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In a year marred by a pandemic, massive Western U.S. wildfires, civil unrest, and a contentious election, California’s surplus lines...
Wildfires have evidently been driving more Californians into the surplus lines market, pushing up homeowners surplus premium volume to more...
Ben McKay, executive director of the Surplus Lines Association of California, said his phone has been quite a bit busier...

The changing excess and surplus insurance landscape was an oft discussed topic on Monday, with experts describing the challenges and...
So far it’s been an “unusual year” for surplus lines in California. Filed premiums were up 14.1 percent in October...
Premiums for California wholesalers rose considerably in 2014 from a year earlier, showing that segment of the industry outperformed the...

Opportunity was a theme that came up often at the annual California Wholesaler Industry Days convention from Sunday through today...
A pending legal battle that could expose wholesalers in California to more lawsuits was the centerpiece of talk at the...