All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 5 2024 // Global specialty insurance broker NSM Insurance Group has completed its acquisition of Strategic Underwriters International (SUI).Based in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, SUI is a managing general agent (MGA) in the casualty...
May 29 2024 // Specialist Risk Group’s managing general agent, MX, announced it will soon launch a new specialist motorsport underwriting offering, MX Motorsport.MX Motorsport will underwrite all classes of motorsport business on a...
May 20 2024 // Even during the post-pandemic boom in the entertainment industry, when event and live performance venue attendance reached pre-COVID-19 levels, insurance markets in the sector could be difficult.Now, the post-pandemic...
May 20 2024 // The Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS), as it exists today, does not have a written narrative or any acknowledgment on its website about how the organization was created, the timeline, the individuals...
May 14 2024 // Jensten, the London-based independent insurance broking and underwriting group, announced a reorganization that aims to drive growth, bolster continued acquisitions, and expedite the integration of future acquisitions.This...
May 10 2024 // Insurance broker Aon plc announced an update to its Pricing Platform that aims to bring enhanced visualization and automation capabilities to re/insurance underwriters. The software update has also added new business lines...
May 3 2024 // The Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS), as it exists today, does not have a written narrative or any acknowledgment on its website about how the organization was created, the timeline, the individuals...
May 2 2024 // Executive Summary: With instances of violent unrest rising across the globe in recent years, property all-risk insurance programs bore significant losses. One reason is that sublimits for strikes, riots and civil commotion...
May 1 2024 // Ryan Specialty, the Chicago-based international specialty insurance firm, announced it has completed the acquisition of Castel Underwriting Agencies from Arch Financial Holdings (UK) Ltd. and minority...
May 1 2024 // Agile Underwriting Services has received approval from Lloyd’s to commence underwriting in May.Agile Underwriting Services Syndicate 2427 (AUS 2427) will be focused primarily on Australia and New Zealand and writing...
Apr 29 2024 // Zurich-based Lloyd’s coverholder Amboss Underwriting has assumed the portfolio of the Zurich branch of Oilfield Insurances Agencies.Effective April 17, 2024, the announcement marks the commencement of Amboss’...
Apr 25 2024 // According to Chubb CEO Evan G. Greenberg, the insurance industry’s underwriting practices for a number of financial lines are “simply dumb.”In a call with analysts to discuss Chubb’s earnings for...
Apr 23 2024 // Chubb started 2024 off with first quarter net income up 13.3%, compared to the same time a year ago, to about $2.1 billion.The first three months of 2024 followed a year Chubb CEO Evan G. Greenberg called the “best...
Apr 23 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Arch Insurance International and the MGA Carbon Underwriting.A summary of these new hires follow here. Arch Insurance International Promotes Valder to...
Apr 19 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Lloyd’s syndicate AEGIS London and Markel, the insurance operations within Markel Group.A summary of these new hires follows here. AEGIS London Hires...
Apr 18 2024 // CFC, the London-based specialist insurer, announced it has agreed to acquire Australian managing general agent, Solution Underwriting.Financial details of the deal, which is expected to complete on April 30, 2024, were not...
Apr 18 2024 // Long-time president Ben Francavilla announces plans to retireCHARLOTTE, N.C., April 18, 2024 – Amwins, a global distributor of specialty insurance products and services, today announced the appointment of Jon Beckham to...
Apr 16 2024 // Scott Reinke Scott Reinke joined Intact Insurance Specialty Solutions, headquartered in Plymouth, Minnesota, as chief underwriting officer for its transactional surety team. Reinke oversees surety’s commercial...
Apr 15 2024 // The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry recorded a slight underwriting improvement in 2023, but losses persisted, according to a new AM Best report.Preliminary data from the global credit rating agency shows that the...
Apr 11 2024 // Striior Insurance Solutions a managing general agent specializing in builder’s risk and a division of Intact Insurance Specialty Solutions, has partnered with Green Shield Risk Solutions, a Chicago-based catastrophe...