Latest Underwriting Headlines
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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...
Altitude Risk Adds General Insurance Corp. of India to Capacity Providers
Jul 8 2015 // Altitude Risk Partners, Castel’s global aviation and space underwriting business, announced that it “has added the General Insurance Corporation of India [GIC], the world’s 15th largest reinsurer, to its...
7 Reasons to NEVER Extend Business Auto Coverage to an Employee-Owned Auto
Jul 7 2015 // First, the Reasons to NEVER Extend BAC Protection to an Individually-Owned Auto The employee’s Personal Auto Policy (PAP) extends coverage for most business uses of a covered auto. Using a BAC rather than a PAP may...
Castel Appoints Nugent Chief Underwriting Officer to Prepare New MGA Cells
Jul 1 2015 // UK-based Castel Underwriting Agencies, the club-style MGA formation platform, has appointed James Nugent as its first chief underwriting officer. He joins Castel from Amlin where he was head of underwriting performance and...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Expands in Australia, New Zealand
Jun 30 2015 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Co. (BHSI) said it is entering the healthcare underwriting market in Australia, and has appointed Tony Bainbridge, previously with American International Group (AIG), to lead the...
Web Services Turns Hit Ratios Upside Down for Surplus Lines MGA.
Jun 30 2015 // Dallas, TX, June 30 2015–To use a baseball metaphor, Texas All Risk General Agency (TAR) is batting .725 with Atlantic Casualty Insurance Company at the mid-year point. According to TAR VP David Day, “With the All...
All Risks in Maryland Hires Korn as Brokerage Underwriter
Jun 29 2015 // Independent insurance wholesaler All Risks Ltd. hired Stu Korn as brokerage underwriter in the Non-Standard Homeowners unit. In this role, Korn will be responsible for cultivating and growing personal lines business,...
Beazley Hires Kontonotas as Crime & Fidelity Underwriter in New York
Jun 26 2015 // Michael Kontonotas Specialist insurer Beazley hired Michael Kontonotas as an underwriter for the company’s crime & fidelity bond underwriting team. He will work from Beazley’s New York office. Kontonotas...
Phifer Elected to Lead Texas Association of Health Underwriters
Jun 25 2015 // Joe Phifer, senior account executive in the Assurant Employee Benefits’ Dallas sales office, has been elected president of the Texas Association of Health Underwriters. Phifer begins serving his one-year term as...
Blenkinsopp Named XL Catlin’s Chief Underwriting Officer, Political Risk Team
Jun 25 2015 // XL Catlin announced the promotion of Joe Blenkinsopp to the position of chief underwriting officer for its Political Risk and Trade Credit (PRTC) team. Blenkinsopp assumes the role with immediate effect, having previously...
Scottsdale’s Underwriting Senior VP Tiepelman to Retire
Jun 24 2015 // Scottsdale Insurance Co. announced that Gary Tiepelman, senior vice president of Contract and Professional Lines Underwriting, is retiring in August. Hired by founder Rollie Wiegers in 1982 as the company’s...
Newbridge Writes Political Violence, Terrorism Risks via Castel MGA Platform
Jun 24 2015 // Newbridge Risk Partners has launched operations on Castel Underwriting Agencies MGA formation platform, targeting political violence and terrorism risks in emerging markets. The new underwriting cell will be focused on the...
MarketScout Adds Underwriters to Private Client Division in Southeast
Jun 19 2015 // MarketScout, the national electronic insurance exchange and specialty MGA headquartered in Dallas, Texas, has expanded its Private Client Solutions (PCS) division with three new hires. According to Daniela Finch,...
Illinois’ Euclid Insurance Forms Financial Institutions Underwriting Unit
Jun 18 2015 // Euclid Insurance Services Inc. (Euclid), based in Itasca, Ill., has formed Euclid Financial Institution Underwriters LLC (Euclid Financial) and hired David McDonald and Jim Thomas to lead the new operation. Euclid...
