Latest Ironshore Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our Ironshore Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Business Moves
Mar 5 2012 // OneBeacon, Interboro OneBeacon Insurance Group completed the sale of its AutoOne business to Interboro Holdings of New York. The transaction, which was announced on Aug. 31, 2011, included AutoOne Insurance Co. and AutoOne...
Ironshore Opens P/C Production Center in Boston for Wholesale Market
Feb 24 2012 // Ironshore Inc. has opened a property/casualty production center in Boston dedicated to the insurance wholesale market, the company said. The new center will focus on serving the East Coast, including New England, New York,...
Ironshore Brings Lloyd’s Political Risk Coverage to U.S. Market
Feb 15 2012 // Ironshore Insurance Services has received extension of class approval from Lloyd’s to underwrite insurance coverage for the Pembroke Syndicate 4000 Political Risk and War and Terrorism unit. Pembroke’s...
Ironshore Specialty Casualty Introduces Program for Firearm Risks
Feb 6 2012 // Ironshore Inc. has announced that its Specialty Casualty unit will provide casualty coverages for Cochrane and Company’s new Ammunition and Rifle Manufacturing Specialist Program. Additional coverage enhancements...
Ironshore Expands Environmental Products to Europe
Jan 9 2012 // Ironshore Environmental products are now available in Europe through Ironshore Europe Limited. The products cover a broad spectrum of issues for many industries, including manufacturing, engineering, construction, energy,...
Ironshore Names Boren Head of U.S. Field Operations
Dec 22 2011 // Specialty insurer Ironshore Inc. has appointed Joseph L. Boren as executive vice president of Ironshore Insurance Holdings, LLC and as president of U.S. Field Operations. John O’Brien, currently president of...
Ironshore Names Tracey as VP, Specialty Casualty
Dec 14 2011 // Ironshore Inc. named Tracey Sharis as specialty casualty unit as vice president. Sharis will be responsible for expanding Ironshore’s distribution of retail and construction insurance programs within the United...
Ironshore Australia Launches M&A Product Suite
Nov 23 2011 // Ironshore Australia has established a merger and acquisition suite of products that will be available throughout the Asia Pacific region. The package will include coverage for buyers, sellers, taxes and environmental...
Ironshore Australia Launches Affirmative Defense Cost
Nov 1 2011 // Ironshore Australia has enhanced its professional liability policies for defense cost coverage in response to the recent decision of the High Court of New Zealand. Ironshore Australia insurance solutions are tailored to...
IronHealth Launches New Program to Address Medicare Reporting Requirements
Oct 24 2011 // IronHealth, the specialty healthcare unit of Ironshore Inc., has introduced an insurance program to address the institutional risk exposure created by the specific reporting requirements of Section 111 of the Medicare,...
NIF Group, Ironshore Partner to Insure Health, Human Service Agencies
Oct 13 2011 // NIF Group, Inc., a program administrator and specialty brokerage firm, joins with Ironshore Programs unit to insure health and human service agencies. Coverage will be provided for general and professional liability, on an...
Ironshore Names Wood as VP for Wholesale Casualty
Oct 11 2011 // Ironshore Inc. has named Rick Wood to serve as vice president of wholesale casualty. Wood will be responsible for the production of primary and excess surplus lines business with wholesale brokers nationwide, reporting to...
Ironshore Specialty Casualty to Provide Excess Coverage to NBIS Customers
Sep 9 2011 // Ironshore Inc.’s Specialty Casualty unit has introduced a program to provide excess coverage for NationsBuilders Insurance Services (NBIS), the industry leader in specialized heavy construction risks. The new...
Ironshore Launches Commercial Crime Coverage Through Pembroke Syndicate
Aug 16 2011 // Ironshore Inc.’s Lloyd’s Pembroke Syndicate 4000 has launched a commercial crime unit as an expansion of its financial lines operations. Sarah Markham has been named director of the new unit, reporting to...
Ironshore, Equinox to Provide Additional Credit Insurance Capacity
Jul 19 2011 // Ironshore Inc. is broadening its relationship with Equinox Global Limited to extend additional underwriting capacity to its trade credit insurance market program. Ironshore will provide increased capacity on a facultative...
Ironshore Expands International Presence with Entrance into Australian Market
Jul 13 2011 // Ironshore Inc. has expanded its international platform to the Australian market to provide access to specialty insurance coverages for large, complex corporate risk. David Rogers has been appointed managing director of...
Best Affirms Ironshore and Subs Ratings
Jun 23 2011 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “bbb-” of Cayman Islands-based Ironshore Inc., as well as the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and the ICRs of...
Ironshore Europe Expands, Opens Office in London
Jun 1 2011 // Ironshore Europe Limited, domiciled in Dubin, Ireland, has received approval from the Central Bank of Ireland, to open a branch office in London. Paul Betts, has been named the London Branch Manager and will lead the...
Ironshore Increases Iron-Starr Financial Lines Capacity to $25 Million
May 11 2011 // Ironshore Inc. has increased capacity to $25 million for the financial lines division of Iron-Starr Excess Agency, Ltd. The limit increase is written on a gross limit basis and is the result of securing additional...
Ironshore Environmental Enhances Pollution Program for Education Sector
Apr 20 2011 // Ironshore Inc.’s Environmental Insurance unit has enhanced its asset-class specific Site Pollution Incident Legal Liability Select (SPILLS) suite of products to address risk exposures within the education sector,...
