All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 4 2000 // Lloyd’s is adapting to modern business methods and upgrading its business systems so rapidly that it promises to meet, if not surpass, the vision that Chairman Max Taylor first set out in “Priorities for...
Sep 4 2000 // While the initial furor created by the advent of dot-coms cools down, many insurance professionals are re-evaluating their business relationships with the Web. At a time when agents and brokers may question the benefit of...
Aug 29 2000 // A new Conning & Company study reports that 90.4 percent of workers’ compensation insurers surveyed believed that the industry will see increased premium rates, suggesting that the era of price competition is...
Jul 31 2000 // CNA announced today that it has entered into an agreement to sell Associated Aviation Underwriters Inc. (AAU) to the British Aviation Insurance Group (BAIG). AAU is jointly owned by CNA and The Chubb Corp. The agreement...
Jul 27 2000 // New York Superintendent of Insurance Neil D. Levin said that Camille Sautner, 26, was arrested on various charges for defrauding Chubb Insurance Company out of $45,000. The arrest is the result of a joint investigation...
Jun 30 2000 // American Financial Group, Inc.’s second quarter earnings from insurance businesses will be negatively impacted by certain litigation charges and by lower than expected underwriting results in its property and...
Jun 26 2000 // Today, there are roughly 51.5 million public and private school students and 3 million teachers in the United States, according to the NationalSchool Boards Association. And although these schools are scattered across the...
Jun 26 2000 // The U.S. property/casualty industry’s net income after taxes dropped 35.4 percent to $5.8 billion in first-quarter 2000, down from $9 billion in first-quarter 1999, according to Insurance Services Office Inc. (ISO)...
Jun 26 2000 // The motives for buying an aircraft are as varied as the uses to which the aircraft can be applied—as are, of course, the risks associated those uses.Some underwriting companies also insure an array of aviation-related...
Jun 14 2000 // The U.S. property/casualty industry’s net income after taxes dropped 35.4 percent to $5.8 billion in first-quarter 2000, down from $9 billion in first-quarter 1999, according to Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO)...
May 29 2000 // With the new millennium comes a complex array of challenges to America’s public schools. Among them are the need to improve academic performance, reduce overcrowded classrooms, meet the needs of a growing number of...
May 12 2000 // Alleghany Corp. has completed the sale of its Underwriters Re Group property and casualty reinsurance and insurance businesses to Swiss Re American Holding Corp. As previously announced, Alleghany is retaining Underwriters...
Apr 19 2000 // Seattle-based SAFECO Corp. announced that both Property & Casualty and Life & Investments operations performed below expectations during the first quarter. The underwriting loss is expected to be in the...
Apr 3 2000 // By Sky Barnhart“After five years of product being given away, it’s a crazy, crazy market, and it’s put a lot of people on the producers’ side out of business.” “Turbulent and...
Mar 15 2000 // Vesta Capital Insurance Syndicate Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Vesta Insurance Group of Birmingham, Alabama, was approved by the INEX Board of Trustees and Illinois Department of Insurance prior to year-end. Vesta...
Feb 2 2000 // Non-profit nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Texas will soon be admitted into the state’s Medical Liability Insurance Underwriting Association for the first time since 1982, with for-profit facilities...