Latest Underwriting Headlines
All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
People Moves: Lloyd’s Names AIG Veteran Baugh as Council Member; White Bear Managers Taps Former Castel Bloodstock Underwriters Woodward and Long
Jan 16 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Lloyd’s and White Bear Group. Details of these new hires follows here. Lloyd’s Appoints AIG Veteran Baugh as New Council Member, Succeeding...
Lloyd’s Syndicate AEGIS London Launches Portfolio Solutions Division
Jan 16 2025 // Lloyd’s syndicate AEGIS London announced the creation of a new Portfolio Solutions division that will focus on following third-party underwriting expertise in the London market. Led by respected underwriter Richard...
People Moves: World Insurance Associates Names Miller EVP, National Accounts; Grange Insurance Names Hickman VP, National Underwriting and Business Operations
Jan 7 2025 // World Insurance Associates Names Miller EVP, National Accounts Adam Miller World Insurance Associates LLC, headquartered in Iselin, New Jersey, named Adam Miller as its executive vice president, national accounts. Miller,...
Core Specialty to Purchase London Aviation Underwriters
Jan 7 2025 // Core Specialty Insurance Holdings Inc. and its subsidiaries have agreed to purchase London Aviation Underwriters Inc. (LAU), in a stock and cash transaction. Financial details of the deal, which is expected to close early...
Ryan Specialty to Acquire Nashville-Based Velocity Risk Underwriters MGU
Jan 7 2025 // Ryan Specialty, a specialty insurance services firm and trading partner for agents and brokers, plans to acquire Nashville-based Velocity Risk Underwriters, with a closing date early this year. Velocity Risk, providing...
Security First, Amelia Underwriters Offering New Products in Warming Florida Market
Dec 30 2024 // Two Florida-based insurance companies are expanding their product lines, another sign that insurers are making more – if limited – moves into a warming market in the state. Amelia Underwriters, a wholesale and surplus...
Surviving the ‘Silver Tsunami’: Closing the Talent, Skills Gap in Underwriting
Dec 20 2024 // With a “silver tsunami” of skilled underwriters eligible to retire in coming years and a shift in employee expectations, recruitment and retention is a critical focus for the insurance industry right now, said...
People Moves: Arch Insurance Taps Symenouh From Tokio Marine as Senior Cyber Underwriter; Chubb Promotes Latter to Lead Claims for Overseas General Insurance
Dec 17 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Arch Insurance and Chubb Overseas General. A summary of these new hires follows here. Arch Insurance Taps Symenouh From Tokio Marine as Senior Cyber...
People Moves: JM Wilson Promotes and Hires for Underwriting Positions
Dec 17 2024 // JM Wilson, headquartered in Portage, Michigan, promoted several team members and made new hires to its underwriting team. Priya Albert Priya Albert was promoted to property and casualty underwriter. Albert works with...
People Moves: DUAL North America Appoints Casualty Underwriting Leaders
Dec 10 2024 // Andreas Graham DUAL North America, headquartered in Naples, Florida, appointed Andreas Graham as executive vice president of the EIURS team, a division of DUAL, and Ed Frey as senior vice president of professional...
Etesian Underwriters Drives Powerful Solutions for Financial Institution Risks
Dec 9 2024 // SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., December 9, 2024 – Etesian Underwriters, an expert financial institutions underwriting shop, today announced the launch of its program for middle market and smaller sized financial institution...
AM Best: US P/C Industry Reverses Nine-Month Underwriting Loss
Dec 4 2024 // Growth in net earned premiums outpaced a slight increase in losses and loss adjustment expenses to result in the U.S. property/casualty industry posting a nine-month 2024 underwriting profit of $4.1 billion versus a loss...
People Moves: Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers Int’l Names Birrell Exec Chair, Montgomery as CEO; Howden Re Taps Aon’s Kroely as MD for Continental Europe
Dec 3 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Ryan Specialty and Howden Re. A summary of these new hires follows here. Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers Int’l Names Birrell Exec Chair,...
Oak Reinsurance Gets Permission From Lloyd’s to Begin Underwriting in January
Nov 26 2024 // Oak Reinsurance (OAK Re), the London-based reinsurance company, announced that its Lloyd’s Syndicate 2843 has received permission to begin underwriting business incepting from Jan. 1, 2025. This follows the approval...
People Moves: Markel Taps AEGIS London’s Pressman as Senior U/W, Marine Cargo; GC&C Names Chubb’s Selff as Head of Underwriting Asia
Nov 22 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Markel and Generali Global Corporate & Commercial. A summary of these new hires follows. Markel Taps AEGIS London’s Pressman as Senior...
Key Benefits of Underwriter Link: Seamless Integration with Legacy Systems and Enhanced Client Satisfaction for Wholesalers, MGAs, and Brokers
Nov 21 2024 // This post is part of a series sponsored by Selectsys. In the competitive insurance industry, Wholesalers, MGAs, and Brokers are always seeking ways to streamline operations, integrate new technology with legacy systems,...
2025 Underwriting Trends for Worship Facilities
Nov 18 2024 // As insurers look to 2025, several trends are emerging that affect premium and deductible costs — leading to lengthy conversations between insurance agents and brokers and their customers. For worship facilities, some...
To Manage the Cycle Effectively, Focus on Underwriters’ Behavior
Nov 14 2024 // Executive summary: When actual prices line up with technical prices, insurers expect underwriting profits to emerge. But what if underwriters find ways to adjust technical prices downwards? In the second part of a two-part...
People Moves: Price Forbes Taps BMS’s Morgan for Global Construction Team; MGA Altea Insurance Names Dixon as Senior Underwriter
Nov 13 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the broker Price Forbes and the MGA Altea Insurance. A summary of these new hires follows here. Price Forbes Taps BMS’s Morgan for Global...
Envelop Risk Launches Underwriting Division, Naming Ex-Dale Underwriter Peters CEO
Nov 12 2024 // Envelop Risk, the reinsurance managing general agent and analytics specialist, announced the launch of Envelop Underwriting, which will encompass all existing cyber underwriting activities: Envelop Risk Bermuda and Envelop...
