Latest Underwriting Headlines
All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
XL Hires Three New Underwriting Managers in Hartford
Oct 27 2011 // XL Group’s insurance segment hired three new inland marine underwriting managers. The new executives are: Anne Marie Elder as senior vice president, inland marine; Virginia Cameron as senior vice president, marine;...
Chartis Appoints Chief Underwriting Officer for Global Commercial Unit
Oct 26 2011 // Chartis has appointed Tim Carter as chief underwriting officer for the company’s global commercial insurance unit. He will be responsible for underwriting leadership, strategy and governance for the financial lines,...
Flagstone Re to Restructure Business; Sell Lloyd’s Operation
Oct 26 2011 // Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings has announced a number of strategic initiatives, which it said are “designed to realign the Company’s strategy and core capabilities.” Flagstone said it “intends to...
Reiner Named Underwriting VP at America First Insurance
Oct 21 2011 // Texas-based America First Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Agency Corp. regional company, has named Tiffany Reiner vice president, underwriting. With more than 15 years of commercial insurance experience, Reiner will have...
Merkel Appointed Regional Chief Underwriting Officer at Zurich North America
Oct 21 2011 // Zurich announced the appointment of Mary Merkel as regional chief underwriting officer for Zurich in North America, effective immediately. Merkel replaces Tim Carter, who left the company to pursue another...
Fireman’s Fund Appoints Chief Underwriting Officer and Chief Field Executive
Oct 19 2011 // Novato, Calif.-based Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. has named David Zona as chief underwriting officer and Kathleen Zortman as chief field executive. As chief underwriting officer, Zona is responsible for setting the...
More Optimism, but Plenty of Controversy Surrounds Mortgage Broker Errors and Omissions Market Segment
Oct 17 2011 // Insurance agents serving the mortgage broker marketplace see some signs of improvement but they aren’t yet jumping for joy. The mortgage brokers error and omissions (E&O) market became severely strained when the...
UK’s Pioneer Appoints Comes New Senior Underwriter
Oct 14 2011 // The UK-based Pioneer Underwriting Ltd, the MGA subsidiary of the independent specialist broker BMS Group, announced the appointment of Peter Coles as its new Senior Underwriter. He has 25 years of insurance experience and...
In Few Years, Social Network Data May Be Used in Underwriting
Oct 13 2011 // The insurance industry is paying increasing attention to what people and businesses post on social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Already, scouring Facebook and other social network pages of the...
ACE Tempest Re Appoints Mardon Division President of Bermuda Operations
Oct 13 2011 // ACE Tempest Re Group has appointed Tim Mardon as Division President of ACE Tempest Re Bermuda. He will have responsibility for all operating aspects of the company’s Bermuda-based property and casualty reinsurance...
XL Group Hires New York-based East Region Executive
Oct 12 2011 // Bermuda-headquartered XL Group said its insurance unit hired Michele Sansone as senior vice president and eastern regional executive, based in New York City. She will be responsible for managing XL’s property...
Concordis to Acquire Advance Underwriting Managers
Oct 11 2011 // Destin, Fla.-based financial holding company Concordis Group Inc. has agreed to acquire Advance Underwriting Managers. Advance Underwriting Managers will be a wholly owned subsidiary of Concordis Group. AUM is based in...
Atlantic Specialty Lines Acquires Financial Guarantee, American Tri-State Underwriters
Oct 7 2011 // Atlantic Specialty Lines Inc. (ASL) announced it has acquired Financial Guarantee Underwriters Inc. and American Tri-State Underwriters Inc. Financial Guarantee Underwriters has been servicing the surplus insurance needs...
Jansen and Hastings Launch Cove MGA
Oct 6 2011 // Two veterans in the London insurance marketplace have come together again to launch a new underwriting agency with a focus on U.S.-based homebuilders. Paul Jansen and Kevin Hastings have launched Cove Programs, a newly...
Sportscover: Providing Coverage for Sports and Leisure around the World
Oct 3 2011 // Sports and leisure activities are one of the most ubiquitous pass times the world over. Whether you participate, or just watch, virtually no one is far away from some form of sporting activity. It’s why sports, as a...
High Gold Prices Raise Risk in Jewelry Industry
Oct 3 2011 // The high price of gold and increases in jewelry crimes have put the jewelers block insurance segment in a tenuous position, and agents and brokers have to do their due diligence to make sure their clients are adequately...
Burns & Wilcox Promotes LaLonde to Manager, Insurance Solutions
Sep 26 2011 // James LaLonde has been promoted to manager of insurance solutions at Burns & Wilcox. LaLonde previously served as an insurance solutions analyst II in the insurance solutions group of the IT department. He is the lead...
Lloyd’s Bolt: Offshore Energy Underwriters Aren’t ‘Robustly Managing Risks’
Sep 21 2011 // In a keynote speech at the annual Houston Marine Insurance Seminar Tom Bolt, Lloyd’s Director of Performance Management, told an audience of energy insurers that he is not convinced offshore energy underwriters are...
Appalachian Underwriters Launches Commercial Lines Rater for Auto Dealers
Sep 19 2011 // Appalachian Underwriters, Inc. (AUI) launches a new commercial lines online rater for independent auto dealers, www.xpressdealerpro.com. Xpress DealerPro is the latest installment of enhancements to be integrated into...
Reinsurance Underwriting also Means Risk Management at Endurance
Sep 19 2011 // “We need information that can only be gained directly from our clients,” said Hans-Joachim Guenther, Chief Underwriting officer of Endurance Specialty Holdings for Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. In an...
