Latest Underwriting Headlines
All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Zodiac Underwriting Guide to Drivers
Sep 19 2005 // Affable Aquarius (21 January — 19 February) The gentle qualities of Aquarius are reflective in an average claims record on all counts. The Aquarian drivers consider themselves sensible, responsible and...
Insurance and the Echoes of History
Sep 19 2005 // Dr. Robert Moore, former senior vice president of Alexander & Alexander Services Inc. (now owned by Aon Corporation), and also past president of the National Association of Insurance Brokers, sat down recently with...
Platinum Underwriters Estimates Katrina Losses; Lowers Profit Forecast
Sep 16 2005 // Bermuda-based Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd. announced that its estimated losses, net of reinstatement premiums, tax benefits and retrocessional recoveries, from Hurricane Katrina will be approximately 0.5 to 0.6...
XL Adds 5 Experts to London Fine Art & Specie Team
Sep 16 2005 // XL London Market Ltd. [XLLM], a unit of Bermuda’s XL Capital Ltd., has announced the appointment of Michael Moss, David Scully, Clare Pardy, Susie Collier and Mark Bosshard to its London-based Fine Art & Specie...
HCC Credit Group Announces New Underwriting Team
Sep 14 2005 // HCC Credit Group (HCC Credit) announced that Brian E. Duffy, Carl R. Nederman and Mark P. Rickert would be joining the company as senior vice presidents from Trade Underwriters Agency (TUA), an underwriting agency they...
Sherman Joins Burns & Wilcox, New Mexico as an Underwriter
Sep 9 2005 // Burns & Wilcox, the nation’s largest independently-owned specialty insurance wholesaler, underwriter and managing general agent, appointed Sandy Sherman as an underwriter for the company’s New Mexico...
Wellington 1st Half Net Up 78% at $105 Million; Katrina Losses $75 Million
Sep 8 2005 // The U.K.-based Wellington Plc, which operates both in the Lloyd’s market and as a general insurer with several U.S. subsidiary companies, posted impressive first half results with net pre-tax profits up 78 percent to...
Mahoney Heads Risk Control at Professional Underwriters
Sep 7 2005 // Dan Mahoney has joined Professional Underwriters of Exton, Pa. as vice president for risk control and will head the risk control department. For 25 years, Mahoney has provided health, safety and industrial hygiene services...
How Retail Agents Can Develop/Improve Relationships with Wholesalers
Sep 5 2005 // The answer is yes. And now for the question. Did you know that if your application is received by a broker/underwriter, and it is not complete, it goes to the bottom of his/her stack of new business? This is no way for us...
People
Sep 5 2005 // AVRECO, a wholesale insurance brokerage based in Chicago, has announced the appointment of Marcia Gloppe as an underwriter in the professional liability underwriting department, headed by Linda Deiss. Gloppe began her...
How Retail Agents Can Develop/Improve Relationships with Wholesalers
Sep 5 2005 // The answer is yes. And now for the question. Did you know that if your application is received by a broker/underwriter, and it is not complete, it goes to the bottom of his/her stack of new business? This is no way for us...
Zodiac Underwriting Guide to Drivers
Sep 5 2005 // Affable Aquarius (21 January – 19 February) Aquarius’ gentle qualities are reflected in an average claims record overall. Aquarian drivers consider themselves sensible, responsible and family-oriented with a...
Sep 5 2005 // Linda Slaughter has been promoted from senior vice president of claims to COO at Concord, Calif.-based Athens Administrators, part of the Jenkins Athens Group. Slaughter joined Athens in its founding days and has been with...
Sep 5 2005 // Barbara Zimmerman has joined IBA West as membership benefits vice president. She will be responsible for the research, development and management of IBA West Service Corporation programs and management of Membership...
Lloyd’s of London Finds its 21st Century Form
Sep 5 2005 // Lloyd’s is 317 years old and doing just fine thank you. London’s venerable insurance market traces its roots to the establishment of Edward Lloyd’s coffeehouse in 1688. It’s an icon of both...
Rogue Executive
Sep 5 2005 // MarketScout Chairman and CEO Richard Kerr recently “lamented” the apparent demise of the rogue underwriter. In his comments accompanying his May 2005 Market Barometer, the industry leader recalled the...
Lloyd’s of London Finds its 21st Century Form
Sep 5 2005 // Lloyd’s is 317 years old and doing just fine thank you. London’s venerable insurance market traces its roots to the establishment of Edward Lloyd’s coffeehouse in 1688. It’s an icon of both...
Editor’s Note: Rogue Executive
Sep 5 2005 // MarketScout Chairman and CEO Richard Kerr recently “lamented” the apparent demise of the rogue underwriter. In his comments accompanying his May 2005 Market Barometer, the industry leader recalled the...
ACE USA Makes Appointments in New York, Philly Offices
Aug 26 2005 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of The ACE Group of Companies, announced two appointments in its ACE Casualty Risk Unit. William Hazelton joins ACE USA as senior vice president and underwriting manager...
San Antonio Managing General Agency Announces Grand Opening
Aug 26 2005 // Stone Oak Underwriters, LLC of San Antonio, TX announces they are now accepting submissions from Independent Agents for Public Entities in Texas and Alabama with this new wholesale agency created by Tom Ramsbacher,...
