Executive Profiles
Executives On The Move at Canopius, Markel and GEICO
Canopius hired two outside people to become its latest group chief operating officer and group chief financial officer, respectively. Markel Corp. created a new position - chief global ceded ...
Chubb CUO Sees Small-Biz Market More Reachable With Low-Touch Underwriting
An industry with 75-100 percent of small commercial business potentially written on a straight-through basis—untouched by human underwriters—is on the near-term horizon, and Chubb is embracing ...
Starr Companies Reorganizes Casualty Business Units
Starr Companies said it is making a number of organizational changes within its Casualty business units in a bid to boost efficiency and service. "This new structure will allow for greater synergies ...
Executives On The Move at Allianz, Great American and Validus Specialty
Allianz promoted an executive to the new role of chief business transformation officer. Great American Insurance Group has a new head of its annuity group. Validus Specialty added a senior ...
Underwriting Decisions Not Made by Machines for Large, Mid-Market Risks, Says Zurich NA CUO
New data sources, predictive analytics and automated processes can all help human underwriters in evaluating and pricing, but machines don't make underwriting decisions for large and middle-market ...
Zurich NA CUO: Trust-Based Human Relationships Still Central to Great Underwriting
Zurich North America has been investing in predictive analytics since 2006, but a dozen years later, the organization's chief underwriting officer stresses the idea that the human element in ...
Executives On The Move at Chubb and Willis Towers Watson
Chubb named a new senior underwriter for its Global Markets unit. Willis Towers Watson appointed one of its rising executives to a new role within its Corporate Risk and Broking segment.
Sompo International Rolls Out European Specialty Insurance Underwriting Division
Sompo International is launching a new European specialty insurance underwriting operation. The Bermuda-based specialty provider of property/casualty insurance said the division initially will focus ...
Tribal Knowledge + Tech Creates Exponential Potential for Underwriters: XL Catlin’s Global Casualty CUO Bewlay
At a time when job research across industries produced by universities and consultancies often lists "insurance underwriter" among professions particularly vulnerable to automation, the chief ...