Latest Casualty Headlines

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XL Catlin Adds Goebel, Buttner to Dallas Excess Casualty Team

Jan 24 2017 // XL Catlin’s Excess Casualty unit has added Byron D. Goebel and Eric Buttner to its Dallas team as senior underwriters in Dallas. Goebel joins XL Catlin with nearly 30 years of underwriting and broker experience, most...

Crawford Names Tolson as CEO of U.S. Property/Casualty Group

Jan 23 2017 // Claims management firm Crawford & Co. has named Kenneth Tolson chief executive officer of its U.S. Property & Casualty group. Tolson will be responsible for the company’s U.S. field operations and catastrophe...

P/C Insurance Executives Express Cautious Optimism for 2017

Jan 23 2017 // A panel of financial experts discussed the opportunities and challenges they see ahead in 2017 at the Insurance Information Institute’s (III) 21st Annual Property and Casualty Insurance Joint Industry Forum, held...

Verisk Analytics Buys UK-Based Arium, a Liability Risk Modeling Firm

Jan 23 2017 // Verisk Analytics Inc., the Jersey City, N.J.-based data analytics provider, has acquired Arium, an independent company specializing in liability risk modeling and decision support. London-based Arium will become part of...

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Jan 23 2017 // Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Ted Nickel has been elected as president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). Created in 1871, the NAIC establishes standards and conducts peer reviews for...

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Jan 23 2017 // Ryan Specialty Group LLC has named Charlie Rosson senior vice president. Rosson is based in San Francisco, Calif. He will work to develop RSG penetration with brokers on a national basis. He has 23 years of experience in...

Expect the Unexpected in U.S. Casualty Insurance Market in 2017: Marsh

Jan 19 2017 // Insurers and customers are increasingly embracing the Internet of Things but greater reliance on these technologies could bring problems that ripple through an entire connected system. The unintended consequences from...

Charity First to Move Nonprofit Program to Nova Casualty Co.

Jan 17 2017 // Property and casualty program manager Charity First has announced plans to transition its nonprofit and social service business to Nova Casualty Co., a specialty program carrier and a member of AIX Group. The move will...

Chubb Global Markets Names Novae’s Clarke as Senior Casualty U/W

Jan 13 2017 // Chubb Global Markets, the London-based wholesale insurance division of Chubb, announced the appointment of Lee Clarke as senior casualty underwriter. In his new role, Clarke will be primarily responsible for the management...

Starr Promotes Greytok to Lead New Excess Casualty Unit

Jan 5 2017 // Starr Companies has promoted Layla Greytok, vice president, to be the leader of its newly formed Excess Casualty division, a combination of the Excess Commercial Accounts and Excess National Accounts units. In addition,...

Texas Issues Mandatory Data Call to Property/Casualty Insurers

Dec 19 2016 // The Texas Department of Insurance has issued a mandatory annual data call to all insurance companies writing private passenger nonfleet automobile, homeowners multiple peril, workers’ compensation, commercial fire...

Marsh, Endurance Launch Habitational Casualty Program

Dec 13 2016 // Marsh has launched a new and proprietary casualty insurance program designed offering accessible coverage for multifamily property owners and managers experiencing challenging habitational insurance market...

Swiss Re Veteran Hudzik to Head North America Casualty Operation

Dec 6 2016 // Swiss Re has named Mike Hudzik as head of its North America Casualty unit, effective Jan. 1, 2017. He will also join the Americas and Casualty management teams and will report directly to Steve Arora, head of Casualty...

2016 State Specialist P/C Insurers Revealed: Demotech

Dec 5 2016 // The Demotech Company Classification System categorizes insurers into one of 11 categories based on an analysis of data reported by companies to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). The 11 categories...

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Nov 21 2016 // Former long-time Chubb executive Dino E. Robusto assumes the roles of CNA chairman and chief executive officer on Nov. 21, succeeding Thomas F. Motamed, who is retiring after eight years in those positions. The succession...

Allied World APAC Appoints 2 Casualty Specialists from AIG

Nov 16 2016 // Allied World Assurance Company Holdings announced two appointments to its General Casualty Division in Asia: Daphne Boon to the position of vice president, head of General Casualty (Asia), and Christie Huang Shuying to...

XL Catlin Appoints Luck as President of Global Excess Casualty Business

Nov 10 2016 // XL Catlin has appointed Barbara Luck as president of its Global Excess Casualty business, promoted from her current role as chief underwriting officer of XL Catlin’s Global Risk Management business. Assuming her new...

New York’s AmTrust Acquires AmeriHealth Casualty Insurance

Oct 31 2016 // AmTrust Financial Services Inc., a multinational insurance holding company headquartered in New York City, has entered into an agreement to acquire AmeriHealth Casualty Insurance Company from Independence Health Group Inc....

Missouri-Based Wallace & Associates Adds Brown as Property/Casualty Producer

Oct 28 2016 // Wallace & Associates Insurance Agency, based in Jackson, Mo., recently hired Ron Brown as its property/casualty producer. In this position, Brown will handle automobile and home insurance for new and existing accounts,...

Fischer Named VP, Property/Casualty Service Leader at Hylant

Oct 26 2016 // Ohio-based privately owned insurance brokerage firm, Hylant, has named Debbie Fischer to the newly created position of vice president, property/casualty service leader. Most recently, she was vice president, client...