Latest Excess Surplus Headlines
All the headlines from our Excess Surplus Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Lloyd’s Confirms S&P WTC Gross Loss Figure
Oct 24 2001 // Lloyd’s confirmed an earlier report from Standard & Poor’s that gross losses from the events of September 11 will be around £5.4 billion ($7.7 billion). The net loss estimate of £1.3 billion...
State Farm to Provide $142 Million to Lloyd’s Amlin
Oct 24 2001 // State Farm made another big investment in the reinsurance market, when it agreed to provide an additional £100 Million ($142.5 million) in capital to Lloyd’s Amlin syndicate in which it is a major...
The Midland Company Reports Third Quarter Results
Oct 24 2001 // Cincinnati, Ohio-based The Midland Company, a highly focused provider of specialty insurance products and services, reported third quarter 2001 results ahead of its previous announcement. For the quarter ended Sept. 30,...
MO Authorizes State National
Oct 22 2001 // The state of Missouri awarded Fort Worth-based State National Specialty Insurance Company a certificate of authority for writing multiple lines of insurance. The authorization allows State National Specialty to write...
Lloyd’s Warns Names to Expect Cash Calls Averaging $60,000
Oct 18 2001 // Lloyd’s Names were warned that they would receive cash calls in the next few days from the syndicates in which they participate asking for additional deposits averaging between £42,000 and £50,000...
NAIC To Probe Lloyd’s Solvency After WTC Attacks, Relaxes Fund Requirements
Oct 16 2001 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners intends to conduct an in depth audit of Lloyd’s financial condition following the attacks on the World Trade Center. The investigation will focus on Lloyd’s...
Aon to Underwrite Direct Property/Casualty, Reinsurance Coverages
Oct 16 2001 // Aon Corporation will expand its underwriting operations to include direct property and casualty insurance and reinsurance policies, the company announced on Oct. 12. This coverage will be provided in addition to existing...
Moody’s Downgrades Alleghany Lloyd’s Syndicate
Oct 11 2001 // Moody’s Investors Service downgraded the performance rating of Alleghany Underwriting Ltd.’s Lloyd’s Syndicate 376 form “B-Average” to “C+-Below Average” and kept it under review...
Missouri Awards State National Specialty Certificate of Authority
Oct 11 2001 // The state of Missouri awarded State National Specialty Insurance Company a certificate of authority for writing multiple lines of insurance. This authorization allows State National Specialty to write casualty, marine and...
American Modern, American Express Property Casualty Form Partnership
Oct 11 2001 // American Modern Insurance Group and the American Express Property Casualty companies announced a partnership which adds manufactured home, motor home, travel trailer, and nonstandard specialty homeowner products to...
Missouri Awards State National Specialty Insurance Co.
Oct 10 2001 // The state of Missouri awarded State National Specialty Insurance Company a certificate of authority for writing multiple lines of insurance. This authorization allows State National Specialty to write casualty, marine and...
Lloyd’s Names Given Right to Appeal
Oct 9 2001 // 220 of the “Names” involved in litigation against Lloyd’s, known generally as the “Jaffray Case,” were given leave to appeal last November’s lower court judgment by Mr. Justice Cresswell...
Lloyd’s Wellington Ups Attack Loss Estimates, Plans Capacity Increase
Oct 8 2001 // Wellington Underwriting, a leading operator of a number of Lloyd’s Syndicates, announced that its losses from the September 11 attacks on the U.S. would be around £50 million ($73.5 million), substantially more...
Lloyd’s Estimates U.S. Disaster Losses at$1.91 Billion
Oct 8 2001 // Lloyd’s of London, the world’s oldest and most visible insurer, finally released its projected loss figures from the disastrous events of Sept. 11. According to the calculations from over 100 syndicates, net...
Will Reinsurance Rebound from Terrorist Strikes in the U.S.’
Oct 8 2001 // If the nautical term best applied to the reinsurance industry last year at this time would have been “steady as she goes,” after the catastrophe that struck the U.S. on Sept. 11, the French term “sauve...
Lloyd’s Questioned on Liquidity, Exposures
Oct 3 2001 // Lloyd’s has received a barrage of questions on its total exposures and its liquidity following the release of its projected net loss figure of $1.94 billion as a result of the attacks on the U.S. (See IJ Website...
Lloyd’s Moves to Strengthen Central Fund
Oct 1 2001 // Lloyd’s announced Friday that, in order to build up its Central Fund, it was increasing the monthly levy paid by all 108 syndicates to the Corporation of Lloyd’s from 1.1 percent to 2 percent of monthly...
Alleghany Estimates Lloyd’s Losses at $112M
Oct 1 2001 // Alleghany Insurance Holding LLC’s parent company announced that it estimated its subsidiary would have losses of around $112 million net of reinsurance from the Sept. 11 attacks in the U.S. AIH, previously known as...
NAPSLO Retrospective: A Visit With Outgoing President John Latham
Sep 30 2001 // John Latham will step aside as National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO) president later this month making room for Tap Johnson, Jr. Before his exit, he agreed to spend a few minutes with...
2,200 Attendees Expected at NAPSLO Convention, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian to Keynote 27th Annu
Sep 30 2001 // Tapley O. Johnson, Jr., incoming president of the National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO) and chairman of the annual convention, expects some 2,200 attendees at the 27th Annual Convention in San...
