Latest Underwriting Headlines
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UK’s Altitude Targets Aerospace Growth with Hollingworth Appointment
Sep 4 2014 // Altitude Risk Partners, the global aviation and space underwriting business, announced the appointment of former broker Charles Hollingworth as an underwriter. Hollingworth joined from Aon Risk Solutions where he was a...
Patriot Names Lang California VP Of Marketing And Underwriting
Aug 25 2014 // Patriot Underwriters Inc., a Patriot National Inc. company, named Shadi Lang vice president of marketing and underwriting of its California region. Lang will be based in Woodland Hills. In her new role, Lang will build and...
J.M. Wilson Adds Barney as Transportation Underwriter in Illinois
Aug 22 2014 // Wholesale insurance provider J.M. Wilson has hired Erika Barney in its Arlington Heights, Ill., office as a transportation underwriter. Barney will be responsible for quoting new and renewal bobtail and transportation...
Underwriting and an EICy Approach to Climate Change
Aug 21 2014 // Floating together in a muck of alphabet soup the insurance industry, the government and the scientific community can be assured success in at least one thing amid their combined efforts to deal with climate...
J.M. Wilson Hires Mauk as Transportation Underwriter in Indiana
Aug 20 2014 // J.M. Wilson has added Josh Mauk as a transportation underwriter in its Carmel, Ind., office. Mauk is responsible for quoting new and renewal trucking, non-trucking, business auto and public auto risks for Indiana...
Johnston Joins J.M. Wilson as Assistant Underwriter in Michigan
Aug 20 2014 // Managing general agency and surplus lines broker, J.M., Wilson has added Samantha Johnston as assistant property/casualty underwriter in its Portage, Mich., office. Johnston began at J.M. Wilson as a property/casualty...
Berkley Fire & Marine Underwriters Hires O’Connell in Ohio
Aug 18 2014 // Chicago, Ill.-based Berkley Fire & Marine Underwriters hired Kiley O’Connell as territory underwriting manager for the states of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. He is based in Cincinnati, Ohio. O’Connell is...
Landrum Appointed Underwriting Director at Specialty Insurance Group
Aug 15 2014 // Indianapolis-based Specialty Insurance Group (SIG) appointed Charles (Charlie) Landrum as underwriting director, with a specialty focus in the sports and entertainment markets. Prior to joining the SIG team, Landrum was...
MEMIC Hires 2 Senior Underwriters in New York
Aug 15 2014 // The MEMIC Group, a workers’ compensation insurer in Portland, Maine, hired Steven Crobar and Margaret Templeton as senior production underwriters to serve its agents in the state of New York. Together, Crobar and...
McMellin to Replace Sinfield as CEO of Catlin Group’s London Hub
Aug 15 2014 // Catlin Group Limited (CGL) announced that Andrew McMellin, currently CEO of the Group’s US underwriting hub, will become CEO of the London hub during the first half of 2015. The bulletin also explained that Paul...
XL Group’s Trade Receivables Insurance Team Grows in US and UK
Aug 12 2014 // XL Group announced that it is addressing “businesses’ growing interest in Trade Receivables Insurance (TRI),” with the addition of “underwriting resources with the appointments of Jennifer...
Georgia’s Trinity Underwriting Hires Oxidine as Senior Underwriter
Aug 11 2014 // Trinity Underwriting ManagersInc. (TUMI), a Georgia-based program administrator, announced the hiring of Don Oxidine as senior underwriter responsible for managing the company’s fleet intermodal trucking...
Southern Insurance Underwriters Names Third Generation Duesenberg As President
Aug 7 2014 // Wesley C. (Tripp) Duesenberg, III, has been named president of Georgia-based managing general agency Southern Insurance Underwriters. He will succeed Wesley C. Duesenberg Jr., who has served as president for the previous...
New Day Underwriting Managers Hires Account Manager in N.J.
Aug 7 2014 // Heidi Burke New Day Underwriting Managers LLC, a Hamilton, N.J.-based specialty intermediary for environmental and construction-related professional liability insurance coverage, has hired Heidi Burke as account manager....
Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC Hires Jill Bay-Weber as the Senior Vice President of the Commercial Division
Aug 7 2014 // San Diego, Calif. (Aug. 7, 2014) – Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC, a national multi-line program manager, welcomes Jill Bay-Weber as the new senior vice president of the commercial division. In her new role,...
Berkshire Profit Soars; Geico, Gen Re Profits Up
Aug 4 2014 // Net income for Berkshire-Hathaway soared nearly 41 percent to $6.4 billion in second-quarter 2014, with nearly $2.0 billion of investment gains lifting the total, while underwriting profits for Berkshire-Hathaway’s...
Hartford’s Q2 Core Earnings Decline 38% to $144M; Net Loss Widens
Jul 31 2014 // The Hartford Financial Services Group said Wednesday its 2014 second quarter net loss widened to $467 million, compared to a net loss of $190 million during last year’s second quarter. The results were hit by $617...
SCI Underwriting Management Launches Four New Products for Aging Service Industry
Jul 31 2014 // SCI Underwriting Management, LLC, a managing insurance agency with a focus on the aging service industry, has launched four new products for the segment: property (ultimate cover); nursing home auto coverage; crime...
LevelFirst Adds Taylor as Senior Underwriter/Broker in Dallas
Jul 23 2014 // LevelFirst, a wholesale broker and managing general agency based in Dallas, Texas, announced Ryan Taylor has joined the company as a senior underwriter/broker. Taylor brings 10 years of wholesale experience to the company....
U.S. Risk Names Jonathan Hagan an Underwriter for the Dallas Commercial Underwriting Division of U.S. Risk Underwriters, Inc.
Jul 23 2014 // Dallas, TX – July 23, 2014 – U.S. Risk Insurance Group, Inc. (www.usrisk.com), the eighth largest managing general agency and surplus lines wholesaler in the nation, announced that it has named Jonathan Hagan an...
