Latest Underwriting Headlines
All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Endurance Names Guenther Chief Re Underwriting Officer for London
Aug 2 2007 // Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. announced that Hans-Joachim Guenther would join Endurance Worldwide Insurance Limited in London as Chief Underwriting Officer for Reinsurance and Head of Reinsurance for Europe. He has 19...
Schneider, McCord Join TAPCO Underwriters
Jul 26 2007 // TAPCO Underwriters, Inc., in Burlington, N.C., reported that Ken Schneider and Bill McCord have joined the company as vice presidents of marketing and underwriting. Schneider and McCord join TAPCO with decades of...
Mich. USF Insurance Names Director of Underwriting
Jul 26 2007 // USF Insurance Co. recently announced that Ken Rice has been promoted to director of underwriting. Rice joined USF in July 2006 as underwriting manager, a role he held until his promotion. Previously, Rice was a...
Wholesaler Conn. Underwriters Adds Crawford, Hanebury and Macik
Jul 23 2007 // Wholesale insurance broker Connecticut Underwriters has welcomed Tom Crawford as its new product development manager based in its Middletown, Conn. office. Crawford has 26 years experience in the insurance industry where...
Managing energy industry risk in a volatile world
Jul 23 2007 // Taking the time to qualify a responsive and capable carrier with energy industry-specific expertise, upfront, before scrambling to line up quotes or compare policy parameters, is worth the investment. The world has...
Managing energy industry risk in a volatile world
Jul 23 2007 // Taking the time to qualify a responsive and capable carrier with energy industry-specific expertise, upfront, before scrambling to line up quotes or compare policy parameters, is worth the investment. The world has...
Managing energy industry risk in a volatile world
Jul 23 2007 // The world has experienced rapid and profound changes in recent years, and the energy industry has been no exception. Climate changes (including global warming), market fluctuations, ever-increasing business mergers and...
A recipe for independent agency-carrier relationship success
Jul 23 2007 // Agency-company relationships are a softer issue in business today, and not something independent agencies think about all the time, according to Frank Kortarba, president and CEO of Golden Eagle Insurance in San Diego....
Williams Joins The Republic Group as Underwriting Process Manager
Jul 20 2007 // The Republic Group, a regional insurer based in Dallas, announced that Jay C. Williams has joined the company as its new Personal Lines Underwriting Process manager. In this newly created position, Williams will manage the...
HDR Names Wilson Underwriting Supervisor
Jul 16 2007 // HDR Insurance Services in Sacramento, Calif., has named Leslie Wilson underwriting supervisor responsible for underwriting and profitable new business production. Leslie rejoined HDR in February 2007 after 2.5 years with...
Scott Joins PWIB Texas as Broker/Underwriter
Jul 13 2007 // Chris Scott has joined Dallas-based PWIB Texas as broker/underwriter, the company announced. Scott has been a broker since 2002 and previously was associated with other leading insurance wholesalers in the Dallas...
Ark. Reminds Insurers not to Penalize Armed Services Personnel
Jul 13 2007 // The Arkansas Insurance Department issued a directive to property and casualty carriers issuing policies containing “occupancy” requirements in their underwriting standards that could adversely impact insurance...
Rockhill Underwriting Names Matthew Semeraro Vice President of Surety
Jul 11 2007 // Missouri-based Rockhill Underwriting Management, LLC recently announced that Matthew J. Semeraro has joined the organization as vice president of Surety. Semeraro will be located in the Atlanta office in this new role and...
A.M. Best: P/C Industry Posts 1Q Underwriting Profit
Jul 9 2007 // The U.S. property/casualty industry followed record profits in 2006 with continued favorable trends in first quarter 2007, posting net income after taxes of $16.7 billion. An underwriting gain of $8.0 billion and net...
Aspen to Launch Prof. Liability Lines
Jul 5 2007 // Bermuda-based Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited announced that it will enter the Professional Liability Insurance market in September 2007 through Aspen Insurance UK Limited. “Underwriting will take place solely from...
Coverage interpretation and claims litigation at odds
Jul 2 2007 // But overall, construction market looks ‘optimistic,’ Willis exec says Today’s construction underwriters and their claim departments may not be following the same blueprint on issues of coverage...
People
Jul 2 2007 // Chicago-based Aon Corp. reported that David P. Bolger, executive vice president, chief financial officer and chief administrative officer, is leaving the company. Bolger will remain with Aon until the search for his...
Getting to ‘yes’ with underwriters on design liability accounts
Jul 2 2007 // The most important thing a broker can do to advance an underwriting deal for an architects and engineers professional liability account is to understand how insurers vary in their rating. Insurers do not all approach...
Coverage interpretation and claims litigation at odds
Jul 2 2007 // Today’s construction underwriters and their claim departments may not be following the same blueprint on issues of coverage interpretation for losses involving general liability and property damage claims, says Paul...
P/C Industry Net Income, Overall Profitability Slip in 1Q 2007
Jun 28 2007 // The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry’s net income after taxes dipped to $15.8 billion in first-quarter 2007 from $16.7 billion in first-quarter 2006 and $17.7 billion in first-quarter 2005, according to...
