Latest Underwriting Headlines

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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...

QBE’s Restructuring Gains Traction with Its Focus on Profitable Underwriting

Aug 22 2018 // QBE’s restructuring over the last year has focused on exiting loss-making businesses and portfolios, while rigorously emphasizing profitable underwriting across the group.Good progress has been made — as...

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Aug 20 2018 // Roger Walleck, vice president of Underwriting at Missouri Employers Mutual, has been elected to serve on the national underwriting committee for the workers’ compensation rate making organization, National Council on...

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Aug 20 2018 // EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants, a retail property and casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and consulting firm, has announced that Lou D’Agostino and his Iron Cove Partners team have joined...

York Named Chief Underwriting Officer at CM Vantage

Aug 17 2018 // Michael York II has been named chief underwriting officer for Madison, Wisconsin-based CM Vantage Specialty Insurance Co., reporting to President Alan Ogilvie. York will oversee CM Vantage’s underwriting operations...

Allianz Global Corporate Adds Setzer, Johnson to Aviation Underwriting Team

Aug 16 2018 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has hired Scott Setzer as an executive underwriter for Aviation, and Adam Johnson as an Aviation underwriter. Setzer will be based in Alpharetta, Georgia and Johnson in...

Randall & Quilter Signs Program Underwriting Partnerships with 3 European MGAs

Aug 16 2018 // Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd. announced that its wholly owned European subsidiary R&Q Insurance (Malta) Ltd. has signed three new program underwriting partnerships – or fronting arrangements – with...

StarStone Launches Casualty Consortium for Australia, New Zealand Markets

Aug 15 2018 // StarStone, the global specialty insurer, has launched a casualty consortium targeted at the Australian and New Zealand markets. The consortium is led by StarStone’s Mark Hunt and has begun underwriting...

XL Catlin Expands M&A Underwriting Team with Khalidi and Jensen

Aug 14 2018 // XL Catlin insurance operations recently added Naveed Khalidi and Michelle Jensen to its team of Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) insurance underwriters. Khalidi joins XL Catlin from Allied World Assurance Co., where he...

AmWINS Forms Sentinel Marine Underwriters with Houston Office

Aug 13 2018 // AmWINS Group Inc. (AmWINS) has formed a new managing general agency with a focus on marine risks, Sentinel Marine Underwriters (SMU).Executive vice presidents Mark Bernas and Keith Blair will lead SMU from Houston, Texas,...

Chubb Appoints Nazir from Aspen as Cyber Underwriting Manager, UK & Ireland

Aug 13 2018 // Chubb announced the appointment of Raheila Nazir as cyber underwriting manager for the UK and Ireland.In this role, Nazir will have responsibility for the leadership and direction of Chubb’s UK&I Cyber...

CorPro Underwriting Managers Hires Giuliano as a Senior Underwriter in New York

Aug 8 2018 // CorPro Underwriting Managers has hired Michael Giuliano as a senior underwriter based in New York, N.Y.He specializes in private company and not-for-profit directors and officers (D&O), employment practices liability...

Aligning Sales and Marketing to Go from ‘Just Dating’ to ‘Happily Married’

Aug 8 2018 // CNA’s Emily Hathcoat launched a sales and marketing therapy session that promised tabloid-worthy confessions. Here is how she set the stage:“If you were to give your marketing and sales teams a relationship...

Aspen’s Restructuring Continues – To Improve Results, Preserve Shareholder Value

Aug 7 2018 // The chief executive of Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited described business changes to Aspen’s Lloyd’s insurance book last week, while neither unequivocally confirming or denying rumors that a deal to sell the...

Nephila Gets In-Principle Approval From Lloyd’s to Form Managing Agency

Aug 7 2018 // Bermuda-based Nephila Capital announced that the Lloyd’s Board (previously called the Franchise Board) has given in principle approval to Nephila’s plan to form its own managing agency, subject to regulatory...

Petrilli Named President of AmWINS Group’s Underwriting Division

Aug 6 2018 // AmWINS Group Inc., the Charlotte, N.C.-based independent wholesale distributor of specialty insurance products, announced that Robert “Bob” Petrilli has been named president of the firm’s underwriting...

As Underwriting Pain Increases, Insurers Pull Back from Underperforming Lines

Aug 6 2018 // Markel Corp. Co-Chief Executive Officer Richie Whitt made the observation during his company’s earnings conference call, on which leaders also reported a 13 percent jump in operating income for the second...

AF Group Drives into Commercial Auto with Fundamental

Aug 6 2018 // Lansing, Michigan-based AF Group is branching out from its traditional base in workers’ compensation into the specialty commercial auto insurance niche, driven by a new operating company, Fundamental...