All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 7 2018 // Rating agency A.M. Best expects the U.S. property/casualty insurance industry to post a second consecutive underwriting loss in 2017, driven mainly by catastrophe losses.The expected net underwriting loss for 2017 of $29.3...
Feb 7 2018 // Appalachian Underwriters, Inc. has hired Marketing Representative Vianka Mambuca to its Sanford Florida office. She will focus on agent relationships in Central and Northern Florida counties. According to Carrie Bay,...
Feb 6 2018 // St. Louis, Missouri-based Safety National Casualty Corp. is implementing changes to its executive and upper management structure that will become effective on April 1, 2018.Gene Maier, executive vice president and chief...
Feb 5 2018 // Boca Raton, Fla.-based Universal Insurance Services, LLC, a subsidiary of Vanbridge, LLC, has added Jamie Lorentz to the firm as an analyst for Corporate and Institutional Insurance.Lorentz joins Universal from...
Feb 5 2018 // Texas Security General Insurance Agency LLC (TSGA) in San Antonio, Texas, added David A. Winkley as vice president of Commercial Lines.A former business owner, Winkley has industry experience in retail production,...
Feb 5 2018 // The difficult job of moving commercial auto insurance to a profitable place has not gotten any easier.More vehicles on the road thanks to a rebounding economy, more miles driven, distracted drivers and...
Feb 5 2018 // David Kramer and Theodore Nittis have launched Gemini Risk Partners as an independent professional liability insurance brokerage in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.The firm will focus on serving law firms, as it did when it was...
Feb 5 2018 // Outlooks Positive: Northwest G.F. Mutual Insurance Co.A.M. Best revised the outlooks to positive from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B+ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of...
Feb 2 2018 // Dallas-based Towerstone Inc., a national specialty wholesale insurance broker, has added four associates to wholesale underwriting team.David Willbanks joined the company as a small commercial underwriter and will connect...
Feb 2 2018 // Continental Underwriters Inc., a Richmond, Va.-based managing general underwriter and wholesale broker, has promoted Amanda Huang to chief operating officer. Huang has been a part of Continental for more than 12 years. She...
Feb 2 2018 // Volante Global Ltd., a new multi-class and multi-territory international managing general agent (MGA) platform, has announced the launch of Bridge Underwriting AB, a Stockholm-based specialist underwriting MGA.Bridge...
Feb 1 2018 // Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK), the London-based provider of specialist and corporate insurance, has appointed Alex Jomaa as cyber underwriter. He takes up the role immediately and will report to Laila Khudairi, head of...
Jan 31 2018 // Pioneer Underwriters (Pioneer) has appointed Aaron Sternstein as vice president in its Allied Healthcare division. He is based in Chicago and reports to Jim Stewart, senior vice president of Allied.Sternstein has more than...
Jan 31 2018 // A more coherent, consistent recording of cyber incidents would help the insurance industry better understand the frequency and cost of cyber claims, according to a report published by the International Underwriting...
Jan 30 2018 // Traditional aviation insurance policies are unlikely to address all elements of emerging risks from the rapidly increasing use of drones, according to a report from the International Underwriting Association (IUA).As a...
Jan 29 2018 // Ryan Specialty Group (RSG) has launched a Latin American-focused managing general underwriter, Capital Bay Underwriting, based in Miami.Capital Bay’s central emphasis is financial lines re/insurance products for...
Jan 29 2018 // Chubb announced the launch of a new Agency Management and Underwriting unit in Singapore. This dedicated unit will manage the strategic growth of the agency distribution channel as well as its specific underwriting and...
Jan 29 2018 // Cannasure Insurance Services (Cannasure), a managing general agent and wholesale broker specializing in cannabis insurance, and based in Cleveland, Ohio, has hired Kieran O’Rourke to lead its MGA underwriting...
Jan 26 2018 // CNA announced three leadership appointments within the company’s Commercial Insurance organization. Michael Kirchgessner has been appointed to senior vice president, Underwriting for Large/Complex Casualty business....
Jan 25 2018 // Private equity firm Preservation Capital Partners has completed its acquisition of Ascent Underwriting, the London-based cyber and specialty lines MGA, after obtaining UK regulatory approval.Ascent’s management team...