Latest Underwriting Headlines
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Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Enters Marine Insurance Market in Australia & N.Z.
Aug 4 2015 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Enters Marine Insurance Market in Australia & N.Z Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (BHSI) announced that it has begun underwriting Marine Insurance in Australia and New...
Hamilton Underwriting Limited Hires Carvey as Head of Treaty
Jul 29 2015 // Hamilton Underwriting Limited, the Lloyd’s managing agency of Bermuda-based holding company Hamilton Insurance Group, announced that Trevor Carvey has been hired as head of treaty. Carvey will report to Dermot...
The Hartford’s Profit Up in Q2; CEO Addresses M&A Outlook
Jul 28 2015 // The Hartford reported core earnings of $389 million for the second quarter 2015, an increase of $245 million from $144 million in second quarter 2014. The increase was due in part to improved underwriting results with...
ACE Names Chubb’s Krump Exec. VP – Global Underwriting & Claims
Jul 28 2015 // ACE Limited announced that Paul Krump, currently President of Personal Lines and Claims for Chubb, will serve as Executive Vice President for Global Underwriting and Claims for the parent company, effective “upon the...
Comprehensive Rating Platform Leads to MGA Successes
Jul 28 2015 // Dallas, TX, July 28 2015-Texas All Risk General Agency, Inc. is celebrating single digit mid year loss ratio trends with all 5 of their commercial binding carriers. The company attributes its continued success to their...
N.H. to Begin Winding Down Medical Malpractice Joint Underwriting Association
Jul 27 2015 // The New Hampshire Insurance Department announced on July 24 that the Merrimack County Superior Court issued an order appointing Insurance Commissioner Roger A. Sevigny as receiver of the New Hampshire Medical Malpractice...
ANV Launches Miscellaneous Professional Liability Program in U.S.
Jul 27 2015 // ANV Underwriters, the international managing general underwriter (MGU) segment of global speciality insurance group ANV, has launched a new North America Miscellaneous Professional Liability (MPL) product and team. The new...
MarketScout Adds 2 Underwriters to Restaurants, Bars Unit in Dallas
Jul 24 2015 // MarketScout has added two underwriters in its Restaurants, Bars, and Taverns (RBT) underwriting facility in the company’s Dallas headquarters. Jessica Johnston joins the RBT underwriting team as a commercial...
DUAL Acquires Oliva Underwriting, UK-based MGA
Jul 24 2015 // DUAL, the underwriting arm of the Hyperion Insurance Group, announced it has acquired Oliva Underwriting, the UK-based MGA specializing in property & casualty, contractor trades and marine insurance. The acquisition...
ACE Appoints Stapleton VP, Cyber Insurance Manager – ACE Overseas General
Jul 23 2015 // ACE Group announced that Tim Stapleton has joined the company as Vice President and Cyber Insurance Product Manager, a newly created position, for ACE Overseas General, the company’s general insurance business...
Elliot Joins International General (UK) as Political Violence Underwriter
Jul 23 2015 // International General Insurance Holdings Company (UK) announced it has appointed Stuart Elliot as Political Violence Underwriter based in the London office. He joins IGI from Ace European Group, where he was a Terrorism...
Hiscox USA Names Goodwin to Chief Underwriter Post
Jul 21 2015 // Specialty insurer Hiscox has appointed of Nicole Goodwin as chief underwriting officer for Hiscox USA. She will be based in New York City and replaces Gary Head, who will return to Hiscox’s London office to take on...
Liberty Int’l Underwriters Names McCarthy as Head of Global Crisis Mgmt. Unit
Jul 21 2015 // Liberty International Underwriters (LIU), a part of Liberty Mutual Insurance, has appointed Jane McCarthy as global senior vice president of its Global Crisis Management unit which includes kidnap, ransom and extortion;...
Talbot Appoints Sonville Managing Director, Montero Underwriting for Latin Am.
Jul 21 2015 // Talbot Underwriting Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Validus Holdings, Ltd., announced the appointment of Luis Sonville as Managing Director of Talbot’s Latin American regional offices (Talbot LATAM). He will...
J.M. Wilson Adds Transportation Underwriter to South Carolina Office
Jul 21 2015 // Kayley Dana J.M. Wilson has added Kayley Dana to their Charleston, S.C., office as transportation underwriter. Dana is responsible for quoting new and renewal transportation risks, and serving independent insurance agents...
Hartford Names Gen Re’s Tooker as P/C Insurance Chief Underwriting Officer
Jul 20 2015 // The Hartford has named A. Morris “Mo” Tooker as executive vice president and chief underwriting officer for the company’s property/casualty insurance businesses. Tooker will oversee underwriting across...
QBE North America Adds Fry, Remy as Specialty Program Underwriting VPs
Jul 20 2015 // QBE North America announced two new underwriting vice presidents in the company’s Specialty Programs unit – Erin Fry and Bob Remy. Fry joins QBE from XL, where she was vice president and head of professional...
Liberty Mutual Names Feige Inland Marine Underwriting Manager
Jul 17 2015 // Liberty Mutual’s National Insurance Property operation has appointed Dan Feige division underwriting manager for its Inland Marine division. Based in New York, Feige is responsible for growing Liberty Mutual’s...
Aerospace Underwriters Analyze Potential Liability from Growing Use of 3-D Printers
Jul 16 2015 // The International Union of Aerospace Insurers (IUAI) held its annual general meeting (AGM) in Bengaluru, India, which included a session on the potential impact of 3-D printing in aerospace manufacturing in the future. A...
International Underwriting Association Elects New Market Committee Leaders
Jul 15 2015 // The London-based International Underwriting Association’s new Delegated Authority Underwriting Group has held its first meeting and elected Paul Rich of Inter Hannover as its chairman. Matt Gordon of Aviva has been...
