Latest Underwriting Headlines

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Applied Underwriters Continues Major Expansion with D&O Unit Headed by AIG’s McGill

Jan 4 2021 // Fast-growing specialty lines insurer Applied Underwriters announced the creation of a U.S. based division of its Applied Financial Lines business unit to provide directors and officers (D&O) coverages in the U.S.The...

Constellation Affiliated Acquires Coastal Insurance Underwriters, Cybercom of Florida

Dec 30 2020 // Constellation Affiliated Partners has acquired Florida-based MGU Coastal Insurance Underwriters and Cybercom. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Coastal Insurance Underwriters, founded by President and...

Papadopoulo Promoted to President, Chief Underwriting Officer of Arch Capital Group

Dec 29 2020 // Arch Capital Group Ltd. (ACGL) announced that Nicolas Papadopoulo will be promoted to the position of president and chief underwriting officer, effective Jan. 1, 2021.Papadopoulo joined Arch in 2001 and currently serves as...

Applied Underwriters Hires 3 from AIG to Lead New Fine Art and Collectibles Unit

Dec 28 2020 // Insurer Applied Underwriters has named three executives from AIG’s Private Client Group to develop its new Applied Fine Art and Collectibles business unit that is based in New York.Ronald Fiamma will serve as...

J.M. Wilson Promotes Gibbons to Sr. Transportation Underwriter in Ohio

Dec 23 2020 // Managing general agency and surplus lines insurance broker J.M. Wilson has promoted Ryan Gibbons as senior transportation underwriter in its Westerville, Ohio. office. Gibbons is responsible for underwriting new and...

JM Wilson Adds Yohn as Assistant Transportation Underwriter in South Carolina

Dec 21 2020 // JM Wilson has has hired Jamie Yohn as assistant transportation underwriter in its Charleston, S.C., office. Jamie Yohn Yohn is responsible for assisting underwriters on a wide variety of transportation risks, quoting new...

J.M. Wilson Hires Cella, Tokarz as Assistant Underwriters in Illinois

Dec 21 2020 // Managing general agency and surplus lines broker J.M. Wilson has added Scott Cella as assistant property/casualty underwriter and Ryan Tokarz as assistant transportation underwriter in its Arlington Heights, Ill.,...

Michigan’s J.W. Wilson Adds Cole; Promotes 4 in Underwriting Posts

Dec 18 2020 // Insurance broker and managing general agent JM Wilson has hired Laura Cole as assistant fleet underwriter in its Portage, Mich., corporate office. The company additionally has promoted four others in underwriting...

Applied Underwriters Forms EU Subsidiary for Specialty Business in Europe, Middle East

Dec 16 2020 // Omaha-based insurer Applied Underwriters Inc. announced it has formed Applied Financial Lines Ltd., a new European subsidiary, which will operate from Paris and Cologne.The new company will underwrite several specialty...

GEICO’s Massaro Joins BTIS Underwriting Team

Dec 16 2020 // Philip Massaro has joined small business intermediary BTIS as vice president of Underwriting.Massaro has 25 years of commercial insurance underwriting and product management experience. Most recently, he was with GEICO as...

AmTrust International Hires Kiernan and Stroulger as Underwriters in London

Dec 14 2020 // AmTrust International, the UK and International arm of New York-based insurer AmTrust Financial Services, Inc., announced two key senior underwriting appointments to its Specialty Team. Dean Kiernan joins the Professional...

Texas’ Marine Underwriters of America Acquired by DOXA Insurance Holdings

Dec 11 2020 // DOXA Insurance Holdings LLC (DOXA) has acquired Conroe, Texas-based Marine Underwriters of America (MUA), a niche agency serving the marine industry with specialized insurance policies for ocean marine, inland marine and...

Everest Insurance Names Clark Senior VP, Head of Everest Specialty Underwriters

Dec 9 2020 // Everest Insurance has named Robert Clark as senior vice president and head of Everest Specialty Underwriters (ESU).Clark will continue to be based in the company’s New York City office, reporting to Everest Insurance...

CRC Group Acquiring Assets of Louisiana’s Continental Underwriters

Dec 4 2020 // CRC Group, a nationwide wholesale distributor of specialty insurance products, has agreed to acquire the assets of Continental Underwriters. Headquartered in Covington, La., Continental provides primary marine, excess...

Euclid Life Science Names Bailey Vice President of Underwriting in West

Dec 4 2020 // Euclid Life Science Specialty LLC has named David N. Bailey vice president of underwriting and executive underwriter. Bailey’s focus will be growing the company’s presence and core book of life science...

New Insurance Group Inigo Gets Approval from Lloyd’s to Start Underwriting in January

Dec 3 2020 // Inigo Ltd., the new London insurance group that has raised $800m in start-up capital from a group of blue chip global investors, announced that it has received approval in principle from the Corporation of Lloyd’s...

AmWINS Program Underwriters Announces New Carrier for Long-Term Care Facilities Program

Dec 2 2020 // CHARLOTTE, N.C. (December 2, 2020) – AmWINS Program Underwriters (“APU”) today announced a new carrier partnership to provide insurance solutions for APU’s Long-Term Care Facilities program, effective...

Workers’ Comp Insurance MGU Method Adapts Cutting Edge AI Solution to Streamline Underwriting

Dec 1 2020 // Nashville, TN, December 1, 2020 – Method has partnered with Gradient AI to incorporate state-of-the-art Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) solutions into the underwriting process. Method utilizes...

Schumacher to Lead Midwest Underwriting, Sales at Frankenmuth Insurance

Nov 25 2020 // Frankenmuth Insurance in Frankenmuth, Michigan, has added Rich Schumacher as regional director for the Midwest Region.Schumacher brings 28 years of experience in the industry, most recently serving as associate vice...

RSG’s Trident Marine Managers, Global Special Risks Join Forces in Houston

Nov 23 2020 // RSG Underwriting Managers LLC has consolidated two of its current managing underwriting manager businesses, Houston-based Trident Marine Managers (Trident) and Global Special Risks (GSR), and created a new practice...