Insurance Journal

APRIL 9, 2025

Helix Underwriting Partners Ltd., the Bermuda-based managing general agent (MGA), has launched a professional lines program with a maximum line limit of $10 million. Backed by Somers Re, the Bermuda-based program is writing a portfolio of professional liability products and …

Underwriter 189

Underwriter Underwriting Liability Agents 189

Central Insurance

MAY 25, 2025

At Central, our underwriters are more than evaluators of risk. The post What is an Insurance Underwriter? The post What is an Insurance Underwriter? Theyre trusted advisors who collaborate with agents and policyholders to design thoughtful, customized protection. appeared first on Central Insurance Blog.

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Underwriter Underwriting Policyholder Insured 130

Insurance Journal

JUNE 10, 2025

Canopius Group, headquartered in Chicago, appointed Tom Losquadro as vice president of underwriting for national hull and liability U.S. Losquadro brings extensive experience in marine insurance, having held senior roles at both AIG and Marsh McLennan. He joined Canopius on …

Liability 165

Liability Underwriter Underwriting Marine 165

Insurance Journal

MAY 20, 2025

Ryan Specialty, the Chicago-based international specialty insurance firm, announce that it has acquired 360 Underwriting (360), a managing general underwriter specializing in commercial construction. 360 is based in Dublin and Galway, Ireland, and will become a part of the Ryan …

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Underwriter Underwriting Commercial Broker-Agent 274

Insurance Journal

APRIL 29, 2025

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the managing general underwriter Carbon Underwriting and specialty re/insurer Chaucer. CEO of Carbon Retires for Health Reasons, Succeeded by Co-Founder Ferrier Carbon Underwriting … A summary of these new hires follows here.

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Underwriter Underwriting Insured Insurance 173

Insurance Journal

APRIL 30, 2025

SiriusPoint Taps AIG’s Gibson as International Chief Underwriting Officer SiriusPoint Ltd., This edition of International People Moves details appointments at SiriusPoint and Howden. A summary of these new hires follows here. the Bermuda-based specialty insurer and reinsurer, announced the appointment …

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Underwriter Underwriting Insured Insurance 194

Insurance Journal

JULY 29, 2024

billion underwriting loss in 2023, more than double the loss seen in the previous year and the line’s worst underwriting results since at least 2000, according to a new AM Best report. homeowners insurance segment suffered a $15.2

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Underwriter Underwriting Insured Insurance 312

Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Envelop Risk, the reinsurance managing general agent and analytics specialist, announced the launch of Envelop Underwriting, which will encompass all existing cyber underwriting activities: Envelop Risk Bermuda and Envelop at Lloyd’s, including the Envelop Risk SPA 1925. Dom Peters has …

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Underwriter Underwriting Risk Cyber 246

Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Bishop Street Underwriters, a multi-boutique insurance platform owned by RedBird Capital Partners, announced it has acquired Conifer Insurance Services a specialty commercial managing general agency from Conifer Holdings, Inc. The acquisition of Conifer marks Bishop Street’s entry into commercial lines, …

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Underwriter Underwriting Commercial Insured 264

Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The Clear Group, the London-based independent insurance broker, announced the acquisition of the managing general agency, Accelerate Underwriting. Established in 2015, Accelerate Underwriting is a … Financial terms of the deal, which is its fourth involving an MGA, were not disclosed.

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Underwriter Underwriting Insurance Broker Broker 262

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 1, 2024

Geo Underwriting, the managing general agency and subsidiary of Ardonagh Advisory, announced it will acquire Navigators & General (N&G) from Zurich UK. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Founded in 1921 by Captain William Coombs, a merchant navy …

Underwriter 264

Underwriter Underwriting Insured Insurance 264

Insurance Journal

JULY 23, 2024

Carbon Underwriting Ltd., the London-based managing general underwriter and Lloyd’s syndicate CBN 4747, announce that Lloyd’s has granted in principle approval for the launch of Syndicate 5757, effective Jan. This marks a significant milestone for the company as …

Underwriter 264

Underwriter Underwriting 264

Insurance Journal

JULY 12, 2024

Illinois-based specialty insurance broker Origin Specialty Underwriters Agency announced it has acquired Agricultural Insurance Management Services (AIMS), an agribusiness insurance-focused managing general underwriter based in Bow, New Hampshire. AIMS does most of its business in the Mid-Atlantic and East Coast …

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Underwriter Underwriting Insurance Broker Broker 263

Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Ryan Specialty, the Chicago-based international specialty insurance firm, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets of the European managing general agent Geo Underwriting Europe BV (Geo Europe), part of London-based Ardonagh Group. Terms of the transaction …

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Underwriter Underwriting Agents Broker-Agent 290

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 13, 2024

Hiscox, the global specialist insurer, has launched the London insurance market’s first lead underwriting platform enhanced by generative AI, aiming to provide sabotage and terrorism insurance quotes to customers faster and more efficiently than ever before. Initially developed as a …

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Underwriter Underwriting Insurance Quotes Insured 288

Insurance Journal

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

property/casualty industry took another underwriting loss in 2024, but results improved thanks to rate increases and changes in risk selection. P/C insurers posted an underwriting loss … A report from industry rating agency AM Best this week said U.S.

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Underwriter Underwriting Risk Insured 277

Insurance Journal

JULY 23, 2024

P/C insurance industry overall in 2024, signifying a return to underwriting profitability for the first time since 2021. S&P Global Market Intelligence is forecasting a combined ratio of 99.2 for the U.S. According to the analysis, private passenger auto insurance …

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Underwriter Underwriting Auto Insurance Insurance Industry 290

Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Ryan Specialty, headquartered in Chicago, named new leadership within its specialty underwriting segment, Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers (RSUM). Eric Quinn was promoted to executive vice president – capital and product strategy. Quinn joined RSUM through the acquisition of All Risks …

Underwriter 264

Underwriter Underwriting Risk 264

Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Alera Group announced the acquisition of Insurance Underwriters Ltd., a Louisiana-based insurance agency offering risk management and insurance solutions including business insurance, surety bonds, personal insurance and employee benefits. IUL provides customizable insurance solutions designed to keep businesses competitive and …

Underwriter 264

Underwriter Underwriting Insurance Agency Insured 264

Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Pen Underwriting has relaunched its cyber proposition for large corporate clients with a comprehensive rebuild that sees it re-enter primary cover for this end of the market, double its excess of loss (XOL) limit and introduce a significantly broader risk …

Cyber 264

Cyber Underwriter Underwriting Risk 264

Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

For MGAs and wholesaler underwriters, the traditional challenges of navigating multiple carrier websites, re-entering data, and … This post is part of a series sponsored by Selectsys. In the fast-paced world of insurance, efficiency, accuracy, and speed are vital to success.

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Underwriter Underwriting Insured Insurance 246

Insurance Journal

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Ryan Specialty, the Chicago-based international specialty insurance firm, announced it has completed the acquisition of certain assets of the European managing general agent, Geo Underwriting Europe BV (Geo Europe), part of The Ardonagh Group. The deal was completed on Oct.

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Underwriter Underwriting Agents Insured 261

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 16, 2024

headquartered in Houston, named four new regional vice presidents and two new underwriters. Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc., Skyward Specialty named Gregg Callahan regional vice president in its northeast region in New England. Callahan spent the last 27 years at …

Underwriter 278

Underwriter Underwriting Insured Insurance 278

Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

As litigation and regulation increase around per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), insurance underwriting is tightening across lines. Insurance professionals who specialize in PFAS say insurers are mandating coverage exclusions and, in some cases, declining to write liability policies at all …

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Underwriter Underwriting Liability Policy 263

Insurance Journal

MAY 1, 2025

First quarter underwriting income in AIG’s General Insurance segmentNorth America commercial, International commercial, and global personaldropped … American International Group (AIG) reported first quarter net income attributable to shareholders of $698 million, down 41.5% from the same period a year ago.

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Underwriter Underwriting Commercial Insured 268

Insurance Journal

JANUARY 7, 2025

and its subsidiaries have agreed to purchase London Aviation Underwriters Inc. Core Specialty Insurance Holdings Inc. LAU), in a stock and cash transaction. Financial details of the deal, which is expected to close early in 2025, were not disclosed. Upon …

Underwriter 246

Underwriter Underwriting Insured Insurance 246

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 29, 2024

Paula Cooley joined Graham-Rogers Insurance, headquartered in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, as a transportation new business underwriter. Cooley will focus on garage and transportation commercial auto. She has over 40 years of property and casualty experience, most recently serving as senior transportation/garage …

Underwriter 278

Underwriter Underwriting Commercial Insured 278

Insurance Journal

AUGUST 29, 2024

property/casualty insurance industry recorded a net underwriting gain of $3.7 billion and net income of $94.6 billion for the first-half of 2024, according to a new report. “After years of consistent losses, premium growth is helping the overall …

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Insurance Industry Underwriter Underwriting Casualty Insurance 278

Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Sam Rector joined the Nashville office as underwriting team leader. CRC Group, a wholesale specialty insurance distributor with headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama, has added new faces to its team in the Southeast. He has spent almost 10 years in the …

Underwriter 264

Underwriter Underwriting Insured Insurance 264

Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 4, 2024

property/casualty industry posting a nine-month 2024 underwriting profit of $4.1 Growth in net earned premiums outpaced a slight increase in losses and loss adjustment expenses to result in the U.S. billion versus a loss of $32.1 billion last year. According …

Underwriter 264

Underwriter Underwriting Premium 264

Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

With the vast majority (91 percent) of insurance companies already investing in AI or planning to in the next five years, it’s not surprising that nearly 7 in 10 actuaries and underwriters are worried about being replaced by artificial intelligence, …

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Underwriter Underwriting Insurance Companies Insured 276

Insurance Journal

JANUARY 7, 2025

Ryan Specialty, a specialty insurance services firm and trading partner for agents and brokers, plans to acquire Nashville-based Velocity Risk Underwriters, with a closing date early this year. Velocity Risk, providing coverage for catastrophe-exposed properties, is a managing general underwriter …

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Underwriter Underwriting Risk Broker-Agent 244

Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

billion profit from underwriting for the U.S. A turnaround in the personal lines insurance segment results was a key driver of an overall $3.8 property/casualty insurance industry, according to a new report from AM Best. Best’s Special Report, titled, “First …

Underwriter 263

Underwriter Underwriting Casualty Insurance Insurance Industry 263

Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 17, 2024

JM Wilson, headquartered in Portage, Michigan, promoted several team members and made new hires to its underwriting team. Priya Albert was promoted to property and casualty underwriter. Albert works with carrier underwriters and independent insurance agents in Georgia, North Carolina, …

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Underwriter Underwriting Insurance Agents Insurance Agent 235

Insurance Journal

DECEMBER 29, 2024

Amelia Underwriters, a wholesale and surplus lines broker based in Fernandina Beach, … Two Florida-based insurance companies are expanding their product lines, another sign that insurers are making more if limited moves into a warming market in the state.

Underwriter 264

Underwriter Underwriting Broker Insurance Companies 264

Insurance Journal

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

American International Group saw third quarter underwriting income in its general insurance segment fall 28% to $437 million due to higher catastrophe losses and lower favorable development on prior year reserves. The insurer’s third quarter net income attributable to common …

Underwriter 246

Underwriter Underwriting Insured Insurance 246

Insurance Journal

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

The combined ratio, which is a key measure of underwriting profitability, … The Lloyd’s insurance and reinsurance market reported overall profit before tax of £4.9 billion (US$6.4 billion), a 25.6% increase from the £3.9 billion (US$5.1 billion) reported during H1 2023.

Underwriter 264

Underwriter Underwriting Insured Insurance 264