Latest Excess Surplus Headlines
All the headlines from our Excess Surplus Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Moran Joins Network E&S Insurance Brokers
Feb 22 2005 // Network E&S Insurance Brokers LLC, a California-based wholesale broker, announced that Michael F. Moran has joined Network E&S as a Partner and as its Chief Operating Officer. Moran’s immediate...
Moran Joins Network E&S Insurance Brokers
Feb 21 2005 // Michael F. Moran has joined California-based wholesale broker Network E&S Insurance Brokers, LLC, as a partner and as its chief operating officer. His immediate responsibility will be to establish and to staff an...
Retailers Reel in the Perfect Catch
Feb 21 2005 // Response Time, Service Crucial When Selecting E&S Brokers, IJ Survey Reports Retail agents and brokers consider service and response time delivered by excess and surplus lines brokers to be critical factors when...
Kings & Pawns: Excess Brokers’ Moves and Mergers
Feb 21 2005 // The emergence of large national and regional firms and the creation of networks of brokers as industry kings are transforming the nation’s wholesale insurance marketplace but experts maintain that independent...
Checking in with ELANY’s Dan Maher
Feb 21 2005 // Back to Earth and Up to Albany for N.Y.’s Excess & Surplus Marketplace After setting records in 2004, the excess and surplus market in New York is expected to calm down this year, as the tremors from the Sept....
E&S Markets Medium, Softening Across the Board
Feb 21 2005 // Rising property prices and a healthy economy after the election year have encouraged competition for casualty business. Although account size is sometimes a factor in the directions prices move, E&S specialists say...
The Go-To Guy
Feb 21 2005 // Depending upon which side of the fence you stand, the excess and surplus insurance market is either too expensive and too unregulated, and therefore unreliable, or the right solution for a complicated risk at a difficult...
A Conversation with TSLA President Marshall Leicht
Feb 21 2005 // When Marshall Leicht was installed as president of the Texas Surplus Lines Association in November 2004 he reminded attendees at TSLA’s annual meeting of the many issues confronting surplus lines agents. Leicht, who...
Louisiana: We Are Building It, Will They Come’
Feb 21 2005 // Ihave the privilege of serving as vice president of the Louisiana Surplus Line Association (LSLA) and chairman of the Louisiana Surplus Line Task Force. Our goal has been to share our thoughts on regulatory reforms and...
Surplus Lines Experiencing Softening Market with Rest of Industry
Feb 21 2005 // Insurance Journal recently surveyed several surplus line associations regarding their thoughts on the current atmosphere of the surplus lines marketplace, and their expectations into 2005. Executive director Ted Pierce of...
Specialty Underwriters Alliance Names Philip to Board
Feb 15 2005 // Chicago-based Specialty Underwriters’ Alliance Inc., a commercial property and casualty insurance holding company, has appointed Paul Philp to its Board of Directors. Philp has held numerous senior executive...
Trinity E&S Announces Expansion of Contractor’s Liability Program
Feb 13 2005 // Bermuda Dunes, Calif.-based Trinity E&S Insurance Services Inc., announced it has expanded its in house contractor’s liability program to include the states of Nevada, Arizona, Oregon and Washington. Coverage is...
Prime Now Writing Surplus Lines in Florida
Feb 10 2005 // The Prime Insurance Syndicate Inc. (www.primeis.com) has received approval to write surplus lines insurance business in Florida effective as of Feb. 9. Prime, which offers solutions for hard-to-place risks, will offer...
AIG Aviation Grows Specialty Workers’ Comp Program; Risks for Fixed Base Operators Covered
Feb 8 2005 // AIG Aviation Inc., a member company of American International Group, Inc. (AIG), is expanding its Specialty Workers’ Compensation offering to cover the risks associated with Fixed Base Operators (FBOs) at private,...
Insurance Agents E&O: Are YOU Properly Covered’
Feb 7 2005 // Have you heard the story of the shoemaker’s children? Although their father was a shoemaker, they always had the most worn shoes. The reason is their father spent so much time and effort taking care of his customers;...
Lloyd’s Decreases 2005 Market Capacity; S&P Reports on Syndicates
Feb 2 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has published the first of its quarterly reports on the members and syndicates at Lloyd’s. The study follows confirmation that the world’s oldest insurance market...
Best Assigns Rating for Lloyd’s Syndicate 1225
Jan 27 2005 // A.M. Best Co. has assigned a Best’s Syndicate Rating of A (Excellent) and an issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a” to Lloyd’s Syndicate 1225 (United Kingdom), which is managed by AEGIS Managing Agency...
Trinity E&S Insurance Services Expands In-House Contractor’s Liability Program
Jan 27 2005 // California-based Trinity E&S Insurance Services Inc., has expanded its in-house contractor’s liability program to include the states of Nevada, Arizona, Oregon and Washington. Coverage is underwritten by an...
Arbitration on Central Fund Goes Against Lloyd’s; S&P, Best Comment
Jan 26 2005 // When six insurers,* led by Swiss Re, agreed to back Lloyd’s Central Fund with £500 million, with a maximum for any one year of £350 million (around $500 million at the time – $650 million currently) it seemed...
Insurance Journal to Publish Top E&S Broker List
Jan 24 2005 // Insurance Journal magazine will publish its inaugural Top Excess & Surplus Lines Broker list on Feb. 21, 2005, in all five of its regional editions. Managing general agencies, wholesalers and managing general...
