All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 31 2016 // Tokio Marine America (TMA), a commercial property and casualty insurer to large and middle-market companies and a subsidiary of Tokio Marine Holdings, is expanding its ocean marine offering to include hull and liability...
Oct 31 2016 // Atlanta, GA, October 31, 2016 — Mark Hart has joined the wholesale brokerage firm Breckenridge Insurance Services as a senior vice president within its Elevation Authorities contract binding division. Hart brings twenty...
Oct 28 2016 // Fortegra, a specialty insurer based in Jacksonville, Fla., and a subsidiary of Tiptree Financial Inc., has appointed Mark Rattner as executive vice president, chief underwriter, and head of product management. In this...
Oct 24 2016 // Chicago-based insurer CNA has promoted Kelly Walsh to vice president, Branch Services and Lindsay Lovvorn to vice president, Product and Process Systems. Both Walsh and Lovvorn will report to Barb Sandelands, senior vice...
Oct 24 2016 // Insurance carriers and agents have come to learn that increased data can lead to greater risk for insureds, and they are increasingly advising businesses to disclose data collection practices while seeking to gain...
Oct 20 2016 // Asta, the third party managing agent at Lloyd’s, announced it has received “in principle” approval from the Lloyd’s Franchise Board to establish and manage Verto Quota Share Syndicate...
Oct 20 2016 // New Day Underwriting Managers LLC, a Hamilton, N.J., based specialty intermediary of environmental and construction related professional liability insurance coverages, has named Jesilyn Ippolito as a consultant within its...
Oct 18 2016 // Pioneer Underwriters announces that Graeme Rayner has commenced his role as group director of underwriting, reporting to Chief Executive Officer Darren Doherty.Rayner, whose appointment was first announced in August 2016,...
Oct 17 2016 // Century Underwriting, the London-based specialist commercial managing general agent, has launched a new liability underwriting division and made two senior appointments to support its growth.Tony Collman has been appointed...
Oct 14 2016 // Niche property/casualty insurer Assurant Inc., diversified multi-line writer The Chubb Corp. and specialty commercial lines insurer American Financial Group Inc. are ranked the top three performers over the most recent...
Oct 13 2016 // United States Aviation Underwriter Inc. (USAU), the manager of the United States Aircraft Insurance Group (USAIG), announced that David McKay, chairman and chief executive officer, plans to retire after nearly 40 years...
Oct 13 2016 // After a notable 50-year insurance career that has included starting and leading two highly successful insurance brokers, 79-year-old Patrick Ryan didn’t mince words when asked if he will ever retire:“No.”...
Oct 11 2016 // Managing general agency and surplus lines broker J.M. Wilson has promoted Lynn Sansone to assistant property/casualty underwriter in Madison, Wisconsin. Sansone will focus on binding property/casualty business for...
Oct 10 2016 // Lemonade, the new peer-to-peer insurance company that opened for business last month, has named John Peters as its chief underwriting officer.At Lemonade, Peters will be responsible for insurance product terms and...
Oct 5 2016 // Private U.S. property/casualty insurers reported a $1.5 billion net underwriting loss in the first half of 2016— the first year-to-date net underwriting loss in more than three years— and saw their net income after...
Oct 4 2016 // Specialty insurer Markel International in London has appointed Mike Wimbridge as senior yacht underwriter to its marine, energy and property division. Joining Markel’s existing hull and war team led by Jason Page,...
Oct 3 2016 // Legal and regulatory squabbles in New York, California and other states involving Berkshire Hathaway and its Applied Underwriter affiliates over particular workers’ compensation products should not have any negative...
Oct 3 2016 // Getting employee buy-in may be the biggest key in getting a company to successfully adopt predictive analytics and other cutting-edge technologies, said Martin Welch, CEO of Hawaii Employers Mutual Insurance Co.Welch has...
Sep 26 2016 // Insurance brokers who sold allegedly illegal workers’ compensation products from Berkshire Hathaway affiliates involved in legal and regulatory troubles in New York and California could end up being strapped with...
Sep 26 2016 // ArgoGlobal, the Lloyd’s insurer and member of Argo Group, announced the launch of its Cyber division with the appointment of Russell Heaton as cyber class underwriter. He takes up his role with immediate effect and...