Latest Underwriting Headlines
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Jan 10 2011 // Todd Teitell, executive vice president and branch leader of AmWINS Brokerage of Texas in Dallas, has been elected president of the Texas Surplus Lines Association Inc. Other elected TSLA officers for the coming year...
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Jan 10 2011 // Golden Eagle Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Agency Corp. regional company, appointed Spencer J. Donkin president and CEO. Donkin joins Golden Eagle Insurance from Liberty Mutual Agency Corp.’s Regional Companies Group,...
McKnight Named Underwriting Vice President at Merchants
Jan 5 2011 // New York-based Merchants Insurance Group has named Shad McKnight as vice president of underwriting and product development. McKnight has served as vice president of product management, associate vice president of...
O’Brien Named Head of Inland Marine Underwriters Association
Jan 4 2011 // Kevin O’Brien has been named president and chief executive officer of the Inland Marine Underwriters Association (IMUA). O’Brien joins the IMUA from Maran Corporate Risk Associates Inc., of Southampton, N.Y.,...
Best Affirms Lloyd’s Syndicates 2623, 623, 3623, 3622 Ratings (Beazley)
Dec 22 2010 // A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited has affirmed the financial strength ratings of ‘A ‘(Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a+” of Lloyd’s Syndicate 2623, Lloyd’s...
Best Affirms ‘A-‘ Ratings of Flagstone Re and Affiliates
Dec 22 2010 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a-” of Flagstone Reassurance Suisse SA and its reassured affiliate, Flagstone...
CNA Names Grieco Underwriting VP for Small Business
Dec 16 2010 // CNA appointed Scott Grieco as vice president of underwriting for its small business unit. Grieco will be lead underwriting strategies for the unit. He has over 26 years of insurance industry experience, including...
Georgia’s N-Surance Outlets Names Alexander Underwriting Manager
Dec 14 2010 // Gary Alexander has been named underwriting manager at N-Surance Outlets, a regional propertyt/casualty managing general agency based in Roswell, Georgia. Alexander, a 30 year veteran of the insurance industry, has held...
ACE USA Appoints Mattheessen, Vest to Leadership Positions in Texas
Dec 14 2010 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of the ACE Group, has appointed Keith Mattheessen as senior vice president for ACE Risk Management’s (ARM) Houston region, and Laura Vest as senior vice president and...
XL Makes New Appointments to Construction Practice
Dec 14 2010 // Insurer XL has made eight new appointments to its North American Construction team. Gregory P. McKiernan will serve as senior vice president of Construction Primary Casualty, based in New York. He most recently served as...
Markel International Appoints 2 New Underwriters to UK Retail Division
Dec 10 2010 // Markel International, the specialty property and casualty insurer, announced that it has strengthened its retail division, Markel (UK) Limited, with two senior appointments. Dave Robson and Graham Morse have been appointed...
Alexander Named Underwriting Manager at N-Surance
Dec 10 2010 // Georgia-based N-Surance Outlets has named Gary Alexander as underwriting manager. Alexander will oversee all underwriting activities for the managing general agent and wholesaler. Alexander, a 30-year veteran of the...
Liberty International Underwriters Launches E&S Property Product
Dec 9 2010 // Liberty International Underwriters U.S. (LIU) has launched an Excess and Surplus Lines (E&S) Property product. This product provides wholesale brokers with a new market for their clients’ commercial property...
Kofi-Sikah to Join TER as Sr. Financial Lines Underwriter
Dec 9 2010 // London-based underwriting agency Torus Executive Risks (TER), the joint venture between global specialty insurer Torus and Nexus Underwriting Management Ltd., has appointed Michael Kofi-Sikah as Senior Financial Lines...
Alterra Capital Appoints Gamble Managing Director of Alterra USA
Dec 7 2010 // Bermuda-based Alterra Capital Holdings Limited announced the appointment of Daniel G. Gamble as Managing Director of Alterra USA. Gamble has more than 15 years experience in Professional Liability underwriting, most...
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Dec 5 2010 // Massachusetts agency Provider Insurance has hired Sharon Cardoso as personal lines account manager. She will be responsible for acquiring new clients and expanding existing client accounts in the personal lines division...
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Dec 5 2010 // Frost Insurance in Austin, Texas promoted Sheri Smyth to vice president of personal lines. Smyth, a 23-year insurance industry veteran, manages the personal lines department’s growth and retention efforts, and...
UK MGAs Gather to Support New Managing General Agents’ Association
Nov 24 2010 // The UK’s insurance industry has spawned numerous professional and trade associations over the years, but, oddly enough, one of the most important sectors, the managing general agents, or MGA’s, who underwrite...
Bruce Named Connecticut Underwriter of Year by NAIW Chapter
Nov 19 2010 // The Connecticut Chapter of the National Association of Insurance Women has named Cynthia Bruce, an underwriter at E&S broker S.H. Smith & Co., as its Connecticut professional underwriter of the year. Bruce...
Watters Named President of Patriot Underwriters
Nov 18 2010 // Patriot National Insurance Group has named Dean D. Watters as president of its subsidiary Patriot Underwriters, Inc. In his new role, Watters will oversee Patriot National’s managing general agency, program...
