Latest Underwriting Headlines
All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
TAPCO Underwriters Expands Into Alabama and Louisiana
Dec 3 2009 // Insurance agents in Alabama and Louisiana may now access the services provided by TAPCO Underwriters Inc. (TAPCO), a Burlington, N.C.-based MGA that specializes in high-volume, middle-market excess and surplus insurance...
Specialty Underwriting Firm Naxos Avondale Launches
Nov 30 2009 // Naxos Avondale Specialty Casualty Inc., an underwriting management company focused on the specialty casualty excess and surplus lines markets, has officially launched operations and begun accepting business. The creation...
Beazley Starts Trading through the Lloyd’s Exchange
Nov 25 2009 // Lloyd’s and international insurer Beazley announced that underwriters placing business for the company now have access to the Lloyd’s Exchange. The processing system will enable them to “undertake...
XL Acquires Unicorn Underwriting to Strengthen Equine Capabilities
Nov 19 2009 // XL Insurance, the global insurance operations of XL Capital, announced “the strengthening of its equine capabilities” with the acquisition of an underwriting and claims team from London-based Unicorn...
AXA Art Insurance Appoints Pittinger as Director of Underwriting
Nov 18 2009 // Robert H. Pittinger has been appointed director of underwriting AXA Art Insurance Corporation. Pittinger brings more than 30 years of comprehensive industry expertise to the position, with experience in leadership, broker...
ACE Europe Appoints UK Corporate P/C Underwriting Managers
Nov 17 2009 // ACE Europeannounced the appointment of John Stanway as Corporate Property & Casualty Underwriting Manager for the UK North region and Graeme McGeachie as Corporate Property & Casualty Underwriting Manager for the...
Torus Appoints Whiting Senior Treaty Casualty Reinsurance Underwriter
Nov 16 2009 // Torus, has appointed David Whiting as Senior Casualty Reinsurance Underwriter, with immediate effect. He is based in Bermuda, and takes over responsibility for all of Torus Re’s casualty underwriting. Whiting reports...
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Nov 15 2009 // Arthur Seifert has joined Southwest Insurance Partners Inc. (SWIP) as chief executive officer of Houston-based Bunker Hill Insurance Agency (BHIA), SWIP’s wholly owned underwriting agency subsidiary. Seifert has been...
ACE Tempest Re Names Mann Sr. Underwriter for Structured Risks
Nov 13 2009 // ACE Tempest Re Europe has announced the appointment of David Mann in the newly created role of Senior Underwriter for Structured Risks. The appointment “further enhances ACE’s commitment to expanding its...
Kronenberg Touts Innovation in Partnerships, Program Manager Role
Nov 6 2009 // Tony Campisi and Bill Kronenberg used to tease each other about merging their two Pennsylvania brokerage organizations. Just about a year ago, they started talking for real. On the last day of December, 2008, the deal was...
NAS Promotes Underwriting Assistant
Nov 6 2009 // NAS Insurance Services has promoted Genevieve Alexander to Senior Underwriter. Ms. Alexander started at NAS six years ago as an underwriting assistant. She has underwritten a broad range of NAS products. More recently,...
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Nov 1 2009 // Eagan Insurance Agency, based in Metairie, La., has added six insurance professionals to its staff. Joining the family business are Andrew Eagan and David Strassel, both members of the fifth generation of the Eagan family...
How to COPE with Apartment Risks
Nov 1 2009 // COPE is generally associated with property underwriting rather than as a risk class-based underwriting acronym. However, the traditional use and definition of COPE can be broadened to highlight the top concerns of...
RenRe Posts $258.6 Million Q3 Net Income; Operating $242.2 Million
Oct 29 2009 // Bermuda-based RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd., a leading nat cat property reinsurer, joined the comeback kids of 2009 with a robust performance in the third quarter. The Company reported net income available to common...
Carroll, Jarratt and Lee Added to PCI’s Board of Governors
Oct 29 2009 // Steven D. Carroll, Robert Jarratt and Michael H. Lee have been elected as the newest members of the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America’s (PCI) Board of Governors. Carroll, serves as executive vice...
Best Assigns ‘A’ Ratings to Lloyd’s Syndicates 3623, 3622 (Beazley)
Oct 28 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has assigned its Best’s Syndicate Ratings of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings of “a+” to Lloyd’s Syndicate 3623 and Lloyd’s Syndicate 3622, with stable...
Schwarzbach Named Underwriting Vice President for Atlantic Casualty
Oct 28 2009 // Brian Schwarzbach has been named vice president of underwriting at North Carolina-based Atlantic Casualty Insurance Co., a member of the Strickland Insurance Group. Schwarzbach has been in the excess and surplus lines...
Rockhill’s New Underwriting Division to Focus on Healthcare Industry
Oct 23 2009 // Rockhill Underwriting Management has established a new underwriting division focused on serving specific segments of the healthcare industry. The unit will be led by Rob Jurgel, who has 20 years of experience in the...
Ironshore Expands Property Division at Lloyd’s, Bermuda
Oct 22 2009 // Bermuda-based Ironshore Inc. announced today that it has gained approval to write direct and facultative property business on behalf of its Pembroke Lloyd’s Syndicate effective October 1, 2009. The Pembroke team will...
Best Affirms Flagstone Re’s Ratings
Oct 22 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a-” of Flagstone Reassurance Suisse SA and the ICR of “bbb-” of...
