All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 29 2020 // Atlanta, GA, April 29, 2020 — Breckenridge Insurance Services is pleased to welcome Michael Silvestri, Tracey Burmingham, AAI and Vance Root as vice presidents/brokers to the company as part of its expansion plans...
Apr 28 2020 // Specialist insurer Beazley is introducing a new product recall insurance policy for private enterprises in the U.S., with a planned launch in the second quarter of 2020. The company has appointed a new underwriting team...
Apr 24 2020 // Pioneer Underwriters, the managing general agency, and K2 Insurance Services LLC, the specialty insurance services holding company, announced they have signed terms for a portfolio transfer, to facilitate K2’s...
Apr 23 2020 // Obsidian Insurance Holdings Inc., a new fronting insurance holding company, has added to its senior management team with the appointment of Dan Larkin as chief underwriting officer. Obsidian was recently formed in...
Apr 21 2020 // AXA XL announced a new leadership team and proposed changes to the operating model of its Insurance business following a strategic review.Key proposed changes to the operating model include the creation of a single global...
Apr 14 2020 // In the midst of this pandemic, insurance buyers and their brokers are looking for COVID-19 pandemic coverage, which is like buying property insurance when your house is on fire, according to Tracey Gibbons, senior vice...
Apr 9 2020 // Vitech Systems Group has formed a strategic partnership with Innovation Underwriters (IU), a not-for-profit collaborative focused on promoting innovation within the insurance industry.Innovation Underwriters supports...
Apr 9 2020 // Victor Insurance Holdings, the world’s largest managing general underwriter (MGU), announced the appointment of Matteo Bonfà as country manager, Victor Italia S.r.l., effective immediately.Bonfà is based in Milan...
Apr 7 2020 // Venture Underwriters Inc., a division of Allstar Financial Group, has expanded its Chicago underwriting team to include commercial underwriting veteran Chris Barrow.Barrow joins Chicago office as vice president...
Apr 7 2020 // Aqueous Underwriting, a London-based managing general agent, has responded to the coronavirus crisis with a package of measures designed to help its clients in the food, hospitality and leisure sectors, which were forced...
Apr 3 2020 // Fitch Ratings has placed Lloyd’s of London’s ‘AA-‘ Insurer Financial Strength (IFS) ratings on rating watch negative, on the uncertainty and increased risk to Lloyd’s earnings and underwriting...
Apr 3 2020 // Workers’ compensation insurer Third Coast Underwriters (3CU) has promoted Peter Vaughn to director, Insurance Operations, and Mike Altman to regional director, Business Development. Vaughn and Altman are based at...
Mar 31 2020 // Channel Syndicate, which is backed by reinsurer SCOR, has appointed Caroline Coulson as a senior underwriter on the political and credit risks team within SCOR Specialty Insurance, effective immediately.Coulson started on...
Mar 30 2020 // Thousands of London’s underwriters took their stamps and fountain pens home last week, which they use to sign insurance contracts, but they won’t need them.Working at home due to the coronavirus lockdown, they...
Mar 24 2020 // Global specialty insurance wholesaler AmWINS Group announced that Mark R. Bernacki will join the firm as president of AmWINS Special Risk Underwriters (SRU) and executive vice president of AmWINS Group, effective March 30,...
Mar 20 2020 // Kinsale Capital Group Inc. has announced four underwriting promotions. Patrick L. Dalton was named senior vice president of Casualty, John R. Bowen Jr. was named vice president of Construction, Jason E. Hoover was named...
Mar 20 2020 // At SAGE, a national program administrator, their mission is to help those who need it.These are unusual times and businesses are facing layoffs or cutbacks of their employees to reduce expenses. Unfortunately for most,...
Mar 19 2020 // After conducting a successful stress-test last week of its electronic trading system, Lloyd’s has made the decision to close its underwriting room in response to the coronavirus outbreak.As a result, market insurers...
Mar 12 2020 // Lloyd’s is shutting its London underwriting room at 1 Lime Street for one day for a contingency planning exercise in response to the coronavirus outbreak.Starting at midnight tonight and for 24 hours, Lloyd’s...
Mar 11 2020 // A major government report on cybersecurity that warns the nation is seriously underprepared for cyber attacks calls for the creation of a federally-funded center to develop cybersecurity insurance certifications and a...