All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 8 2020 // Dallas-based Risk Point Underwriters LLC has named Scott A. Hoy executive vice president for the specialty auto dealer underwriting unit. Hoy will be responsible for driving profitable growth and delivering customer...
Sep 8 2020 // London Underwriters has released a beta version of its new online platform, Bunch, in the state of Texas.London Underwriters, which has administrated its own proprietary Lloyd’s of London commercial property program...
Sep 7 2020 // The Lloyd’s market looks unlikely to turn an underwriting profit in 2020 given the pandemic and hurricane season. However, there are signs of improvement, according to analysts at S&P Global Ratings.S&P notes...
Sep 7 2020 // U.S. property/casualty insurance underwriting income dropped 5.5% in the first half of 2020 versus the same period last year. Higher underwriting expenses and policyholder dividends largely connected to COVID-19 costs are...
Sep 2 2020 // Specialty insurance brokerages Ryan Specialty Group and All Risks have closed on the merger the two firms into Ryan Specialty Group.The deal unites Chicago-based Ryan Specialty Group and its nearly $12 billion in premium,...
Sep 1 2020 // Atlanta, GA, September 1, 2020 — Breckenridge Insurance Services is pleased to welcome Carrie B. Mudd to the wholesale brokerage and binding firm. Mudd joins the organization as a vice president, underwriter with over 17...
Aug 27 2020 // U.S. property/casualty insurance underwriting income dropped 5.5 percent in the first half of 2020 versus the same period last year. Higher underwriting expenses and policyholder dividends largely connected to COVID-19...
Aug 26 2020 // Accredited Surety & Casualty Company Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd. (R&Q) and a Florida-domiciled insurance company licensed in all 50 states to write admitted...
Aug 26 2020 // MS Amlin Underwriting Limited, the Lloyd’s (re)insurer, has appointed Andrew Carrier to the new position of chief underwriting officer.Carrier will be responsible for managing all of MS AUL’s underwriting...
Aug 24 2020 // 1. Offset Negativity. What can you show your clients that you are doing to help them during the pandemic? Everyone is tired of hearing how all their business income (BI) claims are denied. What are you doing to offset all...
Aug 21 2020 // The Lloyd’s market looks unlikely to turn an underwriting profit in 2020 given the pandemic and hurricane season. However, there a signs of improvement, according to analysts at S&P Global Ratings.S&P notes...
Aug 19 2020 // Ironshore Environmental has named Kelly Killimett to lead its newly established wholesale team. Killimett will be responsible for developing and executing an integrated underwriting and sales strategy dedicated to serving...
Aug 18 2020 // Richard Dabney has been appointed vice president of corporate underwriting at the Austin-based workers’ compensation insurer, Texas Mutual Insurance Company.In this newly created VP position within the underwriting...
Aug 18 2020 // Specialist insurer International General Insurance Holdings announced the appointment of Brian James as class underwriter for Cargo.James will be based in IGI’s London office and will be responsible for developing a...
Aug 14 2020 // It’s not just insurtech startups that have an edge on innovation. Some established reinsurers have developed their own analytics and technology divisions that offer a variety of insurtech-type solutions for...
Aug 14 2020 // El Paso, Texas-based surplus lines managing general agent, Litchfield Special Risks Inc., has added Melissa Harris as a property/casualty underwriter. Harris is experienced in commercial underwriting and joins LSRI after...
Aug 13 2020 // Paschal Strong has been appointed vice president of underwriting operations at workers’ compensation insurer, Texas Mutual Insurance Co.In this newly created position within the underwriting division, Strong will be...
Aug 12 2020 // One80 Intermediaries, a Boston-headquartered wholesale broker, program manager, and insurance aggregator, announced it has acquired Strategic Underwriting Managers Inc. (SUM), a Canada-based managing general agent.Terms of...
Aug 12 2020 // Jackson Sumner & Associates (JSA) has acquired Landers Underwriting of Charlottesville, Va., in a deal inked earlier this month. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.JSA is an excess and surplus broker that...
Aug 11 2020 // Trident Marine Managers, Inc. (Trident) has reached a delegated authority underwriting agreement with Nationwide E&S to provide recreational marine and marine equipment insurance, along with workers’ compensation...