Latest Underwriting Headlines
All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Live Today on IJ: Watch Professional Liability Underwriters Ring Closing NASDAQ Bell at 3:50 PM EST
Jan 31 2006 // The president of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society will ring the closing bell at The NASDAQ Stock Market in Times Square today to kick-off the group’s annual Directors & Officers insurance...
Analysts predict faster P/C premium growth, underwriting profit
Jan 23 2006 // Each year the Insurance Information Institute invites a panel of Wall Street stock analysts and industry professionals to review the prospects for the industry in the year ahead. This year’s survey results indicate...
Emerging environmental risks pose problems for underwriters
Jan 23 2006 // Anticipating and assessing risk, along with defining and assigning value to units of exposure, are basic components of an insurance underwriter’s job. Challenging as such tasks are when examining well-known...
2006 looking good already for P/C industry
Jan 23 2006 // ‘The expectation for a third consecutive underwriting profit in 2006 is, of course, predicated on the belief that catastrophe activity will return to more “normal” levels. Record catastrophe losses will...
New entrants join race for surplus lines share
Jan 23 2006 // XL, Rockhill and GMAC RE jockey for market share with established surplus lines writers Katrina-sized catastrophes put added pressure on admitted carriers, which increases the demand for greater capacity in excess and...
2006 already looking good for the property/casualty industry
Jan 23 2006 // Record catastrophe losses will weigh heavily on 2005’s underwriting results, according to the Insurance Information Institute’s recent “Earlybird Forecast Survey,” but the survey of Wall Street...
News Currents
Jan 22 2006 // Zurich and Hellman & Friedman call off Universal Underwriters sale after regulatory issues surface Zurich Financial Services Group (Zurich) and affiliates of Hellman & Friedman LLC (H&F), a leading private...
Earlybird Forecast
Jan 22 2006 // Record catastrophe losses will weigh heavily on 2005’s underwriting results, according to the Insurance Information Institute’s Earlybird Forecast Survey, but the survey of Wall Street stock analysts and...
Earlybird Forecast
Jan 22 2006 // 2006 looking good already for P/C industry Record catastrophe losses will weigh heavily on 2005’s underwriting results, according to the Insurance Information Institute’s recent Earlybird Forecast Survey, but...
Emerging environmental risks pose problems for underwriters
Jan 22 2006 // Anticipating and assessing risk, along with defining and assigning value to units of exposure, are basic components of an insurance underwriter’s job. Challenging as such tasks are when examining well-known...
How to Write: Lawyers Liability
Jan 22 2006 // With more than a quarter million law firms in the United States, the lawyers’ professional liability market represents a huge opportunity for retail agents and wholesale brokers seeking to grow their business. In any...
Earlybird Forecast
Jan 22 2006 // Fortunately for insurers, 2006 will likely feature far fewer screaming headlines announcing investigations into various insurance industry practices such as broker compensation and finite reinsurance. Each year the...
CLOSER LOOK: Excess, Surplus & Specialty
Jan 22 2006 // XL, Rockhill and GMAC RE jockey for market share with established surplus lines writers Katrina-sized catastrophes put added pressure on admitted carriers, which increases the demand for greater capacity in excess and...
Employers Insurance Group Makes Corporate Reorganization
Jan 20 2006 // Nevada-based Employers Insurance Group (EIG) reported a corporate reorganization designed to position the group of companies for expansion in commercial property and casualty insurance beyond its position as the...
Zurich, Hellman & Friedman Call Off Universal Underwriters Sale
Jan 16 2006 // Zurich Financial Services Group (Zurich) and affiliates of Hellman & Friedman LLC (H&F), a leading private equity investment firm, jointly announced that they have agreed not to proceed with the sale of...
Buyout of Universal Underwriters Insurance Canceled;Customers to Receive Large Refunds
Jan 16 2006 // The Kansas City Star reported today that the proposed $1.1 billion sale of Universal Underwriters Insurance Co. has fallen through following a regulatory examination that may mandate refunds to customers in the amount of...
Best Affirms Singapore Re ‘A-‘ Rating
Jan 13 2006 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has affirmed the financial strength rating of “A-” (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating of “a-” of Singapore Reinsurance Corporation Limited (Singapore Re) with a...
Underwriters Exercise Quanta Capital Over-Allotment Option
Jan 12 2006 // Bermuda-based Quanta Capital Holdings Ltd., which provides specialty insurance, specialty reinsurance, and risk assessment and consulting services through its subsidiaries, announced that the underwriters of its recent...
Best Affirms FSR for Lawyers’ Professional Indemnity Company
Jan 11 2006 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A (Excellent) of Lawyers’ Professional Indemnity Company (LAWPRO) (Ontario, Canada). The rating outlook is stable. The rating and outlook reflect...
W. R. Berkley Forms Web-Based Underwriting Company
Jan 9 2006 // W. R. Berkley Corporation has launched Berkley Net Underwriters, LLC, a web-based system that will allow the company’s producers to quote and bind insurance on behalf of W. R. Berkley Corporation’s insurance...
