All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 25 2002 // Take the hard market, combine it with the Sept. 11 tragedy, and mix those two ingredients into an already intricate and compound underwriting process and you’ve got yourself the public entities marketplace. Ask any...
Nov 22 2002 // XL Capital Ltd. announced that it has appointed Robert L. Nason as Group Risk and Underwriting Officer of XL Re, the Company’s global property and casualty reinsurance operation.He formerly served as Executive VP and...
Nov 21 2002 // Questerra announced the release of its Internet-based visual decision support and analysis service that provides an innovative solution for minimizing risk across lines of insurance business.Questerra offers Web-based...
Nov 15 2002 // Aon has agreed to sell its Sheffield Insurance Corporation, a specialty property and casualty insurance subsidiary, to Bermuda’s Axis Specialty Limited for an undisclosed price, subject to regulatory approval.Aon had...
Nov 11 2002 // For most law firms, 2002 and 2003 will be challenging years in respect to securing professional liability insurance. The “new market” is similar to that of the mid-’80s and has caused consolidation of...
Nov 11 2002 // For the past several months, Insurance Journal readers have viewed articles discussing Demotech’s Financial Stability Ratings®. This article presents additional information on the origin of those ratings.Prior to...
Nov 11 2002 // As insurers increasingly rely on consumer credit histories and credit-related scores during the underwriting and rating process, the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIABA) is urging companies to...
Nov 7 2002 // Announcing financial results for the three- and nine-month periods ended Sept. 30, 2002, San Antonio-based Argonaut Group Inc. said for the third consecutive quarter, the group reported positive and improved operating...
Nov 6 2002 // As part of its strategy to further enhance underwriting quality, Zurich North America is implementing a new corporatewide initiative to build underwriting workstations for its core lines of business – property,...
Nov 6 2002 // To facilitate the filing of insurer rates with the California Department of Insurance, the WCIRB has updated the advisory California Basic Underwriting Manual. The Basic Underwriting Manual may be viewed at...
Oct 31 2002 // Bermuda-based Trenwick Group Ltd. announced today that it will cease underwriting U.S. specialty program insurance business effective immediately. The news follows the announcement of an agreement to create an underwriting...
Oct 30 2002 // Bermuda-based Trenwick Group Ltd. announced that it would cease underwriting its U.S. specialty program insurance business effective immediately. Operating under the name Canterbury Financial Group Inc. and through its...
Oct 29 2002 // SAFECO reported continued earnings growth as third-quarter net income increased to $75.2 million, or $0.59 per diluted share. Income before charges and realized gains increased to $86.4 million, or $0.68 per diluted...
Oct 28 2002 // Bermuda-based Trenwick Group announced that its subsidiary, Trenwick America Reinsurance Corp., has entered into an underwriting facility with Chubb Re, Inc., a subsidiary of The Chubb Corporation. Trenwick also said that...
Oct 28 2002 // The National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO) recognized the top four graduates of the Associate in Surplus Lines Insurance (ASLI) program at its annual convention in Boston, Mass. Andrew Frazier,...
Oct 28 2002 // For the past several months, Insurance Journal readers have viewed articles discussing Demotech’s Financial Stability Ratings®. This article presents additional information on the origin of those ratings.Prior to...
Oct 25 2002 // As insurers increasingly rely on consumer credit histories and credit-related scores during the underwriting and rating process, the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIABA) is urging companies to...
Oct 23 2002 // ACE Tempest Re Europe announced the appointment of Eric Gutierrez as European Treaty Underwriter in their newly opened underwriting division in Dublin. he’ll be responsible for developing property and casualty treaty...
Oct 23 2002 // Ohio’s Hartville Group, Inc. announced that its pet insurance marketing subsidiary and provider of the Company’s Petshealth Care Plans has entered into an agreement to acquire Pet Insurance policies formerly...
Oct 10 2002 // The National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO) recognized the top four graduates of the Associate in Surplus Lines Insurance (ASLI) program at its annual convention in Boston, Mass. Andrew Frazier,...