins the company’s Middle Market Business Unit, and...
May 18 2004 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A+ (Superior) of ING Canada Group (ING Canada) (Toronto).The group, which operates under a pooling arrangement, includes Belair Insurance Company Inc., ING...
May 17 2004 // Many carriers, especially commercial lines carriers, rely on independent agencies to sell and service policyholders. The agency typically owns and maintains the relationship with the insured. Carriers that maximize agent...
May 17 2004 // A white paper published by the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) shows that insurance industry profitability must be evaluated over the long term and that loss costs, not investment return, are the...
May 17 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services affirmed its “AA” counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Houston Casualty Co., Avemco Insurance Co., U.S. Specialty Insurance Co., HCC Specialty...
May 17 2004 // Bill Kiley is well aware of the need to think outside the box in any business but the New England insurance wholesaler has hit upon a hot idea by doing just the opposite.For the past few months Kiley has been focused on...
May 17 2004 // Texas agency insures nearly half of the nation’s cotton exports.Ted Rekerdres never intended to go into the insurance business, but an effective sales job by his father “Rek” Rekerdres, who established an...
May 6 2004 // Newark Calif.-based Risk Management Solutions (RMS), a leading provider of products and services for the management of catastrophe risk, and Marshall & Swift/Boeckh (MS/B), leaders in building cost solutions to the...
May 3 2004 // Insurance Journal Magazine • March 8 issue “Fascinating article. I now know what to ask and look for when my EPL comes up soon.” — Joyce Nielsen, Exeter, Calif.
May 3 2004 // The property/casualty insurance industry’s net income after taxes rose to $29.9 billion in 2003—nearly 10 times the industry’s $3 billion in net income in 2002.Benefiting from both the $29.9 billion in net...
May 3 2004 // Insurance Journal Magazine • March 8 issue “Fascinating article. I now know what to ask and look for when my EPL comes up soon.” — Joyce Nielsen, Exeter, Calif.
May 3 2004 // Hooper Holmes, Inc. (AMEX:HH) of Basking Ridge, N.J., has acquired privately held Mid-America Agency Services, Inc. (MAAS), which provides risk selection services to the insurance underwriting industry.In addition to...