Latest Excess Surplus Headlines
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G.J. Sullivan Excess and Surplus Goes Online for Business Owners Policies/Commercial Auto Risks
May 9 2006 // G.J. Sullivan Co., Orange, Calif., has announced that agents in California and Arizona can now go online to www.gjsullivan.com to rate business owners policies and commercial auto risks 24 hours per day.. The online rating...
Mass. personal lines: a surplus of disagreement
May 8 2006 // Claims by Massachusetts regulators that the combined surplus of the insurers serving the state’s homeowners market is inadequate and that changing the auto system will help boost the homeowners market are untrue,...
Lloyd’s sees 1906 San Francisco earthquake as a turning point
May 8 2006 // One of the most significant natural disasters in U.S. history, the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, rolled to its centennial anniversary April 18, 2006. One hundred years ago in San Francisco, the Earth bounced and the...
Mass. personal lines: a surplus of disagreement
May 8 2006 // Claims by Massachusetts regulators that the combined surplus of the insurers serving the state’s homeowners market is inadequate and that changing the auto system will help boost the homeowners market are untrue,...
Lloyd’s sees 1906 San Francisco earthquake as a turning point
May 8 2006 // One of the most significant natural disasters in U.S. history, the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, rolled to its centennial anniversary April 18, 2006. One hundred years ago in San Francisco, the Earth bounced and the...
First Premium’s Harrington to Serve on La. Surplus Line Association Board
May 4 2006 // First Premium Insurance Group, based in Covington, La., announced that Debbie Harrington, a commercial underwriter for the company, was elected to serve on the Board of the Louisiana Surplus Lines Association (LSLA). In...
QualCorp, Inc. Unveils QueryPlus Reporting Tool at AAMGA Maui, May 5 – 8
May 3 2006 // QueryPlus is a reporting tool that reads every database you operate on your LAN/WAN simultaneously and in real time. Regardless of location or size of your database! QueryPlus connects the information from any of these...
Navigators Q1 Earnings up 22% to $15.5 Million; Conference Call Info
May 2 2006 // The New York-based Navigators Group, Inc. reported net income of $15,525,000 or $0.93 per share for the 2006 first quarter based on 16,757,000 diluted shares compared to net income of $9,699,000 or $0.76 per share for the...
The Harford Saw Record First Quarter Net Income; Added 250 Agents
May 1 2006 // The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., out of Hartford, Conn., reported first quarter 2006 net income of $728 million, or $2.34 per diluted share. The Hartford’s core earnings in the first quarter of 2006 were...
Assurant Acquires Safeco Financial Institution Solutions
May 1 2006 // Assurant, Inc., a provider of specialty insurance and insurance-related products and services, has acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of Safeco Financial Institution Solutions Inc. based in Seattle, Wash., a...
Fla. Insurance Council Describes Pending Legislation
Apr 27 2006 // The Florida House Insurance Committee and the House Fiscal Council have approved CS/CS/HB 7225, and according to the Florida Insurance Council, the next stop is the full House. FIC released a side-by-side comparison of...
NAS Insurance Services Adds Dwelling Coverage for E&S Property Facility
Apr 25 2006 // Encino, Calif.-based NAS Insurance Services, Inc. has a new excess coverage program as part of its excess and surplus property facility. The program features a maximum limit of $5 million, a minimum premium of $2,500 and a...
Lloyd’s Names Faragher China Re COO
Apr 25 2006 // Lloyd’s has announced that Ian Faragher has been appointed Chief Operating Officer of its new Chinese onshore reinsurance operation in Shanghai, Lloyd’s Reinsurance Company (China) Ltd., effective May...
State National Adds Surplus Lines Company
Apr 25 2006 // State National Companies announced the formation of a new affiliate, United Specialty Insurance Company (USIC). The company will exclusively service the surplus lines market. The company began operation in March following...
Ward Assumes Lloyd’s CEO Role
Apr 24 2006 // Richard Ward officially took up his duties as Lloyd’s new CEO today, replacing Nick Prettejohn, who resigned last December to head Prudential (U.K.)’s domestic insurance operations and taking over from interim...
Mint Canadian Launches BI ‘Outbreak Contingency Cover’ for Bird Flu
Apr 24 2006 // Mint Canadian Specialty Underwriters, the Canadian niche insurer, has announced the launch of a new and unique product, dubbed “Outbreak Contingency Cover. Mint is part of Markel’s international operations,...
Unitrin Specialty® gets another “A”!
Apr 24 2006 // Strong Financials, Operating Performance gets thumbs up from Standard & Poor DALLAS, TEXAS – Standard and Poor’s Ratings Services affirmed its “A” financial strength ratings on Unitrin’s...
New Dwelling Coverage from NAS’s E&S Property Facility
Apr 21 2006 // NAS Insurance Services Inc. has a new excess coverage program as part of its E&S property facility. The program features a maximum limit of $5 million, a minimum premium of $2,500 and a minimum deductible of $2,500....
Ohio-Based The Midland Company Reports First Quarter Results
Apr 20 2006 // Cincinnati-based The Midland Company, a provider of specialty insurance products and services, announced record results for the first quarter ending March 31, 2006, according to a written statement issued this week. The...
Marsh Offering Entertainment Industry Coverage through Lloyd’s
Apr 19 2006 // A note on the Lloyd’s Website (www.lloyds.com) describes a new initiative from global broker Marsh, which offers a “new range of products covering celebrities and those working behind the scenes in TV, film,...
