underwriting
Social media to transform insurance underwriting
Searching Facebook and other social network pages of customers has become a frequent practice on the claims side of the insurance business.
Especially in the...
Plum Underwriting : strong demand from brokers for home insurance products
Continuing growth in the number of people struggling to obtain cover is feeding strong demand from brokers for the home insurance products provided by...
Groupama expand UK presence
Groupama have increased their UK presence with the expansion of its commercial team. In the move, a team of three new underwriters will service...
Members of Canopius underwriting team to resign
Canopius, a Lloyd's insurer, is expecting to lose a number of members of its household underwriting team after the team head, Chris McGinn, told...
Appointment : Plum hires underwriting duo to support growing demand
Non-standard household insurance specialist Plum Underwriting has hired two additional underwriters to help cater for increased demand following unprecedented growth in the business.
Plum, which...
Groupama Insurances gets closer to brokers in London and the South
Groupama Insurances has created a dedicated new business underwriting team for London and the South, providing commercial brokers in the region with ease of...
Lloyds Market Association : London market is now ‘ahead’ in its approach to process modernisation but warns on pricing risk
The Chairman of the Lloyd’s Market Association (LMA), Barnabas Hurst-Bannister, has told the Association of Lloyd’s Brokers (ALB) in Chicago that the Lloyd’s market...
Appointment : Mark Chichester is Arista’s new senior underwriter
Commercial lines underwriting specialist Arista Insurance has appointed Mark Chichester as senior underwriter to help develop the South Wales market and enhance Arista’s technical...
Appointment : Gregory Hendrick is XL Group’s new Vice President
XL Group plc announced today that it has appointed Gregory S. Hendrick as Executive Vice President, Strategic Growth, effective immediately. Mr. Hendrick will lead...
Appointment : Evolution grows its own
Commercial underwriting specialist Evolution Underwriting has promoted Hannah Forde to the role of underwriting assistant. Hannah, who is 22, joined Evolution in 2007 as...
Acquisition : Apollo and CVC confirm Brit Insurance bid
Apollo and CVC finally published details of their offer on Tuesday as Brit released an update on its trading performance to the market. The...
Rewards : Underwriting Service Awards 2010 – full shortlist
The final shortlist for the inaugural Underwriting Service Awards 2010 have now been released - with the eventual winners due to be revealed at...
Appointment : Anita Gough is new property and casualty manager for Allianz
Allianz Commercial has announced that Anita Gough is to be the new property and casualty manager at its Birmingham office.
Anita, who joined Allianz in...
Appointment : Peter Harmer is new CEO of IAGs’ CGU
Insurance Australia Group Limited (IAG) today announced the resignation of current CEO of CGU, Mr Duncan West for family reasons and the appointment of...
Appointment : Paul Hodgson new Director for commercial underwriting for MMA
Paul Hodgson, formerly MMA’s Head of Underwriting, Commercial has been promoted to the newly-created role of Director, Commercial Underwriting.
Paul will report directly to Colin...
Appointment : New Directors appointed to the boards of Brit Insurance Limited and Brit Syndicates Limited
Brit Insurance, the international general insurance group, announces the appointment of four new board directors to its two main underwriting platforms: Brit Insurance Limited...
Canopius re-focuses its Professional Indemnity account on SME Sector
Canopius Group Limited (“Canopius”), a leading specialist insurance underwriting business, today announces a number of changes in its Professional Indemnity underwriting strategy and management.
In...
Appointment : Richard Webb is new director for Manchester Underwriting Management
Broker-only MGA Manchester Underwriting has announced the appointment of Richard Webb as a Director of the business.
The role, which has been created as part...
Appointment : Hewitt EnnisKnupp Hires New Head of Global Private Equity
Hewitt EnnisKnupp, an Aon Hewitt company, announced today it has hired Karen Rode as the leader of its Global Private Equity group. In this...
Study : CEIOPS has launched a European wide data request
In order to support the European Commission in finalising the Solvency II implementing measures, CEIOPS is aiming to provide recommendations based on robust, empirical...
