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Oct 23 2006 // The Society of Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters elected new officers and governors. They are: President Betsey L. Brewer, senior vice president of The Rule Co. in Pasadena, Calif. President-Elect James L. Britt,...
P/C insurers’ profitability drops in first-half of 2006
Oct 23 2006 // The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry’s net income after taxes fell 9.3 percent to $28.3 billion in first-half 2006 from $31.2 billion in first-half 2005 as investment results deteriorated. Reflecting the...
Capstone Promotes Good to Underwriting Manager
Oct 20 2006 // Dallas-based Capstone Underwriters Inc. has promoted Ardis Good to the position of underwriting manager. Ardis has been a senior underwriter and broker with Capstone for nine years. She brings to her new position twenty...
Fed Survey Finds Easing of Credit Underwriting Standards
Oct 18 2006 // The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s annual Survey of Credit Underwriting Practices reports that competitive pressures have led to a third consecutive year of eased commercial and retail credit...
Investigations, record settlements, globalization fuel need for D&O
Oct 9 2006 // Today “it’s tough to be a director and officer, and that means it’s tough to be a D&O underwriter,” according to Doug Poetzsch, senior vice president, head of specialty claims for Ace USA based...
The Google Factor: Underwriting restaurants, bars, entertainment and hospitality risks in the 21st century
Oct 9 2006 // As I started to put together this article, I did as so many other people do and did my research on the internet. During my research I found numerous articles that we have all read or seen on the typical liquor liability...
The Future for Agents’ E & O
Oct 9 2006 // David Duncan of David C. Duncan Insurance Services in Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., is worried about whether and how much the cost of his agency errors and omissions insurance might go up next year. Duncan started his...
Investigations, record settlements, globalization fuel need for D&O
Oct 9 2006 // Today “it’s tough to be a director and officer, and that means it’s tough to be a D&O underwriter,” according to Doug Poetzsch, senior vice president, head of specialty claims for Ace USA based...
The Google Factor
Oct 9 2006 // As I started to put together this article, I did as so many other people do and did my research on the internet. During my research I found numerous articles that we have all read or seen on the typical liquor liability...
The Future for Agents’ E&O
Oct 9 2006 // David Duncan of David C. Duncan Insurance Services in Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., is worried about whether and how much the cost of his agency errors and omissions insurance might go up next year. Duncan started his...
Soft Market, Globalization Spurs Need for Well-Educated D&O Underwriter
Oct 6 2006 // “Today it’s a tough time to be a director and officer, and that means it’s a tough time to be a D&O underwriter,” according to Doug Poetzsch, senior vice president, head of specialty claims for...
Fletcher Joins White Mountains Re
Oct 4 2006 // The Bermuda-based White Mountains Re Group, Ltd., the reinsurance unit of the White Mountains Insurance Group, announced that C. Russell Fletcher III will join the organization. He’s been named as President and CEO...
BISYS Names Egan Senior Underwriter
Oct 3 2006 // BISYS Commercial Insurance Services has named John Egan senior underwriter, trucking division, in San Diego, to support the states of Arizona, California, and Nevada. Egan has more than 20 years of experience in the...
P/C Insurers’ Profitability Drops in First-Half of 2006
Oct 2 2006 // The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry’s net income after taxes fell 9.3 percent to $28.3 billion in first-half 2006 from $31.2 billion in first-half 2005 as investment results deteriorated. Reflecting the...
Provantage PE from Professional Underwriters Covers Public Entities
Sep 29 2006 // Professional Underwriters, a national program administrator focused on public entity insurance, has launched new professional liability program designed specifically for the public entity marketplace. The prorgam,...
P/C insurers’ performance exceeding Fitch estimates for 2006
Sep 25 2006 // The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry showed continued favorable and improved operating performance in the first half of 2006 and, based on results and barring any unusual events going forward, the industry is...
When insuring international trade, expect the world
Sep 25 2006 // Think how few things any of us wears, uses or drives that are wholly made in the USA, and that provides a sense of the magnitude of international trade. International trade also is no longer the domain of global giants...
P/C insurers’ performance exceeding Fitch estimates for 2006
Sep 25 2006 // The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry showed continued favorable and improved operating performance in the first half of 2006 and, based on results and barring any unusual events going forward, the industry is...
When insuring international trade, expect the world
Sep 25 2006 // Think how few things any of us wears, uses or drives that are wholly made in the USA, and that provides a sense of the magnitude of international trade. International trade also is no longer the domain of global giants...
Chaucer Forms New Engineering Risk Underwriting Team
Sep 21 2006 // Chaucer Syndicates Limited, the managing agency division of Lloyd’s insurer Chaucer Holdings PLC, has recruited a new team to underwrite an engineering account on behalf of the Property Division of Chaucer’s...
