Latest Underwriting Headlines

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HIIG Acquires Creative Risk Underwriters of Georgia

Sep 25 2018 // Houston International Insurance Group (HIIG) has agreed to purchase the remaining shares it did not own of Creative Risk Underwriters (CRU), a managing general underwriting agency (MGU) based in Marietta, Ga., specializing...

AXA XL Names Greensmith CEO of Catlin Underwriting Agencies, XL Catlin Insurance Co. UK, Succeeding Jardine

Sep 24 2018 // AXA XL announced that Paul Greensmith has been appointed CEO of legal entities: Catlin Underwriting Agencies Ltd. and XL Catlin Insurance Co. UK Ltd., subject to regulatory approvals. He replaces Paul Jardine, who, as...

XL Catlin Names Snyder Lead Underwriter for Construction Excess Casualty in Southeast

Sep 21 2018 // XL Catlin’s North America Construction insurance business has appointed Ann Marie Snyder, senior underwriter, to lead its Construction Excess Casualty business in its Southeast region.Snyder joined XL Catlin in 2012...

BHSI Expands Team in Dubai with Product Line, Service Appointments

Sep 19 2018 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Co. (BHSI) announced that it has further expanded its leadership team in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), with the appointment of executives to fill key product line...

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Opens Munich Office; Names Key Underwriters

Sep 18 2018 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has opened a new office in Munich, Germany, the latest advance in BHSI’s expansion of its global footprint. The insurer has named two key underwriters for the office. The...

Lloyd’s Modernization Plans Move Full-Steam Ahead

Sep 17 2018 // Earlier this year, this reporter was walking on Lime Street, the home of Lloyd’s of London, dodging raindrops. She observed a broker, carrying a large blue binder containing documents for an underwriting risk, had...

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Sep 17 2018 // Brian L. Risen, senior vice president, Mackinaw Underwriters, a member of the AmeriTrust Group Inc., has been promoted to president of the Meadowbrook Insurance Agency in Southfield, Michigan.Risen has over 23 years of...

Fidelis Insurance Restructures Its Underwriting Businesses into 4 Pillars

Sep 14 2018 // Bermuda-based Fidelis Insurance Holdings Ltd. announced it is restructuring of its business across four pillars: Bespoke, Reinsurance, Partnerships and Specialty.Richard Brindle, chairman and group CEO, will reassume the...

Liberty International Underwriters & Ironshore Canada Renamed Liberty Mutual Canada

Sep 14 2018 // Liberty Mutual Insurance announces that Liberty International Underwriters (LIU Canada) and Ironshore Canada will be rebranded as Liberty Mutual Canada.“The rebranding of our joint operation as Liberty Mutual Canada...

Lancashire Promotes Irvine to Chief Underwriter, Readdy to Group Chief Actuary

Sep 12 2018 // James Irvine has been named chief underwriting officer for Lancashire Insurance Co. Ltd. (LICL) in Bermuda.Lanchashire Holdings Ltd. (LHL) also announced the appointment of Ben Readdy as the group chief actuary beginning...

CEO Duperreault Bets on Underwriting Culture, Greenberg Ways in Restoring AIG to Greatness

Sep 11 2018 // Brian Duperreault, who rejoined American International Group Inc. as chief executive officer last year to turn the company around, remembers another era when the insurer was trying to blaze a trail toward greatness.In...

Connecticut’s Business Risk Partners Appoints Lacey as Principal Underwriter

Sep 7 2018 // Business Risk Partners (BRP), a Windsor, Conn.-based specialty insurance program administrator, has appointed Brad Lacey as a principal underwriter focused on management and professional liability products.Simultaneously,...

Nexus Buys Malaysia-Based Structured Solutions Specialist Huntington Underwriting

Sep 6 2018 // Independent specialty managing general agent Nexus Group has acquired Huntington Underwriting Ltd. (HUL), a structured solutions underwriting manager operating out of Labuan International Business and Financial Centre,...

UK MGU Bluefin Underwriting Rebrands as Victor Insurance

Sep 5 2018 // Bluefin Underwriting, a UK-based managing general underwriter (MGU), has rebranded as Victor Insurance.The announcement follows the larger global unification and rebrand of The Schinnerer Group to Victor Insurance earlier...

Contractors and Roofing Insurance Program Webinars to be Held for Agents in September

Sep 5 2018 // Atlanta, GA, September 5, 2018— Blue River Underwriters will hold two separate informational program webinars this month. The first webinar on the Contractors Elite program this Thursday, September 6 from 11:30 a.m. to...

Canopius Signs Partnership with Credit and Political Risk MGA, Anvil Underwriting

Aug 31 2018 // Canopius announced it has signed a partnership with Anvil Underwriting Ltd., a credit and political risk managing general agent (MGA).The agreement is effective from Sept. 3 and will allow Anvil to underwrite credit...

Maday Joins J.M. Wilson as Assistant Property/Casualty Underwriter

Aug 29 2018 // Managing general agency and surplus lines broker J.M. Wilson has added Mark Maday as assistant property/casualty underwriter in the company’s Arlington Heights, Illinois, office. Maday is responsible for underwriting...

Trinity Underwriting Managers Adds Kirchen as Underwriter in Georgia Office

Aug 28 2018 // Trinity Underwriting Managers (TUMI), a division of Worldwide Facilities, has added Haley Kirchen as underwriter. She will be based in the Savannah, Ga., office. Kirchen has more than 15 years of experience to her new...

Markel Appoints Beazley’s Lam as Professional & Financial Risks Underwriter

Aug 23 2018 // Markel International, the London-based specialist insurer, has appointed Gordon Lam as a senior professional and financial risks (PFR) underwriter. He will be based in Singapore initially and is expected to relocate to the...

Venture Capital Firm, Beat Capital, to Merge with Insurer Investment Vehicle Paraline UK

Aug 23 2018 // Venture capital firm Beat Capital Partners and insurance investment vehicle Paraline UK announced they plan to merge – in a move that is designed “to enhance and further build Beat’s platform to support...