All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 13 2015 // Wholesale insurance broker, J.M. Wilson, has added Kristin Bolhuis as a property and casualty underwriter in its Portage, Mich., office.Bolhuis is responsible for quoting new and renewal property and casualty business, and...
Oct 13 2015 // Canopius Group AG* announced the appointment of Scott Bailey as global head of Accident & Health, effective immediately.Bailey will lead the development of Canopius’s global A&H strategy as part of the...
Oct 13 2015 // Global specialty insurance group ANV Holdings BV announced the appointment of Janet Helson as CEO of the group’s Lloyd’s Managing Agency, ANV Syndicates Limited, subject to regulatory approval.Effective October...
Oct 12 2015 // Eydent Insurance Services LLC, a Mt. Pleasant, Mich.-based program administrator specializing in niche markets, announced that Jim Swearingen, chief underwriting officer, will retire effective Nov. 15.Swearingen began his...
Oct 12 2015 // Times are good for surplus lines professionals.The surplus lines industry reached new heights in 2014, growing direct premium written (DPW) in 2014 to $40.2 billion – the highest point in history, reports A.M....
Oct 12 2015 // Markel International, the London-based specialist insurer, has appointed Steve Loader as senior underwriter, marine trades, in its marine and energy division.Loader joins Markel from RSA Plc where he had been a senior...
Oct 12 2015 // Simon Lewer has joined Global Risk Partners Limited (GRP)* as the chief operating officer of its MGA Division, with responsibility for the development of GRP’s electronic trading initiatives. He also has been...
Oct 9 2015 // J.M. Wilson has added John Nichols as a personal lines underwriter in Portage, Mich. Nichols is responsible for quoting new and renewal personal lines risks, along with serving independent insurance agents in 21...
Oct 8 2015 // ANV Underwriters, the international managing general underwriter (MGU) segment of specialty insurance group ANV Holdings, announced the appointment of Florian Tischer to its Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Insurance...
Oct 8 2015 // The waiting list for an insurer to get a spot on the underwriting floor of Lloyd’s of London is the longest in its 327-year history, indicating record demand for access to the market.Lloyd’s has requests for...
Oct 6 2015 // CRC Insurance Services Inc., a wholesale insurance unit of BB&T Corporation’s principal subsidiary Branch Banking and Trust Company, announced an agreement to acquire Connecticut Underwriters Inc. in Middletown,...
Oct 6 2015 // The property/casualty insurance industry is likely to post a third consecutive year of underwriting profits, considering its performance in the first half of the year and barring any late year catastrophic losses,...
Oct 6 2015 // European Property Underwriting Limited (EPU), a London-based property owners MGA, has secured an exclusive capacity arrangement with three risk transfer partners, led by HDI Gerling, with major co/reinsurance...
Oct 5 2015 // A.M. Best has placed under review with positive implications the financial strength rating (FSR) of A- (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a-” of Dallas-based Republic Underwriters Insurance Co....
Oct 5 2015 // Markel International, the specialist insurer, has appointed Antony Hope as senior underwriter and head of the management liability account in its professional and financial risks division (PFR).Reporting to divisional...
Oct 2 2015 // Dublin-based XL Group plc announced that XL Innovate*, the venture capital fund sponsored by the company, has acquired all of the shares of New Energy Risk Inc.“New Energy Risk has developed and delivered to the...
Sep 29 2015 // XL Catlin announced it has strengthened its London-based Product Recall team with the appointment of Natalie Lilley and the transfer of Ian Davidson.Natalie Lilley joins XL Catlin from Canopius where she has held the...
Sep 28 2015 // IFG Companies has hired Geoffrey J. Smith as underwriting manager of its nationwide Commercial Underwriting Renewal Center in Hartford, Connecticut. While managing the efficiency and effectiveness of the Commercial...
Sep 25 2015 // Pope Francis’ two-day visit to Philadelphia this weekend, which will close the Holy Father’s six-day apostolic journey to the U.S., has a special event policy in place with W.R. Berkley Corp. and OneBeacon...
Sep 24 2015 // Surplus lines carrier Scottsdale Insurance Co. has named David Nelson as the leader of contract underwriting. David Nelson Nelson has been with Scottsdale Insurance since 1991. His most recent position was CFO for the...