Latest Excess Surplus Headlines
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International General Insurance Holdings Begins Trading at Lloyd’s on May 9
May 8 2024 // International General Insurance Holdings Ltd. announced it will begin trading for the first time at Lloyd’s on May 9, 2024, demonstrating the company’s long-term commitment to the London market. Located in the...
New $20M Coverage for California Commercial Property E&S Risks in Wildfire Areas
May 8 2024 // Wildfire Defense Insurance Services is offering a $20 million excess and surplus commercial property coverage for E&S risks in wildfire prone areas of California. The coverage is for total insured value up to $20...
Delos and Lloyd’s Insurer to Expand Vacant Home Insurance in California
May 6 2024 // Delos Insurance Solutions plans to offer wildfire insurance to more California policyholders with vacant properties. Delos is expanding coverage availability through a partnership with certain underwriters at Lloyd’s...
Lloyd’s Insurers Don’t Expect Large Claims From Baltimore Bridge Collapse
May 2 2024 // Lloyd’s of London insurers Hiscox and Lancashire do not expect large insurance claims from the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in March that caused widespread disruption, they said on...
Ryan Specialty Completes Acquisition of Castel Underwriting Agencies From Arch
May 1 2024 // Ryan Specialty, the Chicago-based international specialty insurance firm, announced it has completed the acquisition of Castel Underwriting Agencies from Arch Financial Holdings (UK) Ltd. and minority...
Agile Syndicate 2427 Gets Lloyd’s Approval to Begin Underwriting
May 1 2024 // Agile Underwriting Services has received approval from Lloyd’s to commence underwriting in May. Agile Underwriting Services Syndicate 2427 (AUS 2427) will be focused primarily on Australia and New Zealand and writing...
Africa Specialty Risks Launches ASR Syndicate 2454 at Lloyd’s
Apr 29 2024 // Africa Specialty Risks (ASR), the pan-African focused re/insurance group, has launched ASR Syndicate 2454 focused on underwriting business across Africa. It is the first African-focused syndicate writing business at...
Markets/Coverages: Marsh Expands Cyber Facility ECHO, Offering Up to $125M of Excess Insurance Capacity
Apr 29 2024 // Marsh, the insurance brokerage business of Marsh McLennan, announced an additional $25 million layer of capacity to its existing $100 million Cyber ECHO facility. Available to Marsh clients globally, Cyber ECHO now offers...
Berkley CEO: Property E&S Momentum Slows but ‘Some More Hay’ to Be Made
Apr 24 2024 // When it comes to observations of the excess and surplus lines market, there is a difference between the momentum of liability and property lines, said W.R. Berkley CEO W. Robert Berkley, Jr. Addressing some talk that has...
People Moves: McGill Expands Global Property Team; Lawrence Joins Alliant; Berkshire Specialty Promotes Bowman
Apr 18 2024 // McGill Hires Milne and Cabot to US Property Team McGill and Partners, headquartered in London, appointed Duncan Milne and Cabot Lyman as partners to the firm’s U.S. property team. Milne joins the firm as a partner...
California Insurance Wholesalers Association (CIWA) Continues Collaboration with National Surplus Lines Associations for Third Consecutive Year
Apr 17 2024 // CIWA’s Annual Summer Forum 2024 set to foster collaboration and engagement FAIRFIELD, CA – April 17, 2024 – The California Insurance Wholesalers Association (CIWA), a leading professional trade association...
Insurer Bowhead Specialty’s IPO Filing Shows Profit More Than Doubled in 2023
Apr 15 2024 // Bowhead Specialty Holdings disclosed on Friday that its net profit more than doubled in 2023, as the insurance underwriting company made its IPO filing public amid a rebound in fresh U.S. listings. The U.S. initial public...
Munich Re Specialty Launches FAIR Plan Commercial Wrap Product in California
Apr 12 2024 // Munich Re Specialty Insurance is launching a FAIR Plan Commercial Wrap, available to commercial insureds in California who seek comprehensive coverage in tandem with their FAIR Plan coverage. MRSI’s FAIR Plan...
People Moves: RT Specialty Promotes Murrey to President of Commercial Lines Binding Authority
Apr 12 2024 // RT Specialty, the wholesale distribution division of Ryan Specialty, headquartered in Chicago, promoted Jason Murrey to president of commercial lines binding authority. Murrey joined RT Specialty in 2017 through the...
People Moves: Miller Promoted to Lloyd’s Americas CEO as Watkins Exits
Apr 11 2024 // Lloyd’s said Dawn Miller has been named chief commercial officer and CEO of Lloyd’s Americas. Dawn Miller Miller, who joined Lloyd’s in 2022 and oversees its global network as commercial director, will...
Construction-Focused MGA, Phoenix Specialty, Launches With Capacity From AXA UK
Apr 9 2024 // Acies MGU, the London-based managing general underwriter and MGA incubator, announced the launch of Phoenix Specialty, a specialist MGA serving the construction sector. Phoenix will be led by managing director Tim James,...
Lancashire Launches US Excess & Surplus Lines Carrier
Apr 8 2024 // Lancashire Insurance, a subsidiary of Lancashire Group, has been launched as an excess and surplus insurer in the US, expanding the company’s international footprint. Lancashire Group, the Bermuda-based Lloyd’s...
Viewpoint: US E&S Sector Is Booming…But Is it Too Much Business to Handle?
Apr 8 2024 // Executive Summary: Specialty insurance has experienced significant growth in recent years. Greg Gaydos, senior business development executive at Zywave, looks at the reasons and advises how to best take advantage of its...
AJG Acquires Florida’s Specialty Risk Management Agency
Apr 2 2024 // The global insurance brokerage Arthur J. Gallagher has acquired Fort Myers-based Specialty Risk Management Services and its affiliate agency, Private Client Insurance Services, the broker announced Monday. Specialty Risk...
Lloyd’s Reports Banner Year in 2023 but “Disciplined Underwriting” Must Be Maintained
Apr 1 2024 // The strong 2023 results at Lloyd’s reaffirm the primacy of underwriting, “but it’s one year and therefore not a reason for complacency,” said Patrick Tiernan, chief of markets, in a market message...
