All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 15 2025 // Birmingham-based CRC Group, a wholesale and specialty insurance broker, announced new hires in underwriting and company leadership. JV Franks, with some 25 years in the insurance brokerage business, was named underwriting...
May 14 2025 // Bennett Himes joined Zurich North America, headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois, as the new head of underwriting for U.S. middle market. Himes oversees the overall portfolio strategy and maintaining the underwriting...
May 9 2025 // SiriusPoint Promotes Fenn to Global Head of MarineSiriusPoint Ltd., the Bermuda-based specialty insurer and reinsurer, announced the promotion of Chris Fenn to global head of Marine, in addition to two strategic...
May 9 2025 // Clear Group’s Shape Underwriting Acquires HNW Specialist ProtectShape Underwriting, the London-headquartered managing general agent, has acquired Protect Underwriting LLP, a specialist MGA in private client...
May 5 2025 // Aon Names DiLorenzo as Head of US Casualty for Reinsurance SolutionsInsurance broker Aon plc named Anthony DiLorenzo as head of US casualty for Reinsurance Solutions, effective immediately. In his new role DiLorenzo will...
May 5 2025 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID) has issued a bulletin clarifying insurers’ obligations when using virtual claims adjustment systems to assess automobile damage.That guidance came in response to a...
May 1 2025 // First quarter underwriting income in AIG’s General Insurance segment dropped 59% compared to last year, to $243 million.The unit—North America commercial, International commercial, and global personal—recorded...
May 1 2025 // SmartChoice Names Caldwell CEOSmart Choice, headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, restructured its executive leadership, naming Andrew Caldwell as CEO, while founder Doug Witcher has transitioned to the chairman of...
Apr 30 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at SiriusPoint and Howden.A summary of these new hires follows here. SiriusPoint Taps AIG’s Gibson as International Chief Underwriting...
Apr 30 2025 // Some property/casualty insurers talk about experimenting with artificial intelligence to automate call center responses and back-office operations. But that’s not the road to turbocharging growth that AIG CEO Peter...
Apr 29 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the managing general underwriter Carbon Underwriting and specialty re/insurer Chaucer.A summary of these new hires follows here. CEO of Carbon Retires for...
Apr 24 2025 // Chris Kelleher Ryan Specialty, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, appointed Chris Kelleher president of SUITELIFE Underwriting Managers effective June 30. The hotel and resort industry-focused managing general underwriter...
Apr 22 2025 // Transatlantic Underwriters, a specialized wholesale brokerage for trucking and transportation insurance, is making a limited move into broader property-casualty coverage. The Marietta, Georgia-based firm, founded in 1989,...
Apr 21 2025 // Applied Underwriters has spun-off United Risk as an independent, stand-alone operating company.United Risk, which was announced in November 2023, is a global property/casualty underwriting platform comprised of 28...
Apr 21 2025 // Artificial intelligence technology has continued to evolve, and it’s affecting many areas of insurance from claims to underwriting to customer service, according to panelists at the 2025 PLUS D&O Symposium in New...
Apr 18 2025 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID) has issued a bulletin clarifying insurers’ obligations when using virtual claims adjustment systems to assess automobile damage.That guidance came in response to a...
Apr 17 2025 // Specialty MGA Appoints 2 Senior Underwriters for Africa & Middle EastSpecialty MGA Africa & Middle East, part of MNK Group and a sister company of Specialty MGA UK, announced the appointment of two new senior...
Apr 10 2025 // Markel Promotes Brooke to Senior Underwriter of War and TerrorismMarkel, the insurance operations within Markel Group Inc., announced that Matthew Brooke has been promoted to senior underwriter, War and Terrorism,...
Apr 9 2025 // Helix Underwriting Partners Ltd., the Bermuda-based managing general agent (MGA), has launched a professional lines program with a maximum line limit of $10 million.Backed by Somers Re, the Bermuda-based program is writing...
Apr 7 2025 // For the first time in four years, the U.S. property/casualty industry will finish a year with an underwriting profit.AM Best in a “First Look” at U.S. P/C financial results said the industry left 2024 with a...