Latest Inland Marine Headlines
All the headlines from our Inland Marine Topic Page, ordered by recency.
People Moves: Triple-I Adds 4 Non-Resident Scholars; Tate Appointed Aspen’s Head of Product for Inland Marine; Schuermann Named President of Berkley Entertainment
Dec 22 2023 // The Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I) announced the appointment of four new Non-Resident Scholars (NRS). Teresa Chan, Director – Insurance Management Program School of Professional Studies, Columbia...
People Moves: Tate Appointed Aspen’s Inland Marine – Head of Product & Underwriting
Dec 19 2023 // Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited, headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda, appointed Michael Tate to the newly created role of inland marine – head of product & underwriting. Tate will be based in Chicago, Ill. Before...
People Moves: Hunter Leads New Axis Inland Marine Unit; Patel Joins Socotra as Chief Product and Technology Officer
Aug 25 2023 // Axis Launches North American Inland Marine Unit Led by Hunter Kristen Hunter joined AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, headquartered in Pembroke, Bermuda, as head of newly launched inland marine, North America. Previously,...
Markets/Coverages: Canopius U.S., MGA Falvey Partner to Offer Inland Marine Coverage
Apr 10 2023 // Canopius Group, a global specialty re/insurer, announced a new partnership with managing general agent Falvey Insurance Group (FIG) to offer inland marine coverage in the United States. This marks the first time that...
Asta and JPO Consulting Launch ARTes, an MGA Specializing in U.S. Inland Marine
Feb 17 2022 // Asta, the third-party managing agent at Lloyd’s, and JPO Consulting, announced the launch of ARTes Specialty Ltd., an independent UK-based managing general agent (MGA), wholly owned by its founders and...
Pet Insurance Outshines Travel, Other Inland Marine Coverages Cut by COVID: AM Best
Apr 23 2021 // The U.S. inland marine insurance segment experienced a “significant downturn in profitability” in 2020, with its loss ratio deteriorating by nearly 16 percentage points amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to...
RLI Promotes Ahrens to VP, Inland Marine; Hartje to VP, Excess Liability
Nov 4 2020 // Specialty insurer RLI Corp., based in Peoria, Ill., has promoted Blake A. Ahrens to vice president, Inland Marine, and Bob W. Hartje to vice president, Excess Liability. Ahrens previously served as assistant vice...
How Insurtech Will Revolutionize Inland Marine by Cutting Costs
Jun 17 2019 // Insurtech advances will soon drive down unacceptably high expense ratios in the inland marine sector, making it possible to insure even difficult-to-place, small or one-off inland marine risks at the best possible...
Growth in Construction, Freight Is Good News for Inland Marine Market
Jun 17 2019 // The inland marine insurance segment has grown steadily in the past decade in tandem with increases in construction spending and the transport of goods, with direct premiums written nearly doubling to $24.5 billion in 2018...
Growth in Construction, Freight Has Been Good News for Inland Marine Insurance
May 23 2019 // The inland marine insurance segment has grown steadily in the past decade in tandem with increases in construction spending and the transport of goods, with direct premiums written nearly doubling to $24.5 billion in 2018...
Aon Combines Construction & Engineering and Inland Marine Teams into Global Unit
Apr 24 2019 // Aon plc announced it has combined its Construction & Engineering and Inland Marine teams into a single, dedicated global unit within its Reinsurance Solutions business. The new Global Construction & Inland Marine...
Axa XL Expands Inland Marine Coverage with Contractor’s Equipment Offering
Apr 9 2019 // Axa XL’s North America marine insurance business is expanding its inland marine business with a new contractor’s equipment product with a number of new coverages. “Contractor’s need a wider variety...
How Insurtech Will Revolutionize Inland Marine by Cutting Costs
Apr 4 2019 // Insurtech advances will soon drive down unacceptably high expense ratios in the inland marine sector, making it possible to insure even hard-to-place, small or one-off inland marine risks at the best possible...
H.W. Kaufman, Burns & Wilcox Canada Buy TRU Transportation Risk Underwriters
Mar 8 2019 // H.W. Kaufman Group and Burns & Wilcox Canada announced they have acquired Toronto-based TRU Transportation Risk Underwriters Ltd. (TRU), a Canadian managing general agent (MGA) with expertise in providing risk...
QBE Adds Inland Marine Property Coverage for Construction Risks
May 25 2018 // QBE North America is continuing its inland marine product expansion with the launch of The Solution for Builder’s Risk, a comprehensive policy offering with coverages tailored for construction projects. Features of...
Everest Adds Inland Marine Coverage to Forest & Logging Program
Mar 5 2018 // Everest Underwriting Partners, a unit of Everest Insurance, has expanded its existing Forest & Logging program with underwriting manager Victor O. Schinnerer & Company to include inland marine coverage. According...
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty Promotes Haagen and Soja
Dec 14 2017 // Allianz Group’s specialist corporate insurer, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), has announced that effective December 31, Henning Haagen will take over as North American regional head of specialty...
Allianz Specialty for North America Promotes Haagen, Soja as Barnwell Retires
Dec 14 2017 // Allianz Group’s specialist corporate insurer Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) announced that effective December 31, Henning Haagen will take over as North American regional head of Specialty Lines, and...
Argo Names The Hartford’s Higley to Head U.S. Property, Inland Marine
Oct 13 2017 // Specialty insurer Argo Group International Holdings has appointed David Higley as head of U.S. property and inland marine. Higley will report to Ron Vindivich, president, E&S, Colony Specialty, and will lead the...
SIS Wholesale Insurance Services Launches Online Inland Marine Program
Sep 12 2017 // Safebuilt Insurance Services, Inc. dba SIS Wholesale Insurance Services, a national commercial lines insurance program administrator, has launched a new online inland marine contractors’ equipment program. The...
