Latest Underwriting Headlines
All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
U.K. MGAs Seek Greater Role in Claims Process: MGAA Matters Survey
Nov 23 2015 // Managing general agents are keen to be more involved in the claims process because they view claims as a core competence with an intrinsic link to underwriting, according to the latest MGAA Matters Survey.* The fourth...
ACE Names Future Leadership Team for Overseas General Insurance Operations
Nov 23 2015 // ACE Ltd. announced the senior leadership team it intends to appoint for the new Chubb Group’s Overseas General Insurance division. This division comprises two major businesses: one with distribution through retail...
Orchid Underwriters to Acquire Platinum Partners in Massachusetts
Nov 20 2015 // Orchid Underwriters, a Vero Beach, Florida-based managing general agent providing excess & surplus (E&S) insurance for coastal properties, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Platinum Partners, a...
Validus Announces Senior Executive Appointments at Talbot Underwriting
Nov 20 2015 // Validus Holdings announced a series of senior management appointments at Talbot Underwriting Ltd., its wholly owned subsidiary. Rupert Atkin will retire as chief executive officer of Talbot on Feb. 29, 2016. Peter Bilsby,...
A.M. Best Downgrades Georgia-Based Century Casualty Co.
Nov 17 2015 // A.M. Best has downgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to B (Fair) from B+ (Good) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) to “bb+” from “bbb-” of Century Casualty Co. based in Alpharetta, Ga. The...
Irwin Siegel Agency Hires Huft as Executive Underwriter in Georgia
Nov 13 2015 // Irwin Siegel Agency, a program administrator based in Rock Hill, N.Y., has hired Christal Huft as executive underwriter. She is based in Kennesaw, Ga. Huft has served the insurance industry in various capacities for nearly...
O’Connor Joins Southwest Risk as Sr. VP, Broker, Underwriter
Nov 12 2015 // Joe O’Connor has joined Texas-based Southwest Risk LP as senior vice president, broker and underwriter with a primary focus on developing new Marine & Energy products. He is based in Houston. O’Connor has...
Liberty International Names Finnegan Chief Underwriting Officer for U.S.
Nov 11 2015 // Liberty International Underwriters (LIU), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance, has appointed Michael Finnegan to the newly-created position of chief underwriting officer for U.S. operations. Prior to joining LIU, Finnegan was...
J.M. Wilson Adds Witkowski as Assistant Transportation Underwriter
Nov 11 2015 // Managing general agency, J.M. Wilson, has added Amanda Witkowski as assistant transportation underwriter in its Arlington Heights, Ill., office. Witkowski is responsible for assisting the transportation underwriting...
ACE Appoints Brown as Political Violence & Terrorism Underwriter at AOG Unit
Nov 6 2015 // ACE Group has appointed Cara Brown as political violence & terrorism underwriter, ACE Overseas General, with immediate effect. Brown is responsible for assisting in the development of global business within both...
Aspen Insurance Appoints Cohen as President and Chief Underwriting Officer
Nov 4 2015 // Bermuda-headquartered Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited announced the appointment of David Cohen as president and chief underwriting officer of its insurance segment, Aspen Insurance. With over 35 years of insurance...
New Day Underwriting Managers Promotes Slivka to President in N.J.
Nov 2 2015 // Jeff Slivka New Day Underwriting Managers LLC, a Hamilton, New Jersey-based specialty intermediary for environmental and construction-related professional liability insurance, has promoted Jeff Slivka to president, while...
XL Catlin Appoints Murias Senior Aviation Underwriter for Brazil
Oct 30 2015 // XL Catlin announced that it has strengthened its Aviation insurance capabilities in Brazil with the appointment of senior underwriter, Daniela Murias, based in Sao Paulo. She has over 15 years’ experience in the...
Arnold Joins Underwriting Team at Ashley General Agency
Oct 29 2015 // Conroe, Texas-based independent insurance wholesaler, Ashley General Agency, has added Adam Arnold to its underwriting team. Arnold has extensive experience in the insurance industry that includes a background with a...
Talbot Australia Appoints Crisis Management Underwriting Team
Oct 29 2015 // Talbot Underwriting Australia, the Sydney-based branch of Talbot Risk Services Pte Ltd., has established a crisis management practice with the appointment of two leading underwriters to drive growth in specialty lines in...
Florida’s Orchid Underwriters Enters Commercial E&S Business, Hires 2 to Lead
Oct 28 2015 // Florida-Based Orchid Underwriters Insurance Agency, LLC, a specialty underwriter of property insurance focusing on coastal properties, has named Robert J. Rose senior vice president of Underwriting and Programs and Bryan...
Greenlight Re Posts Q3 Loss on Poor Investment and Underwriting Performance
Oct 26 2015 // Greenlight Capital Re Ltd. posted its third-straight unprofitable quarter on losses in the investment portfolio overseen by hedge-fund manager David Einhorn. The net loss for the period ended Sept. 30 widened to $219.7...
Four Specialist M&A Underwriters Join Marketform to Write $77 Million Line
Oct 23 2015 // Specialist Lloyd’s underwriter Marketform has announced the appointment of four more mergers and acquisitions (M&A) insurance specialists who will be based in their London office. The new underwriters –...
Florida’s Normandy Insurance Promotes Cook to Underwriting Manager
Oct 21 2015 // Florida-based Normandy Insurance has promoted Greta Cook to the position of underwriting manager. Formerly a senior underwriter with Normandy, Cook’s new role will include managing the underwriting team and focusing...
BHSI Adds New Leadership, Expands Executive, Professional Lines Offerings
Oct 21 2015 // Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has added new leadership to its Executive & Professional Lines as part of the company’s expansion of its dedicated underwriting capabilities in the U.S. According to...
