Latest Underwriting Headlines

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Chubb Names Lupica President, North America; Krump Vice Chair, Global Underwriting, Claims

Aug 10 2020 // Global insurer Chubb announced appointments to two new executive positions.Chubb has named John Lupica as president of North America Insurance, the company’s largest division. Lupica is currently vice chairman, Chubb...

Berkshire Insurance Units Hold Their Own While Pandemic Slams Other Buffett Firms

Aug 10 2020 // Berkshire Hathaway Inc. had a tough second quarter with the pandemic taking a toll on most of its operating businesses including Precision Castparts aircraft parts, the BNSF railroad, Occidental Petroleum Corp., Kraft...

Gridiron Insurance Underwriters of Florida Hires Murphy to Lead Property Division

Aug 10 2020 // Gridiron Insurance Underwriters, Inc., a program manager specializing in program business on a regional and national basis through select retail and wholesale producers, has hired Ben Murphy as its new head of...

Beazley Builds in Midwest with 4 Cyber and Executive Risk Underwriters

Aug 7 2020 // Specialist insurer Beazley has appointed four new underwriters within its Chicago, Ill.-based cyber and executive risk division.Jon Perry and Megan Feyereisen join as executive risk underwriters, while Brett Kreiter and...

Worldwide Facilities Acquires Clearwater Underwriters of Florida

Aug 5 2020 // Worldwide Facilities, LLC, a national wholesale insurance broker, managing general agent and program underwriter, has acquired Clearwater Underwriters, Inc., a surplus lines MGA based in Clearwater, Fla.Clearwater...

One80 Intermediaries Acquires National Underwriting Services in Texas

Aug 4 2020 // One80 Intermediaries has acquired National Underwriting Services Inc. in San Antonio, Texas. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. National Underwriting Services is a specialty underwriter of medical stop loss coverage for...

Breckenridge Welcomes Sheree Davis as Senior Vice President, Program Director

Jul 30 2020 // Atlanta, GA, July 30, 2020 — Breckenridge Insurance Group welcomes Sheree Davis to the company as a senior vice president, program director. Davis has more than 30 years of insurance industry experience with significant...

PartnerRe Names Bonneau as President and CEO as Clarke Exits

Jul 28 2020 // Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. announced it has appointed industry veteran Jacques Bonneau as its president and chief executive officer effective immediately.Bonneau, who will be based in the company’s headquarter in...

AXA XL Announces Leadership Team for UK & Lloyd’s Region

Jul 27 2020 // AXA XL announced the new leadership team for its UK & Lloyd’s region. Effective immediately, the appointments are part of the proposed changes to the operating model of AXA XL’s Insurance business following...

London’s International Underwriting Association Publishes New Motor Terrorism Clause

Jul 24 2020 // A new model clause for clarifying coverage of motor terrorism risks has been published by the International Underwriting Association.It has been developed after a growing spate of terrorist attacks using vehicles led to...

Pfeifer Promoted to Senior VP, Underwriting at Ohio’s Central Insurance

Jul 22 2020 // The Central Insurance Companies, based in Van Wert, Ohio, has promoted Jocelyn Pfeifer to senior vice president of Underwriting.Pfeifer will lead the entirety of the company’s underwriting organization including...

SAGE Program Underwriters Launches Program for Ground Delivery Contractors

Jul 21 2020 // SAGE Program Underwriters, a national specialty program administrator, has launched a new workers’ compensation program for the ground delivery industry.SAGE has worked with the ground delivery and transportation for...

Personal Lines Insurance Poised to Turn Profit in 2020 As Auto Claims Fall: Fitch

Jul 20 2020 // After a profitable 2019, the U.S. personal lines insurance sector is positioned to see underwriting profits in 2020 even with considerable economic uncertainty from the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report from...

Lloyd’s Underwriters Sue Indiana Archdiocese Over Liability Insurance Response

Jul 17 2020 // An insurance company is suing the Indianapolis archdiocese, alleging that it failed to disclose allegations of child sexual abuse by a Catholic priest when it applied for liability insurance.Underwriters for Lloyd’s...

Castel Acquires Dutch Marine Business from The Hartford

Jul 17 2020 // Castel Underwriting Europe B.V. has agreed to acquire the renewal rights for a Navigators Europe book of predominantly of Dutch marine cargo, inland hull, land-based equipment and liability business from The...

Berkley Crime Names Platt Assistant Vice President/Underwriter for West

Jul 17 2020 // Berkley Crime, a division of Berkley FinSecure, a Berkley Co., has named Brian Platt assistant vice president-Underwriter. Platt will be focused on developing stand-alone fidelity/crime business across a spectrum of...

Axis Adds Swiss Re, NAS and Hiscox Veterans to U.S. Cyber Insurance Team

Jul 14 2020 // Specialty insurer AXIS Insurance announced the hiring of three experienced underwriters to its U.S. Cyber and Technology team.Peter Smith will join AXIS as underwriting manager, while and Emma Werth and Jessica Currier...

Phillips Named Senior Underwriter at WQIS in Houston

Jul 13 2020 // The Water Quality Insurance Syndicate (WQIS), a specialist insurer that provides comprehensive coverage in the vessel pollution insurance market, has appointed John P. Phillips as senior underwriter based in...

Atlas Financial Extends Underwriting Agreement with National Interstate

Jul 13 2020 // Schaumburg, Ill.-based Atlas Financial Holdings Inc. has extended its agreement with National Interstate Insurance Co. (National Interstate) under which Atlas subsidiaries will continue to act as underwriting manager for...

Allstar Underwriters Expands Vacation Rental Insurance Program to Arkansas

Jul 10 2020 // Atlanta-based Allstar Underwriters has expanded its existing vacation rental insurance program into the state of Arkansas.The program has been offered in Tennessee since 2015, according to Laura Richardson, Allstar...