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P/C Insurers Record $9.3 Billion Q1 Underwriting Gain: AM Best
Jun 12 2024 // The U.S. property/casualty industry recorded a $9.3 billion net underwriting gain in the first three months of 2024, according to a recently published AM Best report. The gain marks a reversal of an $8.5 billion loss...
People Moves: Ascot Underwriting Names Thompson as CEO, Keith Named Head of Ascot Bermuda; Geneva Assn. Appoints AIA’s Top Executive as Chair
Jun 7 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Ascot Underwriting Ltd. and Ascot Bermuda, along with The Geneva Association. A summary of these new hires follows here. Ascot Group Ltd., the...
Gallagher’s Pen Underwriting Acquires Irish MGA Wrightway Underwriting Ltd.
Jun 5 2024 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., the Rolling Meadows, Illinois-based broker, announced that its specialist underwriting subsidiary Pen Underwriting has acquired Ireland’s Wrightway Underwriting Ltd. Terms of the...
NSM Acquires Reinsurance MGA Strategic Underwriters International
Jun 5 2024 // Global specialty insurance broker NSM Insurance Group has completed its acquisition of Strategic Underwriters International (SUI). Based in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, SUI is a managing general agent (MGA) in the casualty...
Specialist Risk Group to Launch Global Motorsport Underwriting Offering
May 29 2024 // Specialist Risk Group’s managing general agent, MX, announced it will soon launch a new specialist motorsport underwriting offering, MX Motorsport. MX Motorsport will underwrite all classes of motorsport business on...
How to Succeed in the Entertainment Insurance Business: Get creative producing with a small cast of underwriters and limited capacity.
May 20 2024 // Even during the post-pandemic boom in the entertainment industry, when event and live performance venue attendance reached pre-COVID-19 levels, insurance markets in the sector could be difficult. Now, the post-pandemic...
The History of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society: The Origin Story of Bringing the Best Together
May 20 2024 // The Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS), as it exists today, does not have a written narrative or any acknowledgment on its website about how the organization was created, the timeline, the individuals...
UK Broking and Underwriting Group, Jensten, Announces Strategic Restructuring
May 14 2024 // Jensten, the London-based independent insurance broking and underwriting group, announced a reorganization that aims to drive growth, bolster continued acquisitions, and expedite the integration of future...
Tech Update: Aon Updates Its Pricing Platform to Enhance Underwriting Decisions
May 10 2024 // Insurance broker Aon plc announced an update to its Pricing Platform that aims to bring enhanced visualization and automation capabilities to re/insurance underwriters. The software update has also added new business lines...
An Origin Story: The History of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society
May 3 2024 // The Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS), as it exists today, does not have a written narrative or any acknowledgment on its website about how the organization was created, the timeline, the individuals...
Geopolitical Risks: Why Underwriters Are Watching Aggregations
May 2 2024 // Executive Summary: With instances of violent unrest rising across the globe in recent years, property all-risk insurance programs bore significant losses. One reason is that sublimits for strikes, riots and civil commotion...
Ryan Specialty Completes Acquisition of Castel Underwriting Agencies From Arch
May 1 2024 // Ryan Specialty, the Chicago-based international specialty insurance firm, announced it has completed the acquisition of Castel Underwriting Agencies from Arch Financial Holdings (UK) Ltd. and minority...
Agile Syndicate 2427 Gets Lloyd’s Approval to Begin Underwriting
May 1 2024 // Agile Underwriting Services has received approval from Lloyd’s to commence underwriting in May. Agile Underwriting Services Syndicate 2427 (AUS 2427) will be focused primarily on Australia and New Zealand and writing...
Amboss Underwriting Assumes Oilfield Insurance Agencies’ Downstream Portfolio
Apr 29 2024 // Zurich-based Lloyd’s coverholder Amboss Underwriting has assumed the portfolio of the Zurich branch of Oilfield Insurances Agencies. Effective April 17, 2024, the announcement marks the commencement of Amboss’...
Chubb CEO Greenberg: Some Financial Lines Underwriting Practices ‘Simply Dumb’
Apr 25 2024 // According to Chubb CEO Evan G. Greenberg, the insurance industry’s underwriting practices for a number of financial lines are “simply dumb.” In a call with analysts to discuss Chubb’s earnings for...
Chubb Records 13.3% Uptick in Q1 Net Income on Underwriting
Apr 23 2024 // Chubb started 2024 off with first quarter net income up 13.3%, compared to the same time a year ago, to about $2.1 billion. The first three months of 2024 followed a year Chubb CEO Evan G. Greenberg called the “best...
People Moves: Arch Insurance International Promotes Valder to Deputy CEO; Carbon Underwriting Taps Everest Re’s Crocker as Active Underwriter
Apr 23 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Arch Insurance International and the MGA Carbon Underwriting. A summary of these new hires follow here. Arch Insurance International Promotes Valder to...
People Moves: AEGIS London Hires AIG’s Johnson and Lambert for New Cyber Underwriting Team; Markel Promotes Gordge to Head of Terrorism in London
Apr 19 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Lloyd’s syndicate AEGIS London and Markel, the insurance operations within Markel Group. A summary of these new hires follows here. AEGIS London...
CFC Acquires Solution Underwriting in Australia
Apr 18 2024 // CFC, the London-based specialist insurer, announced it has agreed to acquire Australian managing general agent, Solution Underwriting. Financial details of the deal, which is expected to complete on April 30, 2024, were...
Jon Beckham Joins Amwins Program Underwriters
Apr 18 2024 // Long-time president Ben Francavilla announces plans to retire CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 18, 2024 – Amwins, a global distributor of specialty insurance products and services, today announced the appointment of Jon Beckham to...
