All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 29 2020 // Specialist insurer Beazley has appointed Justin Sanches as an underwriter within the U.S. healthcare liability team. Sanches joins Beazley’s Los Angeles, Calif., office to underwrite a range of global miscellaneous...
Jan 24 2020 // Although workers’ compensation results remain strong—and the line continues to outperform all other commercial insurance lines—worries about continued soft pricing and loss reserve levels for workers’...
Jan 22 2020 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE (AGCS), the corporate insurance carrier of Allianz Group, appointed Henning Haagen as chief underwriting officer specialty and member of the board of management, subject to...
Jan 17 2020 // Castel Underwriting Agencies Ltd., the managing general agent and club-style MGA formation platform, has announced the appointment of Raoul Carlos as head of Specialty as it structures its underwriting cells and MGAs into...
Jan 17 2020 // The private U.S. property/casualty insurance industry saw its net underwriting gains increase to $5.4 billion in the first nine months of 2019 from $4.7 billion a year earlier, bolstered by growth in premiums and a drop in...
Jan 17 2020 // Coastal Insurance Underwriters, Inc., a Ponte Vedra Beach Florida based MGU and program administrator, acquired the assets of Cybercom International Corp. on Jan. 2, 2020.Cybercom International Corporation, Inc. (CIC) was...
Jan 15 2020 // Philadelphia Insurance Companies has appointed John Doyle as a co-chief underwriting officer and promoted three vice presidents to senior vice president roles.Doyle is now shares the underwriting officer responsibilities...
Jan 15 2020 // One80 Intermediaries, a national wholesale insurance broker and program manager headquartered in Boston, Mass., has acquired Vista Underwriting Partners, a full service managing general underwriter of medical stop loss...
Jan 15 2020 // Tysers, the London-based broker, announced it has taken a minority investment in Bermuda’s newly formed and first independent managing general agent Helix Underwriting Partners Ltd.“As we enter the 200th year...
Jan 15 2020 // Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, January 15, 2020 – Coastal Insurance Underwriters, Inc. (Coastal), a Ponte Vedra Beach Florida based MGU and program administrator, announced the acquisition of Cybercom International...
Jan 14 2020 // BPB UW Management Ltd (BPBUW) has launched an underwriting agency focused on nurturing individual MGA businesses.Its executive team is led by Chairman Jonathan Palmer-Brown, CEO John Holm, COO Margaret Ryan and Executive...
Jan 14 2020 // Liberty Mutual Re (LM Re), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, announced it has opened an office in Singapore and appointed Annie Leong as regional underwriting manager for LM Re in Asia Pacific.“As LM Re...
Jan 13 2020 // MS Amlin, the London-based re/insurer, announced the launch of David Ashby Underwriting Ltd (DAU), a specialist equine MGA.MS Amlin will serve as lead underwriter for the MGA and provide 50% of capacity for DAU through a...
Jan 7 2020 // Appalachian Underwriters Inc. (AUI) has welcomed back Derek Roberts as its New England regional manager. Working locally out of AUI’s new Maine office, he will be placing accounts in Connecticut, Massachusetts,...
Jan 3 2020 // Optio, the London-based MGA that comprises Ascent Underwriting, Cove Programs and broker Bay Risk Services, announced it has acquired specialist political-violence and terrorism MGA Newbridge Risk Partners from Castel...
Jan 2 2020 // The news that Berkshire Hathaway was in talks to sell its workers’ compensation unit, Applied Underwriters, caught readers’ attention in February and was easily Insurance Journal’s biggest workers’...
Dec 31 2019 // Fueled by efficiencies introduced by insurtechs and underwriters’ interest in niche classes, the insurance program business has experienced impressive growth the last few years.But heavy interest is also forcing...
Dec 24 2019 // Bermuda-based Sirius International Insurance Group Ltd. announced it is expanding its facultative product offerings in the Asian region to better service its clients, beginning in early 2020. Through its office in...
Dec 24 2019 // Commercial property underwriters are adjusting to a market defined by rising catastrophe losses and dwindling profits. From increasing rates and higher deductibles to fewer classes of business and stricter underwriting,...
Dec 23 2019 // J.M. Wilson has promoted Tim Frawley to senior property/casualty underwriter in the company’s Arlington Heights, Illinois, office.He is responsible for quoting new and renewal accounts for a wide variety of...