Latest Excess Surplus Headlines
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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...
AmTrust Expands E&S Division, Spins Off Some MGAs With Blackstone
Sep 16 2025 // AmTrust Financial Services has a busy day on Sept. 15 as it expanded its excess & surplus division to include new lines, appointed leadership, and announced an agreement with Blackstone Credit & Insurance to spin...
Skyward Specialty Names Zitzmann President of Inland Marine, Transactional Property
Sep 15 2025 // Skyward Specialty Insurance Group recruited Christopher Zitzmann as president of Inland Marine and Transactional Property. With more than two decades of experience in the property and inland marine markets, Zitzmann is...
People Moves: AXA XL Promotes Smyth as Global Chief Underwriting Officer, Casualty; Liberty Specialty Markets Taps Zurich’s Weigel as Head of Multinational, Europe
Sep 15 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at AXA XL and Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM). A summary of these new hires follows here. AXA XL Promotes Smyth as Global Chief Underwriting Officer,...
Fitch Ratings: U.S. E&S Growth Slows but Remains Strong
Sep 12 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...
7 Years of Double-Digit Growth; New Players on Top 25 E&S Insurers List
Sep 12 2025 // 2024 marked the 7th straight year of double-digit growth for the U.S. excess and surplus lines market, but the top 25 players no longer command 70 percent of the pie, according to a new report. AM Best’s latest...
Ariel Re Gets ‘In Principle’ Approval From Lloyd’s to Launch Syndicate 2006
Sep 9 2025 // Ariel Re, a global reinsurer with offices in Bermuda, London and Hong Kong, announced it has received “in principle” approval from Lloyd’s to launch a new syndicate. Starting in 2026, Ariel Re will be...
Surplus Lines Market in Review
Sep 8 2025 // After surpassing the $100 billion threshold mark in direct premiums written for the first time in 2023, the surplus lines market grew by another 12.3% in 2024 to just under $130 billion, according to the recently released...
Economy and Surplus Lines
Sep 8 2025 // Global growth is slowing as U.S. tariff policy reduces trade and heightens geopolitical uncertainty. That will lead to decelerating growth in insurance premiums. According to Swiss Re, global GDP growth (adjusted for...
Bigger Piece of the Pie: Surplus Lines Market Hits New Record as Specialty Lines Continue to Grow in Prominence, Market Share
Sep 8 2025 // Whatever line of business, the surplus lines industry continues to play a critical and more prominent role in the property/casualty market. “It’s pretty incredible to have watched what the E&S business has...
