All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 2 2016 // Allison Warmuth, senior underwriter in healthcare at Lexington Insurance, was killed in a tragic accident Saturday after the scooter she was driving was struck by a duck boat in downtown Boston.Warmuth, 28, was also an...
Apr 26 2016 // Xl Catlin has appointed Kyle McGrath as Fine Art & Specie underwriter. She is based in New York City. In her new role, she will underwrite Fine Art and General Specie coverage for clients throughout the U.S. and will...
Apr 25 2016 // Experts are cautioning both insurance buyers and sellers not to overreact to the recent federal court decision finding data breach defense coverage under a commercial general liability (CGL) policy.Buyers would be mistaken...
Apr 22 2016 // Bellevue, Wash.-based Ultra Risk Advisors has named Karen McDonald underwriting director for its program providing liability coverage for senior living facilities. McDonald has more than 10 years of underwriting experience...
Apr 22 2016 // Laura Sherrod Falvey Yacht Insurance, a North Kingstown, Rhode Island-based managing general underwriter specializing in yacht insurance, has hired Laura Sherrod and Craig McGinnes to join the firm’s group of yacht...
Apr 19 2016 // A.M. Best has revised the outlook to stable from negative and affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a” of National Lloyds Insurance Co. (National...
Apr 19 2016 // Maggie Mae Kores Business Risk Partners (BRP), a specialty underwriter and program administrator based in Windsor, Connecticut, has added two new underwriters to its professional liability team: Maggie Mae Kores as senior...
Apr 18 2016 // Sexual abuse claims are a child care operation’s biggest exposure. A good child care insurance program should ALWAYS include sexual abuse and molestation liability insurance. —Riley Binford, executive vice...
Apr 15 2016 // Newline Group, part of Odyssey Re Holdings Corp., announced appointments to its leadership team based in Singapore.Rachel Flynn has been named the principal officer for Newline Asia and Susan Chew has been appointed chief...
Apr 13 2016 // Hamilton Underwriting Ltd., the managing agency of Lloyd’s Syndicate 3334 and the Lloyd’s operations of Bermuda-based Hamilton Insurance Group, announced that Daniel Prince has been hired as head of...
Apr 12 2016 // Skuld, the Oslo, Norway-based marine insurance provider, announced the recruitment of Paul Fry and Sarah Wilson to Skuld’s Lloyd’s Syndicate 1897, the specialist marine and energy syndicate.Fry joins as deputy...
Apr 11 2016 // Hamilton Underwriting Ltd., the managing agency of Lloyd’s Syndicate 3334 and the Lloyd’s operations of Hamilton Insurance Group, announced today that Miles Osorio has been hired as head of Property Direct...
Apr 7 2016 // Contego Underwriting — the specialist (re)insurance provider to the international construction and engineering markets, and part of Pen Underwriting — has opened a new office in Miami, to provide support and service to...
Apr 6 2016 // THB, the London-based specialist insurance and reinsurance broker, announces it has secured an exclusive wholesale broking arrangement with Unicorn Underwriting for UK motor fleet business.Unicorn Underwriting recently...
Apr 6 2016 // Patriot Risk Consultants (PRC), a subsidiary of Patriot National, Inc. has launched PN BidExpert, an online marketplace to connect underwriters and risk managers with loss control engineers.PN BidExpert works by matching...
Apr 6 2016 // Trinity Underwriting Managers, Inc. (TUMI), a Georgia-based program administrator, has hired Bonita Finley as a senior transportation broker. Finley will help manage TUMI’s local and intermediate trucking business as...
Apr 5 2016 // QBE North America announced two executive appointments to support growth in personal insurance and expansion into the high net worth market.Eric Shanks has been appointed senior vice president, High Net Worth. In this...
Apr 5 2016 // ArgoGlobal, the Lloyd’s insurer and member of Argo Group, announced the appointment of Andrew Summers as credit and political risks underwriter.He will report to Jeremy Shallow, credit and political risks class...
Apr 4 2016 // Ryan Direct Group, the subsidiary of Chicago-based Ryan Specialty Group, announced the completion of the acquisition of Midas Underwriting, which was completed on March 31, following regulatory approval. This transaction...
Apr 4 2016 // Watford Re Ltd. has formed a new excess and surplus lines insurer called Watford Specialty Insurance Co. (WSIC), based in Morristown, N.J.WSIC’s lines of business “will be similar to what we’ve been...