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#1 AM Best: Six-Month US P/C Underwriting Income Jumps to $11.2B
Sep 11 2025 // An early look by AM Best at the financial results of the U.S. property/casualty industry revealed insurers recorded an estimated $11.2 billion in net underwriting income in the first half of 2025. Last year after the first...
#2 Ryan Specialty Launches Clach Casualty Underwriting Managers
Sep 24 2025 // Ryan Specialty has announced the formation of Clach Casualty Underwriting Managers, a new managing general underwriter focused on providing casualty insurance solutions for complex construction and habitational real estate...
#3 People Moves: Howden US Hires Murphy to Build Casualty; Hippo Appoints Gordon Chief Data Officer; Verisk Names Khemka President of Underwriting Solutions
Oct 2 2025 // Howden US announced the appointment of Carol Murphy as head of US Casualty. Murphy will join CEO Mike Parrish’s leadership team and partner with Howden’s global specialty leaders to build a US casualty offering...
#4 People Moves: QBE North America Appoints Cunningham Environmental Underwriting Leader; Gramling Joins Alliant as SVP, Employee Benefits
Sep 30 2025 // QBE North America Appoints Cunningham as SVP and Environmental Underwriting Leader Jayne Cunningham QBE North America, headquartered in New York City, appointed Jayne Cunningham as senior vice president and environmental...
#5 People Moves: AXA XL Promotes Smyth as Global Chief Underwriting Officer, Casualty; Liberty Specialty Markets Taps Zurich’s Weigel as Head of Multinational, Europe
Sep 15 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at AXA XL and Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM). A summary of these new hires follows here. AXA XL Promotes Smyth as Global Chief Underwriting Officer,...
#6 People Moves: Specialty MGA Taps BMS’s Conway as Senior MedMal Underwriter; HDI UK & Ireland Names Potter From AXA XL as Director of Liability
Sep 29 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Specialty MGA and HDI UK & Ireland. A summary of these new hires follows here. Specialty MGA Taps BMS’s Conway as Senior MedMal...
#7 People Moves: AXA XL Reinsurance Appoints Kopf From Swiss Re as Senior Underwriter Aviation; Aon Promotes Polanco as Iberia Reinsurance Leader
Oct 1 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at AXA XL Reinsurance and Aon. A summary of these new hires follows here. AXA XL Reinsurance Appoints Kopf From Swiss Re as Senior Underwriter Aviation AXA XL...
#8 US P/C Insurance Industry First-Half Underwriting Profit Triples
Sep 22 2025 // The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry recorded a net underwriting gain of $11.5 billion and net income of $49.1 billion for the first half of 2025, according to a new report. “The lack of any significant...
#9 People Moves: USG Names Hernandez as Underwriter in Texas Office
Oct 3 2025 // USG Insurance Services, Inc. is pleased to welcome Jeremy Hernandez as an underwriter in its Houston, Texas office. Hernandez will be working under the leadership of Jodi Berger, Executive Vice President: Regional...
#10 Global Indemnity’s Penn-America Underwriters Launches its First Reinsurance MGA
Oct 6 2025 // Global Indemnity Group LLC (GBLI) announced that its subsidiary, Penn-America Underwriters LLC, is launching its first reinsurance managing general agency (MGA), in partnership with veteran reinsurance executive George...
#11 New MGU Hill Country Underwriters Launches for Artisan Contractors in Texas
Oct 7 2025 // Hill Country Underwriters, a managing general underwriter (MGU) providing casualty insurance for artisan contractors, launches today with a General Liability and Inland Marine product for artisan trade contractors in...
