All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 19 2018 // Jimcor Agency Inc., an independent managing general agent and insurance wholesaler, has hired Sarah Warner as a property and casualty underwriter for the Western Pennsylvania office located in Pittsburgh, Penn, and Stefan...
Apr 19 2018 // Envelop Risk, a UK-based cyber insurance analytics and underwriting firm, announced it has appointed Aritra (Ari) Chatterjee as chief underwriting officer.Chatterjee was formerly the lead cyber underwriter with Hannover Re...
Apr 16 2018 // HWI International Group, the privately owned insurance business, has announced the launch of NuVu Underwriting Hong Kong Ltd., a new managing general agent (MGA) in Hong Kong, headed up by industry veteran Jeremy...
Apr 5 2018 // The increasing use of predictive analytics among commercial lines insurers has helped improve their bottom lines and led to more balanced underwriting cycles, A.M. Best says in a report.“Underwriting cycles have been...
Apr 3 2018 // Calabasas, Calif.-based Topa Insurance Group has named Denise Pavlov chief underwriting officer.Pavlov will report to President and CEO John Donahue, and oversee Topa’s underwriting, products, program development,...
Apr 3 2018 // Ryan Specialty Group LLC (RSG) has completed its acquisition of the assets and operations of New Day Underwriting Managers LLC (New Day), a specialty intermediary with offices in Hamilton, N.J.New Day was founded in 2005...
Apr 3 2018 // The Lloyd’s Market Association (LMA) has announced four new members of its board, following a recent nomination process.Effective from the annual general meeting to be held on May 31, 2018, one new and three...
Apr 3 2018 // Castel Specialty, the division of club-style MGA formation platform Castel Underwriting Agencies Ltd., has added a global property facultative reinsurance offering to its portfolio.Paul Witzenfeld joins Castel Specialty to...
Apr 2 2018 // Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc., an East Providence, R.I.-headquartered independent insurance agency, has hired Joanmarie Berry as a financial insurance specialist. She is based in Milton, Mass.In her...
Apr 2 2018 // The U.S. property/casualty industry recorded a net underwriting loss of $23.5 billion for year-end 2017, according to preliminary results from A.M. Best. That was $18 billion bigger than the underwriting loss in 2016.The...
Mar 26 2018 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced it has opened an office in Perth, Western Australia, naming Anthony Prindiville to lead its casualty underwriting and Mark Shepard to lead property underwriting...
Mar 23 2018 // Underwriting is not dying. It is just being automated into digital algorithms versus analog human beings.Technology’s effect on life insurance underwriting is easiest to show by example. It is also further advanced...
Mar 23 2018 // Hamilton Re Ltd., the Bermuda platform for Hamilton Insurance Group, announced that Claude Lefebvre, chief underwriting officer, Partnerships & Casualty Reinsurance, will be leaving the company to pursue other...
Mar 22 2018 // Appalachian Underwriters, Inc. has added Workers’ Compensation Underwriter, Lilyana ‘Lili’ Saunders, to the Sanford, Fla office. She will be writing small comp accounts, as well as building relationships...
Mar 21 2018 // Pembroke Managing Agency Ltd., the London-based subsidiary of Ironshore, has been granted approval by Lloyd’s to establish and manage a syndicate for India’s GIC Re.GIC Syndicate 1947 has been granted...
Mar 20 2018 // The U.S. property/casualty industry recorded a net underwriting loss of $23.5 billion for year-end 2017, according to preliminary results from A.M. Best. That was $18 billion bigger than the underwriting loss in 2016.The...
Mar 19 2018 // Jennifer Bussard has been promoted to commercial lines underwriter at the Ohio office of managing general agency and wholesale insurance broker Arlington/Roe. Bussard is a graduate of Franklin University and holds the...
Mar 19 2018 // Insurance industry technology is experiencing a revolution. While insurance carriers and venture capital firms have been behind much of today’s insurtech innovation, insurance agents and brokers have also jumped into...
Mar 16 2018 // Selective Insurance Company of America, a Branchville, N.J.-headquartered subsidiary of Selective Insurance Group Inc., has announced several officer appointments.Charles Musilli has been appointed to executive vice...
Mar 15 2018 // ArgoGlobal, the Lloyd’s insurer and member of Argo Group, today announced the appointments of Geoffrey Bull, as casualty treaty underwriter, and Jaime Garcia-Anton Lopez, as professional indemnity (PI) underwriter....