All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 4 2021 // Workers’ compensation underwriters are about to be tested in the marketplace like never before.While the current situation is not all because of the pandemic, the pandemic has “put gas on a fire that was...
Feb 4 2021 // Applied Underwriters announced it will acquire Concept Special Risks, a UK-based international managing general agent, which provides coverage for a variety of nautical vessels and operators across the globe.Based in...
Feb 3 2021 // West Des Moines, Iowa-based Career General Agency LLC (CGA Insurance Services), a subsidiary of GuideOne Insurance, has launched a managing general underwriter (MGU) program with its newly developed CGA Energy...
Feb 3 2021 // Maury, Donnelly & Parr Inc. (MDP) and the Kastendike Insurance Group (KIG) has acquired Connecticut-based Northeastern Underwriters LTD. (NEU). The transaction became effective January 1, 2021. As part of the...
Feb 3 2021 // Hiscox, the specialist global insurer, has appointed Aimee Nolan to head up its London Market cargo underwriting team.As cargo line underwriter, Nolan will be based in Hiscox’s London office, reporting to Mike...
Feb 2 2021 // As far as climate groups like the Sunrise Project are concerned, getting insurers out of the coal underwriting business is the most important thing they can do. No more insurance, no more coal.It’s something Sunrise...
Feb 1 2021 // Robert Kuchinski, head of Commercial Insurance at Zurich UK, has been elected as the new chairman of the International Underwriting Association (IUA). He replaces Patrick Tiernan who recently announced he would be leaving...
Jan 29 2021 // Coalition has appointed five new production underwriters to help grow and serve the company’s middle market relationships.New Coalition production underwriting team members include: Andrew Cross, based in San...
Jan 28 2021 // AXA XL announced that Michael Colao, who has 20 years experience in financial services cyber security, has been named global chief underwriting officer for Cyber.Colao will manage aggregate cyber exposure across AXA...
Jan 25 2021 // The title of a recent article I read was, “The Race to Zero in Small Commercial.” Zero referred to zero underwriting questions. No application required. I think that even beats the already existing three...
Jan 20 2021 // Advancements in artificial intelligence are in many ways a double-edged sword for the cyber insurance industry. Increasingly diverse and sophisticated cyber attacks have dramatically increased the demand for cyber...
Jan 19 2021 // Applied Underwriters has named John Black, Sr., CPCU, to lead its expansion into middle market surplus lines.As executive vice president of the newly-expanded Applied Specialty Underwriters, Black, who has 35 years of...
Jan 19 2021 // Clovis, Calif.-based Sierra Specialty Insurance Services has added Chris Sunderland as a senior property/casualty underwriter. Sunderland previously co-founded International Property & Casualty Insurance Brokers of...
Jan 7 2021 // Pen Underwriting, the UK-based managing general agent, announced a new long-term UK capacity deal with Zurich Insurance in the specialist area of hazardous industries and tanker transportation, building on a strategic...
Jan 5 2021 // Platinum Specialty Underwriters has acquired International Property & Casualty Insurance Brokers of Nevada Inc. IPC will continue to operate under its established brand name. Terms of the deal weren’t...
Jan 4 2021 // Fast-growing specialty lines insurer Applied Underwriters announced the creation of a U.S. based division of its Applied Financial Lines business unit to provide directors and officers (D&O) coverages in the U.S.The...
Dec 30 2020 // Constellation Affiliated Partners has acquired Florida-based MGU Coastal Insurance Underwriters and Cybercom. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Coastal Insurance Underwriters, founded by President and...
Dec 29 2020 // Arch Capital Group Ltd. (ACGL) announced that Nicolas Papadopoulo will be promoted to the position of president and chief underwriting officer, effective Jan. 1, 2021.Papadopoulo joined Arch in 2001 and currently serves as...
Dec 28 2020 // Insurer Applied Underwriters has named three executives from AIG’s Private Client Group to develop its new Applied Fine Art and Collectibles business unit that is based in New York.Ronald Fiamma will serve as...
Dec 23 2020 // Managing general agency and surplus lines insurance broker J.M. Wilson has promoted Ryan Gibbons as senior transportation underwriter in its Westerville, Ohio. office. Gibbons is responsible for underwriting new and...