Latest Underwriting Headlines
All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Best’s Reinsurance Industry Report Examines Relevancy of the Underwriting Cycle
Sep 9 2014 // A.M. Best has released its annual segment review of the global reinsurance industry, titled “How Relevant Is The Underwriting Cycle?” The special report includes a ranking of the top 50 global reinsurance...
Catlin Appoints Two Chief Underwriting Officers for London Hub
Sep 9 2014 // Paul Greensmith and Jonathan Gale have been appointed chief underwriting officers for Catlin Group Limited’s London hub, with primary responsibilities including insurance and reinsurance, respectively. Greensmith...
4 Strategies for Restoring Workers’ Compensation Profitability
Sep 9 2014 // Selling workers’ compensation comes at a price. In 2013, underwriters generated a loss of one percent for every premium dollar written. As such, agents also face many financial constraints, making this line of...
Parker Joins Berkley Fire and Marine Underwriters in Detroit
Sep 8 2014 // Chicago, Ill.-based Berkley Fire and Marine Underwriters hired Jaymee Parker as a territory underwriting manager. She is based in Detroit, Mich. Parker will be responsible for agency relationships and underwriting growth...
U.S. Risk Announces the Opening of Their Newest Office in Fort Worth
Sep 8 2014 // Dallas, TX, 9/15/14 – U.S. Risk Insurance Group, Inc. (www.usrisk.com), the eighth largest managing general agency and surplus lines wholesaler in the nation, announced that it has opened a new office in the city of...
Anchor Insurance to Acquire Southeast Surplus Underwriters and Affiliates
Sep 8 2014 // Anchor Insurance Holdings is purchasing Beaumont, Texas-based Southeast Surplus Underwriters General Agency, Spindletop Premium Finance, and Ranchers and Farmers Insurance Co. from Mirage Interest Inc., the companies...
Hohensee Named VP, Commercial Underwriting at Lane & Associates in Louisiana
Sep 8 2014 // Kenner, La.-based Lane & Associates Inc. announced that Marie Hohensee has joined the managing general agency as vice president of commercial underwriting. Maria Hohensee Hohensee has over 30 years of experience in...
Coverholders Playing Greater Role in Lloyd’s Global Expansion
Sep 8 2014 // Lloyd’s of London began and remains a specialized market (not an insurance company). It accepts risks that are too large, or too complex, or both, that do not lend themselves to coverage through more “normal...
UK’s Altitude Targets Aerospace Growth with Hollingworth Appointment
Sep 4 2014 // Altitude Risk Partners, the global aviation and space underwriting business, announced the appointment of former broker Charles Hollingworth as an underwriter. Hollingworth joined from Aon Risk Solutions where he was a...
Patriot Names Lang California VP Of Marketing And Underwriting
Aug 25 2014 // Patriot Underwriters Inc., a Patriot National Inc. company, named Shadi Lang vice president of marketing and underwriting of its California region. Lang will be based in Woodland Hills. In her new role, Lang will build and...
J.M. Wilson Adds Barney as Transportation Underwriter in Illinois
Aug 22 2014 // Wholesale insurance provider J.M. Wilson has hired Erika Barney in its Arlington Heights, Ill., office as a transportation underwriter. Barney will be responsible for quoting new and renewal bobtail and transportation...
Underwriting and an EICy Approach to Climate Change
Aug 21 2014 // Floating together in a muck of alphabet soup the insurance industry, the government and the scientific community can be assured success in at least one thing amid their combined efforts to deal with climate...
J.M. Wilson Hires Mauk as Transportation Underwriter in Indiana
Aug 20 2014 // J.M. Wilson has added Josh Mauk as a transportation underwriter in its Carmel, Ind., office. Mauk is responsible for quoting new and renewal trucking, non-trucking, business auto and public auto risks for Indiana...
Johnston Joins J.M. Wilson as Assistant Underwriter in Michigan
Aug 20 2014 // Managing general agency and surplus lines broker, J.M., Wilson has added Samantha Johnston as assistant property/casualty underwriter in its Portage, Mich., office. Johnston began at J.M. Wilson as a property/casualty...
Berkley Fire & Marine Underwriters Hires O’Connell in Ohio
Aug 18 2014 // Chicago, Ill.-based Berkley Fire & Marine Underwriters hired Kiley O’Connell as territory underwriting manager for the states of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. He is based in Cincinnati, Ohio. O’Connell is...
Landrum Appointed Underwriting Director at Specialty Insurance Group
Aug 15 2014 // Indianapolis-based Specialty Insurance Group (SIG) appointed Charles (Charlie) Landrum as underwriting director, with a specialty focus in the sports and entertainment markets. Prior to joining the SIG team, Landrum was...
MEMIC Hires 2 Senior Underwriters in New York
Aug 15 2014 // The MEMIC Group, a workers’ compensation insurer in Portland, Maine, hired Steven Crobar and Margaret Templeton as senior production underwriters to serve its agents in the state of New York. Together, Crobar and...
McMellin to Replace Sinfield as CEO of Catlin Group’s London Hub
Aug 15 2014 // Catlin Group Limited (CGL) announced that Andrew McMellin, currently CEO of the Group’s US underwriting hub, will become CEO of the London hub during the first half of 2015. The bulletin also explained that Paul...
XL Group’s Trade Receivables Insurance Team Grows in US and UK
Aug 12 2014 // XL Group announced that it is addressing “businesses’ growing interest in Trade Receivables Insurance (TRI),” with the addition of “underwriting resources with the appointments of Jennifer...
Georgia’s Trinity Underwriting Hires Oxidine as Senior Underwriter
Aug 11 2014 // Trinity Underwriting ManagersInc. (TUMI), a Georgia-based program administrator, announced the hiring of Don Oxidine as senior underwriter responsible for managing the company’s fleet intermodal trucking...
