Latest Excess Surplus Headlines
All the headlines from our Excess Surplus Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers Forms International Renewable Energy MGU
Jun 10 2025 // Ryan Specialty Underwriting Managers (RSUM), the specialty underwriting segment of Ryan Specialty, has launched Ryan Specialty Renewables, an international renewable energy managing general underwriter. The MGU is formed...
Monarch E&S Acquires Market Finders in New Mexico
Jun 5 2025 // Monarch E&S Insurance Services acquired Market Finders Inc. in Albuquerque, New Mexico. MFI is a managing general agent and wholesale broker founded in 1971. MFI specializes in both personal and commercial lines,...
London MGA Amiga Specialty Officially Launches
Jun 4 2025 // Amiga Specialty, an independent international Managing General Agent (MGA), has today announced its official launch. The London-based company said it aims to swiftly establish itself in the global insurance MGA landscape...
People Moves: Lloyd’s Makes Executive Team Changes
Jun 2 2025 // Lloyd’s, headquartered in London, the world’s leading marketplace for insurance and reinsurance market for global risk, made several new appointments and updates to its executive team. Rachel Turk is appointed...
Johnson & Johnson to Acquire Indemnity Excess & Surplus Agency Inc.
Jun 2 2025 // CHARLESTON, SC., June 02, 2025 – Johnson & Johnson Inc. (J&J) continues the expansion of its footprint by acquiring the assets of Indemnity Excess & Surplus Agency Inc (IES). The parties completed the...
AM Best Upgrades Velocity Specialty Insurance After Acquisition by FM
Jun 2 2025 // AM Best has removed from under review with developing implications and upgraded the Financial Strength Rating to A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) to “a”...
Lloyd’s Insurer Beazley Gains New Bull to Bolster Unique Status
May 30 2025 // The only stock in the FTSE 100 with buy recommendations from every analyst that covers it just gained another bull. Beazley Plc was named a ‘top pick’ by Berenberg, which gave the Lloyd’s of London...
AIG Settles Lawsuit Against E&S Rival Dellwood and Former Employees
May 23 2025 // Global insurer American International Group (AIG) has reached an out of court settlement of its legal dispute with the excess and surplus insurance firm Dellwood that was started by former AIG executives. In a filing in...
People Moves: World Insurance Associates Names Youshock Head of Personal Lines; Belair Appointed President of Technology at Intact Insurance Specialty Solutions
May 21 2025 // Michelle Youshock World Insurance Associates Names Youshock Head of Personal Lines World Insurance Associates LLC, headquartered in Iselin, New Jersey, named Michelle Youshock head of personal lines, replacing Jim Hickey,...
Ryan Specialty Acquires Irish MGU 360° Underwriting
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...
Motion Specialty Launches Lloyd’s MGU, Founded by Former Hiscox Executives
May 20 2025 // Motion Specialty has been approved as a Lloyd’s of London coverholder, founded by former Hiscox executives Dan Alpay and Alex Kickham. The business writes on behalf of Lloyd’s Syndicate 1301, managed by Inigo...
Lloyd’s Has ‘Laser Focus’ on Oversight of Coverholders to Proactively Avoid Market Risk
May 16 2025 // Lloyd’s has “a laser focus” on the oversight of delegated underwriting authorities to make sure these facilities do not drag down the market in the same way that poor management of managing general agents...
XPT Specialty Recognized with 2025 Speed to Market Innovator Award from Vertafore
May 15 2025 // XPT leads the charge in building integrations that harness MGA and wholesale insurance solutions May 15, 2025 — XPT Specialty, a leading wholesale broker for commercial and personal insurance, today announced it is the...
TIMBY Specialty Launches Warehouse Legal Liability Coverage
May 15 2025 // Inland marine managing general underwriter TIMBY Specialty Insurance Solutions launched its Warehouse Legal Liability Coverage, a product specifically for public and contract warehouses that handle third-party...
Markets/Coverages: CRC’s Starwind Specialty Launches 4 Programs
May 13 2025 // Starwind Specialty Insurance Services, a CRC Group company, said it has launched four insurance programs — Starwind Environmental, Starwind PVT (Political Violence & Terrorism), Starwind Equipment, and Starwind...
Markel Insurance CEO Wilson Lays Out Strategy for ‘Bread-and-Butter’ E&S Business
May 13 2025 // “You can’t cut yourself to greatness.” Simon Wilson, chief executive officer of Markel Insurance, made the simple statement at a Markel Group brunch meeting for investors in Omaha, Nebraska on May 4 to...
People Moves: Everest Promotes Mesagaes to Reinsurance Head of Renewable Energy; Westfield Specialty International Taps Arch’s Poulteney and Kailia for Offshore Energy
May 13 2025 // Everest Promotes Mesagaes as Reinsurance Head of Renewable Energy Everest Reinsurance, the reinsurance division of Everest Group Ltd., announced that Jonathan Mesagaes has been named head of Renewable Energy. He will...
Lloyd’s Loses Bid to Avoid $800K in Prejudgment Interest
May 9 2025 // Lloyd’s of London has been told it must pay an extra $800,000 in prejudgment interest on a $2.5 million building fire loss payment to a community bank that it had wrongly denied coverage. A three-judge panel of the...
Lloyd’s Promotes Chief of Markets Tiernan to CEO, Succeeding Neal
May 8 2025 // Lloyd’s, the re/insurance marketplace, announced that Patrick Tiernan has been appointed as chief executive officer by the Council of Lloyd’s, succeeding John Neal. Tiernan will begin his tenure as...
Viewpoint: Challenging P/C Market Generates Opportunities for Surplus Lines’ Writers
May 8 2025 // The U.S. surplus lines market notched double-digit year-over-year (YoY) premium growth from 2018-2023, as wholesale brokers tapped this market with greater frequency to explore coverage solutions for businesses amid...
