All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 21 2016 // If they are not careful, property/casualty insurers could jeopardize their credit ratings with their expansion into standalone cyber insurance, a rating agency has warned.Cyber attacks pose dangerous risks and uncertainty...
Mar 21 2016 // Organizers of rock concerts and conferences in Latin America or fringe events at the Rio Olympics beware: if you still need insurance to cover cancellation due to the Zika virus, it’s probably too late.The...
Mar 16 2016 // Chicago-based CNA has appointed Dieter Korte as vice president, Underwriting for the company’s Manufacturing Segment. He will report to John Tatum, senior vice president, Commercial Segments. Dieter joins CNA from...
Mar 16 2016 // Specialist Lloyd’s underwriter Marketform announced it has transferred its international medical malpractice insurance business to Dale Underwriting Partners, the Lloyd’s licensed underwriter.Marketform said...
Mar 15 2016 // Greene & Associates, an East Aurora, New York-based underwriting manager and wholesale broker for excess and surplus lines coverage, opened a satellite office in Glastonbury, Connecticut. The firm also hired Scott...
Mar 15 2016 // QBE Specialty has launched a suite of products for its newly created Inland Marine practice.This expansion includes a range of offerings for the following industry groups: Construction: Buildings and structures under...
Mar 11 2016 // Portage, Mich.-based J.M. Wilson announced several promotions and new hires.Sherry Ihling was promoted to senior brokerage underwriter and Jennifer Tonthola was promoted to senior transportation underwriter in the Portage...
Mar 8 2016 // Specialist Lloyd’s underwriter Marketform has announced a number of senior appointments, which are designed to strengthen its leadership team under the new chief executive officer, Martin Reith.With the strategic...
Mar 8 2016 // Specialty property/casualty insurers are now a dominant force in the market and generate more than half of the industry’s premiums, Conning Inc. asserts in a new report.Two-thirds of individual insurance companies...
Mar 8 2016 // Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, March 8, 2016- Coastal Insurance Underwriters, Inc. recently promoted Kimberly Bushong to Vice President. Kim graduated from Florida State University with her Bachelor of Science in Finance and Risk...
Mar 7 2016 // Altitude Risk Partners, the global aviation and space underwriting business, has expanded its general aviation capabilities with the appointment of Martin Audis as senior underwriter.Audis joins from Starr Aviation where...
Mar 7 2016 // Private passenger automobile insurance remains one of the most competitive segments in the U.S. property/casualty industry, with a number of large, well capitalized organizations battling for market share and searching for...
Mar 6 2016 // Pricing improvements over several years have propelled returns for U.S. regional property/casualty insurers, according to Fitch Ratings. While the majority of North American publicly-traded insurers experienced flat to...
Mar 4 2016 // Wholesale insurance broker Midlands Management Corp. has added Jennie Reed to the Texas property/casualty excess and surplus team as a senior broker/underwriter. With more than a decade in the industry, Reed began her...
Mar 2 2016 // Hope King The Brethren Mutual Insurance Company in Hagerstown, Maryland, has appointed Hope King as the company’s new Farm Underwriting manager. King succeeds MaryAnn Jones who retired after 39 years of service at...
Mar 2 2016 // Specialist Lloyd’s underwriter Marketform announced that Darren Lednor, formerly the active underwriter of Ariel Syndicate 1910 and 6117, has joined as chief underwriting officer.Lednor has been working in the...
Mar 2 2016 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has entered into an agreement with the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) through which it has established a new aviation workers’ compensation department....
Mar 1 2016 // ANV Global Services Ltd., the managing general underwriter (MGU) segment of specialty insurance group ANV Holdings, announced an increase in its Lloyd’s underwriting capacity for mergers and acquisitions...
Mar 1 2016 // Zurich Insurance has appointed Hervé Marguin as chief underwriting officer (CUO), General Insurance, Asia Pacific, effective immediately.Marguin will report to Stuart A. Spencer, chief executive officer, General...
Feb 28 2016 // Warren Buffett reaches a broad audience with his annual letters to Berkshire Hathaway Inc. shareholders — and, on Saturday, he reached right out to U.S. voters.In sweeping passages, he rejected the economic pessimism...