Latest Excess Surplus Headlines
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Private Flood Market Grows, Again: Report
Jul 1 2019 // The private flood insurance grew again in 2018 but not nearly as much as it grew in 2017. According to the recently released Carrier Management report on “Top Private Flood Insurers, 2019 Market Study,” during...
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Jul 1 2019 // National American International Group said Kathleen Zortman will join the company as president and CEO of Private Client Group, General Insurance. In this new role, Zortman will lead AIG’s global high net worth...
Chubb, Hiscox, Tokio, Other Lloyd’s Underwriters Form Innovation Facility to Insure Emerging Risks
Jun 26 2019 // A group of Lloyd’s underwriters has launched a new facility with £53 million ($67.5 million) of capacity that is designed to speed up re/insurance product development for new and emerging risks. The Product...
Specialty Broker Ed Expands to Bermuda
Jun 25 2019 // Reinsurance and specialty broker Ed said it has received regulatory approval from the Bermuda Monetary Authority for its new operation in Bermuda. Ed Bermuda will provide its multiline broking services through TradEd, its...
Tokio Marine Puts UK Insurer into Run-Off, Now Focusing on Lloyd’s Business
Jun 25 2019 // Tokio Marine Group is putting one of its UK insurance companies, Tokio Marine Kiln Insurance (TMKI), into run-off. Going forward, Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK) will focus on its Lloyd’s businesses. The run-off plan will be...
Lloyd’s Suspends Broker Over Harassing Email
Jun 25 2019 // Lloyd’s of London has suspended a senior broker at Guy Carpenter & Co. for sending colleagues a sexually suggestive email about a female employee and is planning to take similar action against a second person who...
As Lloyd’s Jettisons Some Marine Insurance Lines, Opportunities Created for Rivals
Jun 24 2019 // Rivals to Lloyd’s of London are riding a rising tide of marine insurance rates, leaving the 330-year-old market behind after it jettisoned sections of its oldest line of business last year. Premiums for marine...
R&Q’s CEO to Step Down, Succeeded by Co-CEOs Quilter and Sellek from AM Best
Jun 20 2019 // Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd. the non-life legacy insurance investor and capacity provider of U.S. and European MGA program business, announced that Ken Randall will step down as group CEO, but will...
Lloyd’s Gathers Group of Industry Heavy-Hitters as Advisers for Its Future Strategy
Jun 20 2019 // Lloyd’s has gathered a group of industry heavy-hitters — such as Evan Greenberg at Chubb, Dan Glaser at Marsh & McLennan, and John Haley at Willis Towers Watson — to sit on advisory committees that...
Tower Hill Specialty Expands Into Arkansas
Jun 20 2019 // Tower Hill Specialty is now offering manufactured housing and dwelling fire insurance policies in Arkansas. Optional coverage features include equipment breakdown and service line endorsements. The equipment breakdown...
Latest Shift in Growth Strategy at Lloyd’s Calls for More U.S. Business
Jun 19 2019 // Lloyd’s of London Ltd. is meeting with major U.S. insurers about driving more business through its global insurance market, Chief Executive Officer John Neal said on Wednesday. The 330-year-old insurance market,...
Lloyd’s Must Demonstrate Progress in Tackling Sexual Harassment: Bank of England
Jun 19 2019 // The Bank of England called for Lloyd’s of London to demonstrate progress in tackling the insurance market’s culture of sexual harassment. The BOE’s director of insurance supervision Anna Sweeney said she...
Aspen Taps Brekenfeld from Lloyd’s as Director of Global Corporate Development
Jun 19 2019 // Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. announced that Joshua (Josh) Brekenfeld has been appointed director of Global Corporate Development. Brekenfeld joins Aspen from Lloyd’s of London where he spent six years in senior...
Tower Hill Specialty Adds Coverage Options in Mississippi
Jun 19 2019 // Tower Hill Specialty has further expanded into the Southeast and is now offering manufactured housing and dwelling fire insurance policies in Mississippi. Optional coverage features include equipment breakdown and service...
Lloyd’s of London Aims to Revamp Auto Coverage as Era of Driverless Cars Looms
Jun 18 2019 // Lloyd’s of London, the 330-year-old insurance market, is pushing to revamp auto coverage as the rise of driverless cars looms. Chief Executive Officer John Neal said that Lloyd’s is talking with automakers...
City of London Tackles Its Daytime Drink Problem – One Institution at a Time: Opinion
Jun 17 2019 // For most of the traders, bankers, lawyers and accountants who populate the City of London, the era of excessive daytime boozing is long gone. Pubs and pints have been replaced by coffee shops and lattes. Dealmaking...
PURE Programs Expands High Value Homeowners Coverage into 5 New States
Jun 17 2019 // PURE Programs has expanded its coverage for high value homeowners into Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia. Across the region, PURE Programs will offer coverage for homes with a rebuilding cost of $1...
Reported Surplus Lines Premium Breaking Records in Texas This Year
Jun 17 2019 // Surplus lines premium in Texas has consistently broken records each month in 2019, according to data recorded by the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX). For the first five months of this year, each recorded...
Comparing Coverage: Umbrella and Excess Liability
Jun 17 2019 // Liability insurance protects the customer when something happens to someone else. Customers have liability exposures if they do something, sell something, have a place, go to a place or hire someone, among other...
Underwriters Get Picky: 5 Trends to Watch in Construction Insurance
Jun 17 2019 // Construction insurance specialists say their insurance market is strong with plenty of capacity and underwriters competing for the best accounts. According to specialists interviewed by Insurance Journal for their...
