All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Apr 10 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at AXIS Global Markets and Newline Europe.A summary of these new hires follows here. AXIS Global Markets’ Head of Underwriting Robson to Retire,...
Apr 5 2024 // Applied Surety Underwriters (ASU), a subsidiary of Applied Underwriters’ United Risk division, announced it will acquire the majority of Argo Surety group’s in-force coal, oil, gas, and mining business.ASU will...
Apr 4 2024 // Leif Assurance Hires Galvan as Commercial Lines Account ManagerLeif Assurance, headquartered in St. Louis, hired Mayra Galvan as commercial lines account manager. Galvan is responsible for managing clients’ renewal...
Apr 4 2024 // Comprehensive program provides coverage for home health care workers actively helping seniors where they need it mostCharlotte, NC., April 4, 2024 — Amwins Program Underwriters (APU), part of the Amwins Underwriting...
Apr 3 2024 // Upland Capital Group, Inc., headquartered in Dallas, promoted Kate Walas to chief underwriting officer. Walas joined Upland as senior vice president for the professional liability errors and omissions product line. Before...
Apr 2 2024 // Devonshire UW Ltd. and its affiliate Devonshire UW Europe GmbH (known collectively as “Devonshire Underwriting”) announced the launch of a managing general agent specializing in transactional risk...
Apr 1 2024 // The strong 2023 results at Lloyd’s reaffirm the primacy of underwriting, “but it’s one year and therefore not a reason for complacency,” said Patrick Tiernan, chief of markets, in a market message...
Apr 1 2024 // When it comes to artificial intelligence, more questions than answers keep underwriters from venturing into the space and lead to a lack of clarity, according to panelists at The Professional Liability Underwriting...