Latest Underwriting Headlines
All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
U.S. Risk names Stacey Ziska a Senior Broker/Underwriter for the U.S. Risk San Francisco Office
Feb 5 2016 // Dallas, TX, February 4, 2016- U.S. Risk Insurance Group, Inc., the nations’ sixth largest Property and Casualty wholesaler announced that it has named Stacey Ziska a Senior Broker/Underwriter for the U.S. Risk San...
XL Catlin Promotes Elder to Chief Marine Underwriting Officer for Americas
Feb 4 2016 // XL Catlin today announced the promotion of Anne Marie Elder to the role of chief underwriting officer of Marine for the Americas region. Elder, who previously held the position of senior vice president and chief...
Cobalt, Chaucer Offer 1st Lloyd’s Shariah Compliant Political Violence Cover
Feb 2 2016 // Shariah compliant managing general agent Cobalt Underwriting has launched a new political violence product backed by Chaucer. Cobalt, the London market’s only Shariah compliant underwriting agency, will offer the...
Lloyd’s Open Broker Sessions in Singapore Designed to Speed Placement Process
Feb 1 2016 // Lloyd’s has started holding open trading sessions at its Singapore hub, which are designed to speed up insurance placements. The sessions enable brokers to see multiple markets at one time and provide faster...
Lloyd’s Underwriter Marketform Appoints Murru as Financial Lines Underwriter
Jan 29 2016 // Specialist Lloyd’s underwriter Marketform, which operates Syndicate 2468 at Lloyd’s, announced that Roberto Murru joined the company as an underwriter in its growing financial lines team led by Ian West. Fluent...
Liberty Specialty Markets Enters Chinese Market via Lloyd’s China Platform
Jan 28 2016 // London-based Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), which is part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has joined the Lloyd’s China platform. LSM’s Underwriting Division of Lloyd’s Insurance Company (China) Ltd....
A.M. Best Revises Outlook for South Carolina’s Greenville Casualty
Jan 28 2016 // A.M. Best has revised the outlook to stable from negative and affirmed the financial strength rating of B- (Fair) and the issuer credit rating of “bb-” of Greenville Casualty Insurance Company (Greenville)...
Class Action Follows California Commissioner’s Decision in Applied Dispute
Jan 27 2016 // A decision from the California Department of Insurance has workers’ compensation carrier Applied Underwriters and one of its companies on the defensive, and now a class action suit has been filed seeking to recover...
XL Catlin Appoints 2 P&C Underwriters in Brazil to Help with Strategic Expansion
Jan 25 2016 // XL Catlin announced it has strengthened its Brazilian team with two appointments. Patricia Britto has joined as property underwriter and Luiz Carlos Dos Santos as senior casualty underwriter – both based in Sao Paulo....
Liberty International Underwriters Names C&F’s Cossetti as Head of U.S. Casualty
Jan 21 2016 // Liberty International Underwriters (LIU) has named Diana Cossetti as senior vice president of LIU’s U.S. Casualty operation, newly-created underwriting leadership role overseeing Primary Casualty, Excess Casualty,...
What to Expect in U.S. Casualty Markets in 2016: Marsh
Jan 20 2016 // The sharing economy, expanded litigation, surplus capital, custom account underwriting and further consolidation are likely to challenge the U.S. casualty insurance marketplace in 2016, according to broker Marsh. Marsh...
Argo Names AIG’s Mike-Mayer Chief Underwriter, NYWCB’s Wade Chief of Claims for U.S.
Jan 19 2016 // Specialty insurance and reinsurance carrier Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. announced the appointments of Frank Mike-Mayer as chief underwriting officer and Mark Wade as chief claims officer, both serving as key...
BHSI Launches D&O & PI Cover in Australia, Expands Team
Jan 19 2016 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Company (BHSI) has launched four new executive and professional lines policies in Australia and named Sami Jaghbir as senior underwriting manager, Executive & Professional Lines,...
All Risks Hires Davis as Underwriting Manager in Maryland
Jan 15 2016 // All Risks Ltd., an independent wholesaler based in Hunt Valley, Maryland, has hired Steve Davis as underwriting manager in the National Specialty Programs unit. In this role, Davis will continue to grow the existing...
Texas-Based American Underwriting Managers Acquired by U.S. Risk
Jan 15 2016 // U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc., has acquired Southlake, Texas-based managing general agency and wholesale insurance broker, American Underwriting Managers (AUM). For 17 years AUM has served the needs of retail insurance...
Liberty International Underwriters Appoints 3 Senior VPs
Jan 12 2016 // Liberty International Underwriters (LIU), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance, has hired William Bell as senior vice president of U.S. Environmental. LIU also announced two promotions: Mike Nukk to senior vice president of...
B&H Risk Services Adds Greenwood as Senior Underwriter in Dallas
Jan 12 2016 // Dallas-based B&H Risk Services has hired Lorna Greenwood as senior underwriter. Greenwood will be involved in day to day underwriting and broking, new business development, new product and program development, producer...
Everest Re Names Kneafsey as Active Underwriter of its Lloyd’s Syndicate 2786
Jan 12 2016 // Everest Re Group Ltd. announced that Paul Kneafsey will be joining the company as the active underwriter of its Lloyd’s Syndicate 2786. Kneafsey is expected to assume his new role effective May 1, 2016. He will join...
Hamilton Underwriting Appoints Daws as Deputy Active Underwriter
Jan 11 2016 // Hamilton Underwriting Ltd., the managing agency of Lloyd’s Syndicate 3334 and the Lloyd’s operations of Bermuda-based Hamilton Insurance Group, announced that Adrian Daws has been appointed to the position of...
Arch Re Expands Underwriting Team in New Jersey
Jan 8 2016 // Arch Reinsurance Company has hired John Willemsen and Bill Hopkins as managing directors for its underwriting team in Morristown, New Jersey. Willemsen joins Arch Re with over 30 years of experience, most recently as head...
