Latest Underwriting Headlines
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Sep 17 2018 // Brian L. Risen, senior vice president, Mackinaw Underwriters, a member of the AmeriTrust Group Inc., has been promoted to president of the Meadowbrook Insurance Agency in Southfield, Michigan. Risen has over 23 years of...
Fidelis Insurance Restructures Its Underwriting Businesses into 4 Pillars
Sep 14 2018 // Bermuda-based Fidelis Insurance Holdings Ltd. announced it is restructuring of its business across four pillars: Bespoke, Reinsurance, Partnerships and Specialty. Richard Brindle, chairman and group CEO, will reassume the...
Liberty International Underwriters & Ironshore Canada Renamed Liberty Mutual Canada
Sep 14 2018 // Liberty Mutual Insurance announces that Liberty International Underwriters (LIU Canada) and Ironshore Canada will be rebranded as Liberty Mutual Canada. “The rebranding of our joint operation as Liberty Mutual Canada...
Lancashire Promotes Irvine to Chief Underwriter, Readdy to Group Chief Actuary
Sep 12 2018 // James Irvine has been named chief underwriting officer for Lancashire Insurance Co. Ltd. (LICL) in Bermuda. Lanchashire Holdings Ltd. (LHL) also announced the appointment of Ben Readdy as the group chief actuary beginning...
CEO Duperreault Bets on Underwriting Culture, Greenberg Ways in Restoring AIG to Greatness
Sep 11 2018 // Brian Duperreault, who rejoined American International Group Inc. as chief executive officer last year to turn the company around, remembers another era when the insurer was trying to blaze a trail toward greatness. In...
Connecticut’s Business Risk Partners Appoints Lacey as Principal Underwriter
Sep 7 2018 // Business Risk Partners (BRP), a Windsor, Conn.-based specialty insurance program administrator, has appointed Brad Lacey as a principal underwriter focused on management and professional liability products. Simultaneously,...
Nexus Buys Malaysia-Based Structured Solutions Specialist Huntington Underwriting
Sep 6 2018 // Independent specialty managing general agent Nexus Group has acquired Huntington Underwriting Ltd. (HUL), a structured solutions underwriting manager operating out of Labuan International Business and Financial Centre,...
UK MGU Bluefin Underwriting Rebrands as Victor Insurance
Sep 5 2018 // Bluefin Underwriting, a UK-based managing general underwriter (MGU), has rebranded as Victor Insurance. The announcement follows the larger global unification and rebrand of The Schinnerer Group to Victor Insurance earlier...
Contractors and Roofing Insurance Program Webinars to be Held for Agents in September
Sep 5 2018 // Atlanta, GA, September 5, 2018— Blue River Underwriters will hold two separate informational program webinars this month. The first webinar on the Contractors Elite program this Thursday, September 6 from 11:30 a.m. to...
Canopius Signs Partnership with Credit and Political Risk MGA, Anvil Underwriting
Aug 31 2018 // Canopius announced it has signed a partnership with Anvil Underwriting Ltd., a credit and political risk managing general agent (MGA). The agreement is effective from Sept. 3 and will allow Anvil to underwrite credit...
Maday Joins J.M. Wilson as Assistant Property/Casualty Underwriter
Aug 29 2018 // Managing general agency and surplus lines broker J.M. Wilson has added Mark Maday as assistant property/casualty underwriter in the company’s Arlington Heights, Illinois, office. Maday is responsible for underwriting...
Trinity Underwriting Managers Adds Kirchen as Underwriter in Georgia Office
Aug 28 2018 // Trinity Underwriting Managers (TUMI), a division of Worldwide Facilities, has added Haley Kirchen as underwriter. She will be based in the Savannah, Ga., office. Kirchen has more than 15 years of experience to her new...
Markel Appoints Beazley’s Lam as Professional & Financial Risks Underwriter
Aug 23 2018 // Markel International, the London-based specialist insurer, has appointed Gordon Lam as a senior professional and financial risks (PFR) underwriter. He will be based in Singapore initially and is expected to relocate to the...
Venture Capital Firm, Beat Capital, to Merge with Insurer Investment Vehicle Paraline UK
Aug 23 2018 // Venture capital firm Beat Capital Partners and insurance investment vehicle Paraline UK announced they plan to merge – in a move that is designed “to enhance and further build Beat’s platform to support...
QBE’s Restructuring Gains Traction with Its Focus on Profitable Underwriting
Aug 22 2018 // QBE’s restructuring over the last year has focused on exiting loss-making businesses and portfolios, while rigorously emphasizing profitable underwriting across the group. Good progress has been made — as...
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Aug 20 2018 // Roger Walleck, vice president of Underwriting at Missouri Employers Mutual, has been elected to serve on the national underwriting committee for the workers’ compensation rate making organization, National Council on...
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Aug 20 2018 // EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants, a retail property and casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and consulting firm, has announced that Lou D’Agostino and his Iron Cove Partners team have joined...
York Named Chief Underwriting Officer at CM Vantage
Aug 17 2018 // Michael York II has been named chief underwriting officer for Madison, Wisconsin-based CM Vantage Specialty Insurance Co., reporting to President Alan Ogilvie. York will oversee CM Vantage’s underwriting operations...
Allianz Global Corporate Adds Setzer, Johnson to Aviation Underwriting Team
Aug 16 2018 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has hired Scott Setzer as an executive underwriter for Aviation, and Adam Johnson as an Aviation underwriter. Setzer will be based in Alpharetta, Georgia and Johnson in...
Randall & Quilter Signs Program Underwriting Partnerships with 3 European MGAs
Aug 16 2018 // Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd. announced that its wholly owned European subsidiary R&Q Insurance (Malta) Ltd. has signed three new program underwriting partnerships – or fronting arrangements – with...
