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Pacific Underwriters Adopts (I-Bind)® For Private Company and Non-Profit Risks

Mar 20 2008 // New York, NY- March 20, 2008: Pacific Underwriters announced that it has partnered with Darwin Professional Underwriters to place management liability insurance for private company and not-for-profit risks utilizing...

Swett & Crawford Names Devries Transportation Underwriter

Mar 19 2008 // Swett & Crawford appointed Bonnie DeVries as a transportation underwriter, located in the Dallas office. DeVries has extensive experience in transportation underwriting, specializing in local, intermediate and long...

Westra Joins Burns & Wilcox as Personal Lines Underwriter

Mar 19 2008 // Burns & Wilcox named Emily Westra as a personal lines underwriter in the company’s Denver office. Westra will be responsible for developing and expanding the office’s personal lines business both locally...

Burns & Wilcox Promotes Hardy to Personal Lines Underwriter

Mar 14 2008 // Burns & Wilcox has promoted Kathryn Hardy promoted to personal lines underwriter at its Sacramento, Calif., office. She joined the company in 2002 as an assistant underwriter. Hardy will be responsible for growing the...

XL Insurance Names Glancy to New Position – Chief Underwriting Officer

Mar 11 2008 // XL Insurance, the global insurance operation of Bermuda’s XL Capital Ltd., has named John Glancy to the newly created position of Chief Underwriting Officer. He will report to David Duclos, Chief Executive Officer...

Greenwood Named Program Manager at U.S. Risk

Mar 11 2008 // Dallas-based U.S. Risk Underwriters, a subsidiary of U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc., announced it has named Lorna Greenwood program manager. In this position, Greenwood will specialize in creating, launching and promoting...

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Mar 10 2008 // Willis Group Holdings, the global insurance broker reports it has extended the employment agreement with Joseph J. Plumeri, its chairman and chief executive officer. The agreement, which was originally scheduled to expire...

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Mar 10 2008 // Willis Group Holdings, the global insurance broker, reports it has extended the employment agreement with Joseph J. Plumeri, its chairman and chief executive officer. The agreement, which was originally scheduled to expire...

A.M. Best Predicts Personal Lines Stability in 2008

Mar 10 2008 // Credit rating organization A.M. Best Co. issued a prediction for a stable outlook in the personal lines insurance segment this year, based on what it sees as continued operating profitability, strong balance sheets and...

Yates & Associates Names Vaglienty Underwriter/Broker

Mar 7 2008 // Tustin, Calif.-based Yates & Associates has hired Cynthea Vaglienty as commercial transportation underwriter/broker. Vaglienty began her insurance career in 1995 at Roger Stone Insurance. After a few years on the...

PWIB Announces Change of Name and Launch of New Divisions

Mar 5 2008 // ATLANTA, March 5, 2008 – Insurance Specialty Group, LLC (“ISG”) is the holding company, which owns Pacific Wholesale Insurance Brokers, LLC (“PWIB”). ISG is pleased to announce the change of...

ACE Expands Glasgow Office

Feb 28 2008 // ACE announced the appointment of two new Senior Underwriters in its Glasgow branch. Julie Dolla joins as Senior Property Underwriter from Zurich where she was a Property Underwriter within the corporate team. Gordon Knox...

Venture Names Dolce, EVP; Teter, Senior Underwriter

Feb 28 2008 // West Chester, Pa.-based Venture Insurance Programs named Joseph Dolce as executive vice president, and Mary Teter as senior vice president of underwriting of Venture’s National Accounts Division. As executive vice...

A.M. Best Predicts Personal Lines Stability in 2008

Feb 26 2008 // Credit rating organization A.M. Best Co. issued a prediction for a stable outlook in the personal lines insurance segment this year, based on what it sees as continued operating profitability, strong balance sheets and...

Feb 24 2008 // People Managing general agency and surplus lines wholesaler U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc. named Terri Haselden vice president and manager of the Dallas Commercial Underwriting Department. Haselden, an experienced...

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Feb 24 2008 // San Diego-based Barney & Barney LLC named Jim O’Connell principal. He also will serve as director of development for programs, specialty insurance solutions. In that role, he is responsible for both regional and...

‘Managing the Cycle’ Remains No. 1 Priority, Lloyd’s Survey Finds

Feb 24 2008 // Lloyd’s of London has published its fourth annual underwriting survey, which reveals that “managing the insurance cycle” remains the most important issue for the industry in 2008 with 93 percent of...

Lloyd’s Poll Finds Financial Instability is Main 2008 Risk

Feb 20 2008 // According to a recently conducted survey of 138 underwriters, Lloyd’s found that the instability of global financial markets is the single factor that will have the most impact on the insurance industry during 2008....

Hayden Joins Specialty Unit of Berkley Net Underwriters

Feb 20 2008 // Bruce hayden has joined the online insurer Berkley Net Underwriters in its business development unit. As director of Specialty Markets, Hayden will lead BerkleyNet’s effort to expand its focus on specialty niche...

‘Managing the Cycle’ Remains #1 Priority Lloyd’s Survey Finds

Feb 19 2008 // Lloyd’s has published its fourth annual underwriting survey, which reveals that “managing the insurance cycle remains the most important issue for the industry in 2008 with 93 percent of underwriters believing...