Latest Underwriting Headlines
All the headlines from our Underwriting Topic Page, ordered by recency.
People Moves: QBE Promotes Shallow as Head of Marine; Beazley Names MS Amlin’s Hunter for Open Mkt. Property; TigerRisk Hires Liberty’s Hodges for Analytics, Int’l
Feb 8 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at QBE, Beazley and TigerRisk Partners. A summary of these new hires follows here. QBE Promotes Shallow as Head of Marine QBE has appointed Kevin Shallow as...
People Moves: Philadelphia Insurance Promotes 11 to Vice President
Feb 7 2022 // Philadelphia Insurance Companies (PHLY) announced the promotion of 11 leaders in its Underwriting, Marketing, Risk Management, Insurance Operations and Human Resources departments: Lynn Bencivenga has been promoted to vice...
People Moves: Liberty Specialty Promotes 2, Hires Political Risk U/W; HDI Global Names Röllecke Head of Cyber/Financial; Ex-Lloyd’s CEO Ward Becomes CFC’s Non-Exec. Chair
Feb 4 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Liberty Specialty Markets, HDI Global and CFC Underwriting. A summary of these new hires follows here. Liberty Financial Risk Solutions Promotes 2, Hires...
LMA Announces ‘At-the-Box’ or ‘In-the-Office’ Availability for Lloyd’s Underwriters
Feb 4 2022 // The board of the Lloyd’s Market Association (LMA) has announced cross-market consensus on underwriters’ in-person availability – either at the Lloyd’s Underwriting Room or in the office. The commitment...
Technical Risk Underwriters Adds Wood Frame Builder’s Risk Capacity
Feb 3 2022 // Austin, Texas-based Technical Risk Underwriters, a Ryan Specialty Group managing general underwriter focused on construction, has secured $100 million of wood frame builder’s risk capacity, effective January 1,...
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Promotes 2 in Engineering & Construction; Chubb Names Houghton Head of Distrib., UK & Ireland; Marsh Hires AXA XL’s Latham to Lead ART, UK&I
Feb 2 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, Chubb and Marsh. A summary of these new hires follows here. Swiss Re Corporate Solutions Promotes 2 in Engineering &...
MGA Aqueous Secures New Professional Indemnity Capacity From Great American Int’l
Feb 1 2022 // Aqueous Underwriting has secured increased capacity under plans to expand its foothold across the UK professional indemnity insurance market in 2022. The specialist managing general agent can now offer cover for limits up...
People Moves: Chubb Hires Global Aerospace’s Abbott; Brit Names Chaganty as Chief Data Officer; WTW Taps Marsh’s Gardner for GB Renewable Energy & Power Team
Feb 1 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Chubb Global Markets, Brit Ltd. and Willis Towers Watson. A summary of these new hires follows here. Chubb Global Markets Appoints Abbott as Product Head...
Chaucer Forms Renewable Power Team in Move to Expand Energy Division
Feb 1 2022 // Specialty re/insurance group Chaucer announced the creation of a dedicated team for Renewable Power as part of plans to broaden its Energy Division and provide dedicated support to oil and gas clients as they transition...
Insurtech Descartes Underwriting Raises $120M to Expand Parametric Product Offering
Jan 31 2022 // Descartes Underwriting, the insurtech company that specializes in parametric natural catastrophe products, has announced a $120 million Series B funding round. Growth equity firm Highland Europe is leading the...
People’s Trust Must Hand Over Underwriting Manuals in Claims Litigation, Court Says
Jan 27 2022 // A property insurer must give up its underwriting manuals in a claims dispute, a Florida appeals court said Wednesday. In People’s Trust Insurance Co. vs. Theodore Foster, the 1st District Court of Appeals in...
People Moves: Peak Re Appoints Echo Re’s Nowakowski to Lead P/C Underwriting; Gallagher Re Hires EMEA Dir. for Public-Private Initiatives; Pool Re’s Enoizi to Work With Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies
Jan 25 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Peak Re, Gallagher Re and the Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies. A summary of these new hires follows here. Peak Re Appoints Echo Re’s Nowakowski as...
MGA Pen Underwriting Forms 2 New Capacity Deals With QBE Worth £300M
Jan 24 2022 // Pen Underwriting announced two new long-term UK capacity deals with QBE in the highly specialist areas of public authority and higher education risks, as well as hazardous goods, environmental industries and tanker...
QBE Alleges Poaching of Aviation Team; Applied Underwriters Denies Wrongdoing
Jan 21 2022 // Insurer QBE has filed a lawsuit alleging a poaching scheme by a number of its former aviation division employees and specialty insurer Applied Underwriters. QBE’s complaint involves the resignation of a total of 13...
In Both Hard and Soft Markets, Zurich Aims to Maintain Focus on Underwriting Discipline
Jan 20 2022 // Zurich Insurance Group has worked hard to turn around its financial results over the past five years by bringing underwriting back to the organization, with a greater focus on selecting the right risks, pricing them...
People Moves: Southern Adds Garage Underwriter in Georgia
Jan 18 2022 // Southern Insurance Underwriters, a managing general agency based in Atlanta, has named Whitney Griffith new underwriter for garage insurance. Griffith, who will be in SIU’s Alpharetta, Georgia, office, has more than...
Jamey Schoenhard Promoted to VP, Underwriter of Specialty Property Program Team at Breckenridge Insurance
Jan 14 2022 // IRVING, Texas, January 14, 2022 — Breckenridge Insurance announces the promotion of Jamey Schoenhard to vice president, underwriter of the specialty property program team. Schoenhard has twelve years of experience in...
People Moves: BHSI Promotes Kidd to Country Mgr., Ireland; BMS Iberia Hires WTW’s Melero for Affinity Practice; Fidelis Promotes Jarvis to Deputy Dir. of Underwriting
Jan 11 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance, BMS and Fidelis Insurance. A summary of these new hires follows here. BHSI Promotes Kidd to Country Manager,...
MGA First Underwriting Forms £1B, 5-Year Capacity Deal With R&Q’s Accredited
Jan 11 2022 // First Underwriting Ltd., the London-based specialist MGA that is part of Kingfisher UK Holdings, announced a five-year capacity deal to place approximately £1 billion (US$1.4 billion) of gross written premium into the...
Charles Taylor Acquires Kentucky-based Underwriters Safety & Claims
Jan 6 2022 // Charles Taylor, a claims management and insurtech firm, announced it has acquired Kentucky-based Underwriters Safety & Claims, a third-party administrator. US&C, headquartered in Louisville but with offices around...
