All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 20 2015 // The Hartford has named A. Morris “Mo” Tooker as executive vice president and chief underwriting officer for the company’s property/casualty insurance businesses. Tooker will oversee underwriting across...
Jul 20 2015 // QBE North America announced two new underwriting vice presidents in the company’s Specialty Programs unit – Erin Fry and Bob Remy.Fry joins QBE from XL, where she was vice president and head of professional...
Jul 17 2015 // Liberty Mutual’s National Insurance Property operation has appointed Dan Feige division underwriting manager for its Inland Marine division. Based in New York, Feige is responsible for growing Liberty Mutual’s...
Jul 16 2015 // The International Union of Aerospace Insurers (IUAI) held its annual general meeting (AGM) in Bengaluru, India, which included a session on the potential impact of 3-D printing in aerospace manufacturing in the future.A...
Jul 15 2015 // The London-based International Underwriting Association’s new Delegated Authority Underwriting Group has held its first meeting and elected Paul Rich of Inter Hannover as its chairman. Matt Gordon of Aviva has been...
Jul 8 2015 // Altitude Risk Partners, Castel’s global aviation and space underwriting business, announced that it “has added the General Insurance Corporation of India [GIC], the world’s 15th largest reinsurer, to its...
Jul 7 2015 // First, the Reasons to NEVER Extend BAC Protection to an Individually-Owned AutoThe Background Section II (Liability Coverage) of the Business Auto Coverage (BAC) form describes who qualifies as an insured (II.A.1.)....
Jul 1 2015 // UK-based Castel Underwriting Agencies, the club-style MGA formation platform, has appointed James Nugent as its first chief underwriting officer. He joins Castel from Amlin where he was head of underwriting performance and...
Jun 30 2015 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Co. (BHSI) said it is entering the healthcare underwriting market in Australia, and has appointed Tony Bainbridge, previously with American International Group (AIG), to lead the...
Jun 30 2015 // Dallas, TX, June 30 2015–To use a baseball metaphor, Texas All Risk General Agency (TAR) is batting .725 with Atlantic Casualty Insurance Company at the mid-year point.According to TAR VP David Day, “With the All...
Jun 29 2015 // Independent insurance wholesaler All Risks Ltd. hired Stu Korn as brokerage underwriter in the Non-Standard Homeowners unit. In this role, Korn will be responsible for cultivating and growing personal lines business,...
Jun 26 2015 // Michael Kontonotas Specialist insurer Beazley hired Michael Kontonotas as an underwriter for the company’s crime & fidelity bond underwriting team. He will work from Beazley’s New York office. Kontonotas...
Jun 25 2015 // Joe Phifer, senior account executive in the Assurant Employee Benefits’ Dallas sales office, has been elected president of the Texas Association of Health Underwriters.Phifer begins serving his one-year term as...
Jun 25 2015 // XL Catlin announced the promotion of Joe Blenkinsopp to the position of chief underwriting officer for its Political Risk and Trade Credit (PRTC) team.Blenkinsopp assumes the role with immediate effect, having previously...
Jun 24 2015 // Scottsdale Insurance Co. announced that Gary Tiepelman, senior vice president of Contract and Professional Lines Underwriting, is retiring in August.Hired by founder Rollie Wiegers in 1982 as the company’s thirteenth...
Jun 24 2015 // Newbridge Risk Partners has launched operations on Castel Underwriting Agencies MGA formation platform, targeting political violence and terrorism risks in emerging markets.The new underwriting cell will be focused on the...
Jun 19 2015 // MarketScout, the national electronic insurance exchange and specialty MGA headquartered in Dallas, Texas, has expanded its Private Client Solutions (PCS) division with three new hires.According to Daniela Finch,...
Jun 18 2015 // Euclid Insurance Services Inc. (Euclid), based in Itasca, Ill., has formed Euclid Financial Institution Underwriters LLC (Euclid Financial) and hired David McDonald and Jim Thomas to lead the new operation. Euclid...
Jun 15 2015 // Geoff White, underwriting manager for Cyber, Technology and Media at Barbican Insurance Group, has been elected chairman of the Lloyd’s Market Association’s (LMA) newly created Cyber Business Panel.White was...
Jun 15 2015 // Specialist property catastrophe underwriting manager, Catalytic Holdings has hired industry veteran Sam Ramsey to lead its newly-formed wind underwriting business.Ramsey joins Catalytic from All-Risks Ltd. where he headed...