Latest Underwriting Headlines
All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty Promotes Two New York Executives
Jan 19 2017 // Allianz Group’s specialist corporate insurer, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), has named Henning Haagen northeast zone executive for North America in addition to his current role as global head of...
CNA Names Lea Vice President, Commercial Underwriting for E&O, Cyber and Media
Jan 18 2017 // CNA said it has appointed Andy Lea as vice president of commercial underwriting for Errors & Omissions (E&O), Cyber and Media in the company’s commercial unit. In this role, Lea will manage the strategic...
Pioneer Underwriters Appoints Lucey to Lead New Pennsylvania Based Division
Jan 12 2017 // Pioneer Underwriters (Pioneer) has launched its new Miscellaneous, Technology and Cyber Liability unit with the appointment of David Lucey as vice president to lead the new team. Lucey will report directly to Gene Hinman,...
Corrected: Zurich to Underwrite Distinguished Programs’ New York Brick & Brownstone Program
Jan 12 2017 // The New York Brick & Brownstone program offered by Distinguished Programs, a national real estate insurance program manager, is now being underwritten by Zurich. The NY Brick & Brownstone program is designed for...
Argo Surety Names Layman VP, Chief Underwriting Officer
Jan 11 2017 // Argo Surety, a Houston-based member of Argo Group International Holdings Ltd., has appointed David M. Layman as vice president and chief underwriting officer (CUO) of Contract Surety. Layman will be responsible for...
Everest Insurance Expands with East Region Hires
Jan 10 2017 // Everest Insurance has continued the expansion of its property underwriting team with several Eastern region hires. Patrick Mulready has been appointed vice president of the Everest Wholesale Property Division based in...
Everest Insurance Expands U.S Property Team
Jan 9 2017 // Everest Insurance has expanded its property underwriting team with several key hires in the retail, wholesale and inland marine areas. According to the insurer, joining the Everest Wholesale Property team are: Patrick...
ICAT Syndicate 4242 & Neon Partner to Underwrite Large U.S. Property
Jan 9 2017 // ICAT Syndicate 4242 at Lloyd’s, a U.S. catastrophe-exposed property underwriter, and Neon, a specialist Lloyd’s underwriter, have partnered in a reciprocal capacity arrangement to bring additional per risk...
How to Help Insureds Manage Customer Privacy Risk
Jan 9 2017 // Insurance carriers and agents have come to learn that increased data can lead to greater risk for insureds, and they are increasingly advising businesses to disclose data collection practices while seeking to gain...
Midwest Regulation Report Card: States’ Grades Range from A to D
Jan 9 2017 // Grades assigned to the insurance regulatory systems in the Midwest states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin range from A to D in a...
Peaple – Southeast
Jan 9 2017 // Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) Commissioner Julie Mix McPeak will serve in 2017 as president-elect of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), the nation’s insurance...
H.W. Kaufman’s Cranbrook Underwriters Relocates London Office
Jan 5 2017 // Cranbrook Underwriters, an H.W. Kaufman Financial Group company, announced the relocation of its London offices to One Minster Court, Mincing Lane, London EC3R 7AE, U.K., in the heart of London’s financial...
Collinson Group Names Munich Re’s Basu as Chief Underwriting Officer
Jan 5 2017 // Collinson Group, the London-based provider of insurance and assistance solutions, has appointed Saugata Basu as chief underwriting officer. In his role, Basu will partner with the group’s capacity providers to...
New Jersey Based AXON Underwriting Services Hires McMillan
Jan 4 2017 // AXON Underwriting Services LLC, a program administrator and service provider based in Somerville, N.J., has hired David McMillan as an underwriting manager. He joins the firm in order to further develop its growing...
Velocity Risk Underwriters Expands Coverage to Coastal Homeowners in Florida
Jan 4 2017 // Velocity Risk Underwriters has expanded its Florida home insurance products and is now writing coastal homeowners policies statewide. Velocity offers an A.M. Best “A” rated coastal homeowners program through...
New York Issues First-in-Nation Regulation on Commercial Crime Insurance
Jan 3 2017 // New York State’s Department of Financial Services (DFS) in December issued a new regulation that prohibits insurance companies from denying commercial crime insurance coverage to New York businesses employing people...
How Agents Feel About Their Compensation from Carriers… and Other Matters
Dec 30 2016 // On a first quarter results call W.R. Berkley Corp. President and CEO Robert Berkley cited a growing and alarming level of tension between carriers and distributors, driven by what he called a fight to grow margins in the...
Markel International Names Brown & Larson to Equine & Livestock Team
Dec 29 2016 // Markel International, the London-based specialist insurer, has appointed Lynette Brown as underwriter in its livestock team and Emilie Larson as underwriting assistant for the equine team. Brown has over 10 years’...
Risk Strategies Acquires Advanced Insurance Underwriters in Florida
Dec 27 2016 // Risk Strategies Company, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired business insurance specialist Advanced Insurance Underwriters (AIU), headquartered in Hollywood, Fla. Terms of...
South Central Regulation Report Card: Texas’ Grade Rises, Arkansas’ Drops
Dec 22 2016 // No South Central state had the best score and none had the worst in a report recently released by a conservative-leaning research organization that annually assesses the effectiveness states’ insurance regulatory...
