All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Apr 4 2016 // With cyber insurance premiums expected to grow from around $2 billion in 2015 to an estimated $20 billion or more by 2025, insurers and reinsurers are continuing to refine underwriting requirements, according to industry...
Apr 4 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 30 2016 // Charlotte, N.C.-based broker AmWINS Group Inc. announced the appointment of Darren Nightingale as chief executive officer of its London-based managing general agent, Unicorn Underwriting.Nightingale will be joined by...
Mar 30 2016 // Atlanta, GA, March 30, 2016 — Blue River Underwriters, a Breckenridge Insurance Group company, has acquired California-based wholesale commercial auto insurance provider Platinum Program Managers and Insurance Services....
Mar 29 2016 // Specialist Lloyd’s underwriter Marketform has confirmed its commitment to all its current underwriting lines after completing a strategic review.These remaining lines are: accident & health, travel; bloodstock...
Mar 24 2016 // Fidelis Insurance announced that Ben Savill has been promoted to group chief underwriting officer, subject to approval from the Bermuda Department of Immigration.He assumes this role from Richard Brindle who held it...
Mar 24 2016 // Specialist Lloyd’s underwriter Marketform announced it has sold its UK Open Market Medical Malpractice and UK / International Delegated Authority Insurance businesses to Beazley.The team being transferred is led by...
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...