All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 11 2019 // Portage, Michigan-based managing general agency and surplus lines broker, J.M. Wilson, has promoted Ryan Bartolacci to personal lines underwriter.Bartolacci is responsible for quoting new and renewal personal lines risks...
Oct 10 2019 // Texas insurer of last resort for properties along the state’s coast is seeking input from the public in advance of a meeting of its Actuarial & Underwriting Committee.The Texas Windstorm Insurance...
Oct 9 2019 // J.M. Wilson in Portage, Michigan, has promoted Stevii Krol to assistant brokerage underwriter.Krol is responsible for quoting new and renewal brokerage and professional accounts, setting up and binding policies, assisting...
Oct 7 2019 // Corvus Insurance, a provider of AI-driven commercial insurance, has updated its cyber underwriting model to reward highly protected organizations with higher limits for Social Engineering and Cyber Crime coverage....
Oct 7 2019 // Venture Insurance Programs, a national insurance program administrator based in West Chester, Penn., has hired Cheryl Wisler as an underwriter for FITLIFE, its program for fitness, wellness and spa services.In her new...
Oct 7 2019 // Direct written premiums in the U.S. excess and surplus (E&S) lines market during 2018 grew at its greatest rate since 2012, increasing 11% and representing the eighth consecutive year of premium growth, according to...
Oct 2 2019 // Venture Underwriters Inc., a division of Allstar Financial Group, is expanding in the Midwest with the opening of a new office in the Chicago marketThe new office will be managed by Dan Moran, who has relocated from the...
Oct 2 2019 // Kurt Hines has joined insurer Everest Insurance as vice president of Underwriting in the Specialty Insurance Group, which offers coverages for the sports, leisure and entertainment industries. In this role, Hines will be...
Oct 1 2019 // Euclid Insurance Services, Inc. has formed Euclid Life Science Specialty, LLC (Euclid Life Science), a product and professional liability insurance underwriting platform providing tailored casualty coverage products to the...
Oct 1 2019 // MS Amlin, the London-based re/insurer and subsidiary of MS&AD, announced a new underwriting strategy that focuses on three core, non-commodity markets, while exiting nine non-core markets, which no longer fit in its...
Sep 30 2019 // Lloyd’s of London has unveiled a blueprint for action to facilitate its Future at Lloyd’s project, which aims to “build the most advanced insurance marketplace in the world.” This first blueprint,...
Sep 30 2019 // Helvetia Specialty Lines CH & International announced it will begin writing aviation insurance in October.Helvetia’s aviation team will offer worldwide insurance coverage for passenger liability, third-party...
Sep 30 2019 // Direct written premiums in the U.S. excess and surplus (E&S) lines market during 2018 grew at its greatest rate since 2012, increasing 11% and representing the eighth consecutive year of premium growth, according to...
Sep 27 2019 // Benjamin Roberts has been appointed as a senior production underwriter by workers’ compensation specialist The MEMIC Group to support continued growth in the Vermont market. Roberts, a native of Vermont, previously...
Sep 27 2019 // Not long ago, private flood insurance was thought to be an impossible dream in the property/casualty sector. There were numerous arguments supporting the common wisdom that a meaningful market for residential flood...
Sep 26 2019 // American International Group, Inc. announced the appointment of two senior leaders in its global specialty business. Steve Eccles will join AIG as global head of Aerospace, General Insurance. James Langdon will join AIG as...
Sep 26 2019 // ClearPath Mutual Insurance Co. has appointed Kim Sellers as the company’s first production underwriter. Sellers will be based out of Burns, Tenn., and will handle agents in Kentucky and Tennessee.As production...
Sep 24 2019 // Demand for surplus lines insurance rose dramatically in 2018 and is continuing to expand this year, so much so that some in the sector are feeling a bit overwhelmed.The excess and surplus lines sector is enjoying its...
Sep 23 2019 // There are several things that keep SCOR’s Jean-Paul Conoscente awake at night. Climate change is one of them; cyber risk is another. Only time will tell whether these risks are actually insurable, cautions...
Sep 19 2019 // Managing general agency and surplus lines broker J.M. Wilson has promoted Liam Davis to assistant personal lines underwriter in its Portage, Michigan, office. Davis is responsible for assisting underwriters on a wide...