Latest Excess Surplus Headlines
All the headlines from our Excess Surplus Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Calif. Surplus Line Association First Half Figures Down
Jul 20 2000 // The Surplus Line Association of California (SLA) reported that during the first six month of 2000, it had processed $812,9953,889, a figure representing an almost 1.2 percent decrease from the $822,740,064 processed during...
Lloyd’s of London Sells Aviation Unit to Charles Taylor
Jul 19 2000 // Charles Taylor Group has acquired the business of Lloyd’s Aviation, the second largest of its kind in the London market with 30 percent of business volumes for $3.89 million. The deal is a further step in the...
Kemper Casualty Launches Excess Property Operation
Jul 18 2000 // Kemper Casualty Company has launched an excess property insurance facility providing up to $50 million in capacity to domestic and U.S.-based multi-national, energy, industrial and commercial large risk customers. The...
Lloyd’s Names Case Holds Closing Arguments
Jul 13 2000 // The British High Court heard closing statements Wednesday in the case of Lloyd’s vs. Jaffray, in which over 200 Names claimed they were defrauded by Lloyd’s. The Names are a portion of the group that refused to...
Lloyd’s, Computer Security Co. to Offer Hacker Insurance
Jul 10 2000 // Lloyd’s of London will soon offer up to $100 million in hacker insurance coverage to clients of Counterpane Security Inc., a computer security management firm based in San Jose, Calif. The coverage will be...
Surplus Lines Agents in The New Millennium
Jul 10 2000 // 2001 Legislative session to bring changes to agent licencing In an effort to comply with the uniformity and reciprocity requirements of financial services reform, the Texas Department of Insurance will likely soon change...
October Date For New Lloyd’s Broker Standards
Jul 6 2000 // The new standards that brokers from the United Kingdom and overseas will have to meet in order to trade on the Lloyd’s of London insurance market will be announced in October. The date for the announcement has been...
Fairfax To Sell Lloyd’s Agency Business To Advent Capital
Jul 4 2000 // According to published reports U.K. based Advent Capital (Holdings) Plc, whose subsidiaries manage a number of Lloyd’s syndicates, has agreed with Canada’s Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. to acquire...
Lloyd’s Studying Feasibility of Yearly Accounts
Jul 3 2000 // Nick Prettejohn, Lloyd’s Chief Executive, speaking at the annual conference of the Association of Lloyd’s Members, revealed that they are studying the feasibility of producing one-year accounts along with the...
Zurich U.S. Announces Changes to Surplus Line Brokerage in California
Jun 28 2000 // Zurich E&S Insurance Brokerage Inc. replaced Glendale Specialty Risk Insurance Services Inc. as its wholesale surplus lines brokerage facility in California. The change went into effect on June 15. The office will...
iwix.net Announces Partnerships with Five MGAs
Jun 26 2000 // iwix.net, an Internet specialty insurance marketplace, has announced partnerships with five major Managing General Agencies (MGAs), who will be offering specialty products on the site. RA&MCO (representing Great...
Agents in the Claims Process
Jun 26 2000 // In any service industry, speed in responding to customer requests, customer satisfaction with performance (both in the short run and in the long), and accuracy in statements made are all terribly important. The three are...
Surplus Line Association Sets Premium Record in 1999, LOOKS AHEAD IN 2000
Jun 26 2000 // After processing a record $1,524,697,215 in premiums during 1999, the Surplus Line Association of California (SLA) continued to post an increase in premium volume through May of 2000. The overall numbers imply that the SLA...
P/C Industry’s Net Income Dropsby a Third in First-Quarter 2000
Jun 26 2000 // The U.S. property/casualty industry’s net income after taxes dropped 35.4 percent to $5.8 billion in first-quarter 2000, down from $9 billion in first-quarter 1999, according to Insurance Services Office Inc. (ISO)...
Lloyd’s To Use RMS Service To Monitor Hurricanes
Jun 23 2000 // Lloyd’s will make Menlo Park based Risk Management Solutions’ (RMS’) RiskOnline.com service available to members to track the progress of hurricanes in real time for the rest of the year 2000. Access will...
Reliance Sells Off Three Lines To The Hartford
Jun 19 2000 // First, the company’s chief executive stepped down amid pressure from stockholders. Then, the company’s surety group withdrew its proposal for an initial public offering. Then sprung up reports of the company...
Lloyd’s Provides Electronic Data
Jun 15 2000 // Lloyd’s Business intelligence Centre has produced a new CD-ROM which lists detailed information for all Lloyd’s Syndicates. The CD-ROM is fully indexed by underwriter, managing agent and syndicate number, and...
S&P Reaffirms Lloyd’s A- Rating, Also Ranks Syndicates
Jun 15 2000 // International financial rating agency Standard & Poor’s reaffirmed Lloyd’s overall A- insurer financial strength rating, and also ranked 95 of the 123 Lloyd’s syndicates, giving 11 of them it’s...
P/C Industry’s Net Income Drops by a Third in First Quarter 2000
Jun 14 2000 // The U.S. property/casualty industry’s net income after taxes dropped 35.4 percent to $5.8 billion in first-quarter 2000, down from $9 billion in first-quarter 1999, according to Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO)...
iwix.net Receives $5 Million in VC Funding
Jun 12 2000 // iwix.net, a specialty insurance portal, has secured $5 million in first round venture capital funding. All of the funding is coming from one source, Quester. Quester’s investment strategy is to back businesses that...
