All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Feb 28 2016 // State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., the largest U.S. property/casualty insurer, said 2015 profit rose 48 percent on investment gains tied to pharmaceutical holdings.Net income increased to $6.2 billion from $4.2...
Feb 26 2016 // Specialist Lloyd’s underwriter Marketform announced it no longer will write general liability business.This decision forms part of a broader strategic review of the business, which included an assessment of...
Feb 24 2016 // The London-based Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) announced the election of new board members Mark Birrell, chief executive of Castel Underwriting, and Charles Manchester, chief executive of Manchester...
Feb 23 2016 // Goldsboro, NC, February 23, 2016- Atlantic Casualty Insurance Company, a member of Strickland Insurance Group, has named Tim Martin, CPCU, AU, as Chief Underwriting Officer. Martin will provide oversight and direction for...
Feb 22 2016 // Bermuda-based Everest Re Group Ltd. announced that Christopher Downey has been named deputy chief underwriting officer.Downey joins Everest from Montpelier Reinsurance Ltd. where he served as senior vice president and head...
Feb 22 2016 // Merger and acquisition activity for 2015 set a new record with 456 deals, sailing past the previous high-water mark of 325 deals set in 2012, according to recent data. The fourth quarter closed with 104 announced...
Feb 19 2016 // Philadelphia Insurance Companies, a commercial property/casualty and professional liability insurance company for niche markets, announced the promotion of two vice presidents to senior vice president.Sam Garro is now...