Latest Underwriting Headlines
All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Beazley’s Chief Underwriting Officer, Maidment, Elected to Council of Lloyd’s
Jan 8 2016 // Neil Maidment, Beazley’s chief underwriting officer, has been elected to the Council of Lloyd’s for a three year term, beginning on Feb. 1. Maidment has worked in the Lloyd’s market for 31 years,...
ArgoGlobal Appoints Shallow as Credit & Political Risks Underwriter
Jan 8 2016 // ArgoGlobal has appointed Jeremy Shallow as Credit and Political Risks Class underwriter. He takes up his position with immediate effect, reporting to John Moffatt, head of Specialty. Shallow joins the company from Aspen...
Ryan Direct Agrees to Acquire Northern Ireland MGA, Midas Underwriting
Jan 8 2016 // Ryan Direct Group (RDG), the insurance services business and part of Chicago-based Ryan Specialty Group (RSG), has entered into agreement to acquire Northern Ireland-based MGA Midas Underwriting, subject to regulatory...
Zurich Global Corporate North America Names AIG’s Pickens as Chief Underwriter
Jan 7 2016 // Don Pickens is the new chief underwriting officer for Zurich’s Global Corporate in North America (GCiNA). The position was previously held by Patrick Daley, who will assume a new role as head of Property for the East...
N.J. Insurance Underwriting Association to Implement Rate Increase
Jan 6 2016 // The New Jersey Insurance Underwriting Association (NJIUA), the state’s residual property insurance plan, said it has received approval from the Department of Banking and Insurance to implement an overall rate...
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions to Buy Stop Loss Underwriter IHC Risk
Jan 6 2016 // Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has agreed to buy IHC Risk Solutions and its direct employer stop loss (ESL) business from Independence Holding Co. for $152.5 million in cash. The transaction includes IHC Risk...
Aspen Insurance Appoints Global Product Heads
Jan 6 2016 // Aspen Insurance, the insurance segment of Bermuda-based Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd., announced the appointment of new global product heads as part of its strategy to leverage its global platform and better align product...
VistaNational Insurance Acquires Business Insurance Underwriters
Jan 5 2016 // Oak Brook, Ill.-based VistaNational Insurance Group Inc. has acquired Business Insurance Underwriters of Wheaton, Ill. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. VistaNational Insurance specializes in employee...
6 Forecasts for P/C Insurance in 2016
Jan 4 2016 // Some, but not all, experts see an improving U.S. economy in 2016 helping to boost the property/casualty (P/C) insurance sector. Some of these prognosticators are more optimistic than others. But most also anticipate...
Amlin Appoints Lead Underwriter to Build Latin American Business
Jan 4 2016 // Amlin plc, the specialist international insurer, has appointed Lucas Castagnino as lead underwriter, as momentum behind the build out of its Latin America underwriting activities gathers pace. With experience in the Latin...
Tokio Marine Kiln Appoints Dreblow as Head of Corporate & Commercial Property
Dec 30 2015 // Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK), the provider of specialist and corporate insurance, has appointed Paul Dreblow as head of Corporate and Commercial Property in its London office. The newly created position will see Dreblow...
CNA Hardy Appoints Rollins as Direct & Facultative Property Senior Underwriter
Dec 30 2015 // CNA Hardy, a specialist commercial insurance provider for clients within the Lloyd’s and company markets, has appointed Jason Rollins as direct & facultative property senior underwriter. Previously, Rollins was...
Tokio Marine Kiln Hires Brand & Lynchehaun as Liability Underwriters in London
Dec 29 2015 // Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK), the provider of specialist and corporate insurance, has appointed Andrew Brand and Dervla Lynchehaun as liability underwriters in its London office. With more than a decade of experience, Brand...
