Orion180 Opens New HQ in Florida After IPO November 3, 2026 Eight years after it began operations and three months after going public, Orion180 Insurance Group has continued its growth trajectory...
Kingstone Expanding into California on an E&S Basis April 16, 2026 Kingstone Companies Inc. is expanding into the California homeowners insurance market on an excess and surplus lines basis, the company...
Fitch Ratings: U.S. E&S Growth Slows but Remains Strong September 12, 2025 Direct written premiums saw double-digit growth for the seventh straight year for U.S. excess and surplus (E&S) insurers, according to...
Connecticut Lawmakers Weigh Lifting Surplus Lines Renewal Rule March 24, 2023 Connecticut’s Insurance and Real Estate Committee has advanced a surplus lines insurance measure that the industry says would lift an...
Applied Underwriters to Buy Catlin Specialty From AXA XL February 24, 2022 Applied Underwriters said it will acquire Catlin Specialty Insurance Company from the AXA XL group of companies. Applied said it...
Houston’s CrossCover Enters E&S Property Insurance Market August 3, 2021 Houston-based CrossCover Insurance Services, a new managing general underwriter targeting middle-market commercial business, is entering the excess and surplus property...
AM Best Assigns Ratings to Accredited Specialty Insurance in Arizona December 9, 2020 AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A- (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR)...
Everest Insurance Promotes Wu to E&S Excess Casualty National Leader November 13, 2020 Everest Insurance announced that Edward Wu has been promoted to the role of vice president and national leader, Excess &...
Texas’ HIIG Launches New E&S Brokerage Business Unit September 2, 2020 Houston International Insurance Group Ltd. (HIIG) has launched an E&S (excess and surplus) brokerage business unit to provide liability and...
California Leads Nation in Surplus Lines Premiums on 5th Year of Record Growth February 4, 2020 By Don Jergler Premium data from all surplus lines stamping offices for 2019 shows that California once again led the nation in total...