Latest Excess Surplus Headlines
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People Moves: Westfield Specialty Int’l Taps Former AIG Exec Baldwin as President; Vantage Promotes Senior Leaders in Reinsurance, Partnership Capital Platform
Nov 4 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Westfield Specialty International and Vantage Group Holdings. A summary of these new hires follows here. Westfield Specialty Int’l Names Former AIG...
The Fidelis Partnership Launches 2nd Lloyd’s Syndicate, Backed by PE Firm Blackstone
Oct 31 2025 // The Fidelis Partnership (TFP) announced the launch of Syndicate 2126 in partnership with funds managed by Blackstone, the alternative asset manager and private equity company, following in-principle approval from...
Starr Acquiring IQUW; Starr Managing Agency to Be Among 10 Largest at Lloyd’s
Oct 29 2025 // Starr, a global investment and insurance organization, announced it has entered a definitive agreement to acquire IQUW Group, a specialty insurance and reinsurance business that combines data and analytics with...
Ryan Specialty Agrees to Acquire Canadian MGU Stewart Specialty Risk Underwriting
Oct 28 2025 // Ryan Specialty, the Chicago-based specialty insurance firm, announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Stewart Specialty Risk Underwriting Ltd. (SSRU). Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Based in Toronto,...
Alabama DOI Requiring Use of SLIP+ Platform for Surplus Lines Reporting
Oct 27 2025 // Alabama has become the seventh state to adopt the “SLIP+ for States” reporting and payment platform for surplus lines data and taxes, starting in 2025. Surplus lines brokers who already have a SLIP+ login do...
Markets/Coverages: Coalition Launches Excess Cyber Insurance in Quebec
Oct 24 2025 // Coalition, the San Francisco-based cyber managing general agent and cyber-security firm, announced it is offering Excess Cyber Insurance policies in Quebec along with a refreshed Excess offering across Canada. The...
People Moves: CRC Group Names New Team Members in Specialty Division; Howden US Appoints Hanback EVP
Oct 24 2025 // CRC Group Names New Team Members in Specialty Division Ryan Degale CRC Group, headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, added three new professionals to its CRC Specialty division. Ryan Degale rejoins CRC Specialty as a broker...
Incubator, Former C&F Exec Launch Specialty Insurer for Insurers, Financial Managers
Oct 16 2025 // A former Crum & Forster executive and a London-based underwriter incubator have teamed up to launch a new specialty insurance company based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Bartlett 1889 Specialty Insurance plans to offer...
Bold Penguin Acquires SquareRisk to Expand Specialty, E&S Access
Oct 13 2025 // Insurtech Bold Penguin said it has acquired SquareRisk, a digital, artificial intelligence-enabled wholesale insurance marketplace. Bold Penguin said users of its quoting software will now have additional commercial...
People Moves: Boxx Hires Leads for Distribution, Claims and Tech; XPT Specialty Hires Staver, Luceno to Personal Lines Team
Oct 10 2025 // Boxx Hires Leads for Distribution, Claims and Tech Joe Gates Boxx Insurance, headquartered in Miami, Florida, appointed Joe Gates, Ray Moylan and Thomas Beale to new positions. Boxx appointed Gates head of distribution,...
Fortegra Begins Operating From Box 388 at Lloyd’s of London
Oct 9 2025 // Fortegra Group Inc., a global specialty insurer and subsidiary of Tiptree Inc., announced it has secured a box in the underwriting room at Lloyd’s. Effective immediately, Fortegra will operate from Box 388 on the...
People Moves: Liberty Specialty Markets Promotes Nelson as Active U/W for Syndicate 4472; Westfield Specialty Int’l Taps Faraday’s Richardson to Lead Open Market Property
Oct 9 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Liberty Specialty Markets and Westfield Specialty International. A summary of these new hires follows here. Liberty Specialty Markets Promotes Nelson as...
Fitch Ratings: U.S. E&S Growth Slows but Remains Strong
Oct 6 2025 // Direct written premiums saw double-digit growth for the seventh straight year for U.S. excess and surplus (E&S) insurers, according to Fitch Ratings’ latest annual property/casualty market review. Per a Fitch...
People Moves: Specialty MGA Taps BMS’s Conway as Senior MedMal Underwriter; HDI UK & Ireland Names Potter From AXA XL as Director of Liability
Sep 29 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Specialty MGA and HDI UK & Ireland. A summary of these new hires follows here. Specialty MGA Taps BMS’s Conway as Senior MedMal...
Specialty Program Group Consolidates 5 Brands Under SPG Wholesale
Sep 26 2025 // Specialty Program Group LLC, an operator of specialty insurance distribution, underwriting, and consulting businesses, is consolidating its wholesale businesses under a single division called SPG Wholesale. Monarch...
People Moves: Delos Executive Pratt Appointed to Legislative Committee of Surplus Line Association of California
Sep 26 2025 // Tom Pratt Tom Pratt, head of public policy and government affairs at property insurance MGA Delos Insurance Solutions, has been appointed to the legislative committee of the Surplus Line Association of California. Delos is...
Ryan Specialty Launches Clach Casualty Underwriting Managers
Sep 24 2025 // Ryan Specialty has announced the formation of Clach Casualty Underwriting Managers, a new managing general underwriter focused on providing casualty insurance solutions for complex construction and habitational real estate...
Update: Radian to Acquire Lloyd’s Syndicate Inigo for $1.7B in Specialty Insurance Push
Sep 18 2025 // Radian Group said on Thursday it would buy UK-based Inigo for $1.7 billion as the U.S. mortgage insurer seeks to transform into a global multi-line specialty insurer, sending its shares up nearly 7%. The Pennsylvania-based...
People Moves: AmTrust Names Fletcher and Thomas to Lead New E&S Premier Group; The Fidelis Partnership Makes Leadership Promotions
Sep 17 2025 // AmTrust Names Fletcher and Thomas to Lead New E&S Premier Group Matt Thomas AmTrust Financial Services Inc., headquartered in New York City, appointed Curt Fletcher as senior vice president and Matt Thomas as vice...
Fidelis Partnership Launches MGA Arenite Specialty for Surety, Credit Risk Insurance
Sep 16 2025 // Pine Walk Capital Ltd., the specialist MGA platform and wholly owned subsidiary of The Fidelis Partnership (TFP), announced the launch of Arenite Specialty to write surety and credit risk insurance. Initially focused on...
