Latest Excess Surplus Headlines
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JLT Specialty, Keeper Security Form Client Data Protection Partnership
Jun 18 2015 // JLT Specialty Insurance Services Inc. (JLT Specialty USA), and Keeper Security, Inc., a password manager and digital vault, have formed a partnership designed to offer clients a tool to protect confidential and private...
Wyatt Appointed Development Director for RSA’s Global Specialty Lines
Jun 16 2015 // RSA, one of the largest UK commercial insurers, has appointed David Wyatt to the newly created role of development director within its Global Specialty Lines (GSL) business. Reporting to Nick Donovan, head of Sales and...
Lloyd’s Report Highlights Vulnerability of Global Food System
Jun 16 2015 // Lloyd’s has published the results of a study that examines the “vulnerability of the overstretched global food system to sudden shocks, and the wide repercussions for communities, businesses and...
Barbican Underwriter Elected Chair of Lloyd’s Market Association Cyber Group
Jun 15 2015 // Geoff White, underwriting manager for Cyber, Technology and Media at Barbican Insurance Group, has been elected chairman of the Lloyd’s Market Association’s (LMA) newly created Cyber Business Panel. White was...
JLT Specialty Names Aon’s van Heukelum as Chief Commercial Officer
Jun 15 2015 // JLT Specialty Insurance Services Inc. has appointed Hans H. van Heukelum as chief commercial officer. Van Heukelum will lead the broker’s U.S. strategy and expansion with respect to clients, prospects, markets and...
Ironshore Names Whitehead Chief Underwriting Officer for Special Casualty
Jun 10 2015 // Ironshore Inc. has named Kevin Whitehead as executive vice president and chief underwriting officer of the Specialty Casualty unit. He will be responsible for setting underwriting guidelines and strategies for existing and...
MarketScout Launches New High Net Worth Underwriting Facility
Jun 10 2015 // MarketScout, the national electronic insurance exchange and specialty MGA, has expanded its specialty high net worth underwriting practice with the addition of a new non-admitted $3.1 billion facility targeting agents with...
Lloyd’s Specialist Insurer Marketform Promotes Two Underwriters
Jun 8 2015 // Specialist Lloyd’s underwriter Marketform has announced the promotion of Ian West to Head of Financial and Professional Lines. He will also continue as the Class Underwriter for Financial Lines, reporting to Chief...
Ariel Re to Use Xuber Software for Lloyd’s and Bermuda Reinsurance
Jun 8 2015 // Xuber, Xchanging’s insurance software business, announced that it has been appointed by P/C reinsurer Ariel Re to provide “the Xuber ‘for Reinsurers solution suite’ for the company’s...
ProSight Specialty Launches Insurance Program for Drone Operators
Jun 5 2015 // ProSight Specialty Insurance has launched a new insurance offering for drone operators. The proprietary program was developed from the company’s experience in insuring drone use in the film and live media industries...
Specialty Insurance Group Appoints Peters as Underwriting Director
Jun 5 2015 // Specialty Insurance Group (SIG), based in Indianapolis, has appointed Marla Peters as director of Underwriting. In addition to her director responsibilities, Peters will act as a production underwriter in the recreational...
Lloyd’s Agency Ascot Appoints Casualty Fac Team for Ascot Underwriting in U.S.
Jun 4 2015 // Ascot Underwriting Ltd., the London-based Lloyd’s managing agency, has appointed Scott Beall as chief underwriting officer of casualty facultative and Lex Smart as senior vice president of Ascot Fac. The team will...
Kwan Named E&S Casualty Senior VP for Swiss Re Corporate Solutions
Jun 2 2015 // Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has added Michael Kwan to its North American leadership team based in Santa Ana, California. Kwan joins the Casualty North America leadership team as senior vice president and head of Excess...
ACE Expands Specialty Insurance Offerings for Small Businesses
May 29 2015 // ACE Commercial Risk Services, the small commercial specialty lines business of ACE Group, has expanded its specialty commercial products for small businesses, available on a business owners policy (BOP). This new product...
Factbox: Lloyd’s Chief, Other Leaders Offer Views on Britain’s EU Referendum
May 29 2015 // Prime Minister David Cameron has pledged to renegotiate Britain’s ties with Europe and then give voters a referendum on European Union membership by the end of 2017. Following are the views of business...
Lloyd’s Appoints Pullicino as New Representative in Malta
May 28 2015 // Lloyd’s has appointed Louis Cassar Pullicino as the new representative for Lloyd’s in Malta, assuming the role of director of Lloyd’s Malta Limited. Pullicino replaces Mark Gollcher, who helped...
Texas All Risk General Agency, Inc.’s Technology Brings Growth in Houston
May 28 2015 // Dallas, TX, May 28, 2015 – Following 3 years of exceptional results in personal lines, Texas All Risk General Agency, Inc. is again expanding it’s homeowners/dwelling fire aggregate in the Greater Houston...
Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC, Hires Jeff Hoffman as Vice President of Specialty Property Division
May 27 2015 // San Diego, CA, May 27, 2015 – Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC, a national multi-line program manager, welcomes Jeff Hoffman as Vice President of Specialty Property. In his new role with Atlas, Jeff will be...
For P/C Insurers, 2014 Was Better Than Average Year
May 26 2015 // Analysts who predicted the U.S. property/casualty industry would have a tough time topping its 2013 results in 2014 were largely correct as there was some slippage. However, while property/casualty insurers were not as...
A.M. Best Assigns Ratings to Coverys Specialty in New Jersey
May 22 2015 // A.M. Best has assigned a financial strength rating of A (Excellent) and an issuer credit rating of “a” to Coverys Specialty Insurance Company. The outlook assigned to both ratings is stable. Coverys Specialty...
