Latest Underwriting Headlines
All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ryan Specialty Acquires Irish MGU 360° Underwriting
May 20 2025 // Ryan Specialty, the Chicago-based international specialty insurance firm, announce that it has acquired 360° Underwriting (360), a managing general underwriter specializing in commercial construction. 360 is based in...
People Moves: CRC Names New Underwriting Leaders and Senior VP
May 15 2025 // Birmingham-based CRC Group, a wholesale and specialty insurance broker, announced new hires in underwriting and company leadership. JV Franks, with some 25 years in the insurance brokerage business, was named underwriting...
People Moves: Zurich Gets Himes From Chubb To Lead Underwriting for US Mid Market
May 14 2025 // Bennett Himes Bennett Himes joined Zurich North America, headquartered in Schaumburg, Illinois, as the new head of underwriting for U.S. middle market. Himes oversees the overall portfolio strategy and maintaining the...
People Moves: SiriusPoint Promotes Fenn to Global Head of Marine; Arch Insurance International Promotes Mansouri to UK PI Underwriting Manager
May 9 2025 // SiriusPoint Promotes Fenn to Global Head of Marine SiriusPoint Ltd., the Bermuda-based specialty insurer and reinsurer, announced the promotion of Chris Fenn to global head of Marine, in addition to two strategic...
Business Moves: Clear Group’s Shape Underwriting Acquires HNW Specialist Protect Underwriting; Optio Buys UK PI Specialist MGA, Custodian Management
May 9 2025 // Clear Group’s Shape Underwriting Acquires HNW Specialist Protect Shape Underwriting, the London-headquartered managing general agent, has acquired Protect Underwriting LLP, a specialist MGA in private client...
People Moves: Aon Names DiLorenzo as Head of US Casualty for Reinsurance Solutions; Brit Promotes Mudd to Active Underwriter for Syndicate 2988
May 5 2025 // Aon Names DiLorenzo as Head of US Casualty for Reinsurance Solutions Insurance broker Aon plc named Anthony DiLorenzo as head of US casualty for Reinsurance Solutions, effective immediately. In his new role DiLorenzo will...
New Hampshire Regulates Use of Technology in Auto Claims, Property Underwriting
May 5 2025 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID) has issued a bulletin clarifying insurers’ obligations when using virtual claims adjustment systems to assess automobile damage. That guidance came in response to a...
AIG Q1 Underwriting Income More Than Halved on Wildfire Losses
May 1 2025 // First quarter underwriting income in AIG’s General Insurance segment dropped 59% compared to last year, to $243 million. The unit—North America commercial, International commercial, and global personal—recorded...
People Moves: SmartChoice Chooses Caldwell as CEO; Griffin Promoted to Zurich US Head of Multinational Underwriting; Burns & Wilcox Names New York, Chicago Leaders
May 1 2025 // SmartChoice Names Caldwell CEO Andrew Caldwell Smart Choice, headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, restructured its executive leadership, naming Andrew Caldwell as CEO, while founder Doug Witcher has transitioned to...
People Moves: SiriusPoint Taps AIG’s Gibson as International Chief Underwriting Officer; Howden Appoints McLaughlin From Chaucer to Lead Howden Re Miami
Apr 30 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at SiriusPoint and Howden. A summary of these new hires follows here. SiriusPoint Taps AIG’s Gibson as International Chief Underwriting...
AIG: Turning One Human Underwriter Into Five, ‘Turbocharging’ E&S
Apr 30 2025 // Some property/casualty insurers talk about experimenting with artificial intelligence to automate call center responses and back-office operations. But that’s not the road to turbocharging growth that AIG CEO Peter...
People Moves: CEO of Carbon Retires for Health Reasons, Succeeded by Ferrier; Chaucer Taps SCOR’s Brown, Everest’s Cleair as Underwriters for International Property
Apr 29 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the managing general underwriter Carbon Underwriting and specialty re/insurer Chaucer. A summary of these new hires follows here. CEO of Carbon Retires for...
People Moves: Ryan Specialty Appoints Kelleher President of SUITELIFE Underwriting Managers
Apr 24 2025 // Chris Kelleher Ryan Specialty, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, appointed Chris Kelleher president of SUITELIFE Underwriting Managers effective June 30. The hotel and resort industry-focused managing general underwriter...
Transatlantic Underwriters Expands Into Property, Liability Coverage, Names Flores SVP
Apr 22 2025 // Transatlantic Underwriters, a specialized wholesale brokerage for trucking and transportation insurance, is making a limited move into broader property-casualty coverage. The Marietta, Georgia-based firm, founded in 1989,...
Business Moves: Applied Underwriters Completes Spin-Off of United Risk
Apr 21 2025 // Applied Underwriters has spun-off United Risk as an independent, stand-alone operating company. United Risk, which was announced in November 2023, is a global property/casualty underwriting platform comprised of 28...
Gen AI Is Shaking Up Underwriting, but Can It Replace Human Judgment?
Apr 21 2025 // Artificial intelligence technology has continued to evolve, and it’s affecting many areas of insurance from claims to underwriting to customer service, according to panelists at the 2025 PLUS D&O Symposium in New...
New Hampshire Regulates Use of Technology in Auto Claims, Property Underwriting
Apr 18 2025 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID) has issued a bulletin clarifying insurers’ obligations when using virtual claims adjustment systems to assess automobile damage. That guidance came in response to a...
People Moves: Specialty MGA Appoints 2 Senior Underwriters for Africa & Middle East; DUAL Europe Expands Marine Business With New Team in Hamburg, Germany
Apr 17 2025 // Specialty MGA Appoints 2 Senior Underwriters for Africa & Middle East Specialty MGA Africa & Middle East, part of MNK Group and a sister company of Specialty MGA UK, announced the appointment of two new senior...
People Moves: Markel Promotes Brooke to Senior Underwriter of War and Terrorism; BHSI Promotes Kidd to Newly Created Role of Head of Underwriting in Europe
Apr 10 2025 // Markel Promotes Brooke to Senior Underwriter of War and Terrorism Markel, the insurance operations within Markel Group Inc., announced that Matthew Brooke has been promoted to senior underwriter, War and Terrorism,...
Markets/Coverages: MGA Helix Underwriting Launches Professional Lines Program
Apr 9 2025 // Helix Underwriting Partners Ltd., the Bermuda-based managing general agent (MGA), has launched a professional lines program with a maximum line limit of $10 million. Backed by Somers Re, the Bermuda-based program is...
