Latest Underwriting Headlines
All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
New Day Underwriting Managers Hires Johns as Account Manager in N.J.
Jan 14 2015 // Kim Johns New Day Underwriting Managers LLC, a Hamilton, New Jersey-based specialty intermediary of environmental and construction-related professional liability coverage, has hired Kim Johns as account manager within the...
A.M. Best: Reinsurers Need Underwriting Discipline in Competitive Market
Jan 14 2015 // Increasing competition and lower underwriting margins in the reinsurance market highlights the importance of disciplined underwriting, according to an A.M. Best briefing entitled “Global Reinsurers: Who Will Gain...
Heine Joins Griffin Underwriting Services in Washington
Jan 12 2015 // Griffin Underwriting Services has named Cathy Heine personal lines manager. Heine will be responsible for underwriting a variety of personal lines programs as well as expanding relationships with agency and company...
RSA Appointed to Underwrite Cavere Home Insurance Product
Jan 12 2015 // London-based RSA announced its appointment as the sole underwriter for Cavere Home insurance products which will be available to brokers from January 2015 via Cavere’s Magenta platform, which provides online quotes...
2015 Insurance Industry Meetings & Conventions Directory
Jan 12 2015 // Welcome to Insurance Journal‘s 2015 Insurance Industry Meetings and Conventions Directory. The information in this directory is taken from a larger database containing additional information on these and other...
Professional Underwriting Group Launches Admitted Insurance Agents E&O Program
Jan 9 2015 // Professional Underwriting Group, Inc. is now offering an admitted program for insurance agent’s errors and omission insurance to qualifying insurance agents in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida,...
RSG’s Global Special Risks Launches Underwriting Facility for Upstream Energy Risks
Jan 8 2015 // Ryan Specialty Group’s Global Special Risks (GSR), a subsidiary of RSG Underwriting Managers, LLC, has launched a new binding authority facility for the Upstream Solutions Energy Package, which provides products for...
Qatar Re Appoints Speare-Cole Chief Underwriting Officer
Jan 8 2015 // Qatar Re announced the appointment of Alastair Speare-Cole as Chief Underwriting Officer, effective, January 12, 2015. He joins from JLT Re, the world’s fourth largest reinsurance broker, where he served as CEO since...
OdysseyRe Appoints New Execs for EuroAsia, London Market Divisions
Jan 6 2015 // Odyssey Re Holdings Corp. announced changes to its executive management team in two of OdysseyRe’s operating divisions, EuroAsia and London Market. Isabelle Dubots-Lafitte has been named CEO for the Europe, Middle...
USI Insurance Services Launches Terrorism Insurance Underwritten by Lloyd’s
Dec 24 2014 // USI Insurance Services has launched a new terrorism insurance product to address the expiring Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (TRIPRA), which ends Dec. 31. Unlike TRIPRA however, USI’s Terrorism...
XL Group Launches Crime Insurance Unit; Bangs Named Chief Underwriting Offer
Dec 12 2014 // To help address businesses’ and financial institutions’ crime concerns, including embezzlement, fraud, and bribery, XL Group is launching a global crime business, under the leadership of Gregory W. Bangs who...
Lloyd’s Underwriter Pioneer Special Risk Expands to New York
Dec 10 2014 // Pioneer Underwriters announced that its Pioneer Special Risk (PSR), led by President Gary Dubois, has commenced underwriting via its New York based division. The bulletin explained that “Pioneer Special Risk has been...
Pioneer Special Risk Commences Underwriting via New York Office
Dec 9 2014 // Pioneer Underwriters, a London-based underwriting group within Minova Insurance Holdings Ltd., announced that its New York-based division Pioneer Special Risk (PSR) has commenced underwriting. PSR was launched in October...
How and When to Shop for Agency E&O Coverage
Dec 9 2014 // While many insurance agencies stick with their agency E&O carrier for years, those that do shop around tend to do so when premiums are rising and, according to a recent Insurance Journal survey, more agencies are...
Latimer Appointed Environmental Risk Underwriter at ACE
Dec 9 2014 // ACE Group has appointed Robert Latimer as environmental risk underwriter as it continues to invest in building its environmental liability insurance capabilities in the UK & Ireland. Latimer will be responsible for...
North Dakota Fines Blue Cross $60K for Claims, Underwriting Violations
Dec 5 2014 // North Dakota’s insurance department has levied a $60,000 fine against the state’s largest health insurer for violating state law. Noridian Mutual Insurance Co. does business as Blue Cross Blue Shield of North...
K&B Underwriters in Virginia Partners With Freedom Specialty
Dec 2 2014 // K&B Underwriters, a Reston, Virginia-based program administrator and wholesale insurance brokerage for senior living facilities, announced its partnership with New York-based Freedom Specialty for its DigniCARE...
CoreLogic: Taking Big Data Analytics to New Customers and Consumers
Dec 2 2014 // Imagine an insured taking a photo of a property that gives underwriters every bit of information they need to assess the risk. CoreLogic is working to make that happen sooner rather than later. CoreLogic, a provider of...
Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC Expands Texas Presence with the Addition of Underwriting and Marketing Personnel
Dec 2 2014 // San Diego, CA, December 2, 2014– Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC, a national multi-line program manager, announces the expansion of its Texas presence with the hiring of key marketing and underwriting...
UK-Based MGAA Exceeds 100 Members With Century Underwriting
Dec 2 2014 // The Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA), the UK-based organization dedicated to representing true MGAs, has exceeded the 100 member mark following the addition of commercial lines specialist Century...
