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#1 US P/C Underwriting Results: Two Years in a Row Over $20 Billion in the Red
Jul 3 2024 // For the second year in a row, the U.S. property/casualty industry booked an underwriting loss of more than $20 billion primarily due to the lackluster performance of personal auto and home insurance lines. The total U.S....
#2 Analysis: Underwriting Loss Estimates Highlight Ongoing Challenges for US P/C Industry
Jun 14 2024 // The U.S. property/casualty market sustained an estimated $21.1 billion in underwriting losses in 2023, highlighting the challenges the industry faces as a result of natural catastrophes and inflation. According to joint...
#3 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...
#4 US P/C Insurers Post Best Q1 Underwriting Result In 17 Years
Jun 27 2024 // Even though direct loss ratios for commercial auto and other liability lines rose in first-quarter 2024, across all lines U.S. property/casualty insurers posted a net combined ratio of 94—the best since first-quarter...
#5 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...
#6 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...
#7 Amwins Program Underwriters Forms New Carrier Relationship with Great American Insurance Group
Jun 20 2024 // CHARLOTTE, N.C. (June 3, 2024) – Amwins Program Underwriters (APU), part of Amwins’ Underwriting division, announced a new carrier relationship with Great American Insurance Group, whose lead insurer, Great...
#8 People Moves: Hamilton Insurance DAC Promotes Reynolds as CEO; Dale Underwriting Partners Names Bridge as Active Underwriter, Succeeding Peters
Jun 13 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Hamilton Insurance DAC, the Irish subsidiary of Hamilton Insurance Group, and Dale Underwriting Partners in London. A summary of these new hires follows...
#9 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...
#10 Fidelis Partnership Syndicate 3123 Begins Underwriting Business at Lloyd’s
Jul 1 2024 // The Fidelis Partnership and Fidelis Insurance Holdings Ltd. jointly announced that Syndicate 3123 has formally begun underwriting business at Lloyd’s. Syndicate 3123, also known as The Fidelis Partnership Syndicate,...
