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WV Commissioner Wants Input on What Coverages Should Be on Surplus Lines List
Aug 28 2025 // The West Virginia Office of the Insurance Commissioner is aking for input on what coverages and classes should be on the surplus lines export list. In keeping with state law, agents and brokers hoping to place types of...
Viewpoint: Earthquake Insurance and Surplus Lines: Clarifying A Legal Grey Zone
Aug 28 2025 // The California property insurance market is undergoing a dramatic shift. As admitted carriers restrict their appetite for business in the state—particularly in high-risk zones—surplus lines insurers are increasingly...
People Moves: Aon Commercial Risk Promotes Smaje as Specialty Leader, Transportation & Logistics; MGA Optio Names Deloitte’s Hallett Head of Insurer Partnerships
Aug 22 2025 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the broker Aon and the MGA Optio Group. A summary of these new hires follows here. Aon’s Commercial Risk Business Promotes Smaje to Lead...
Pennsylvania Finally Gets Its $200M Slice of Insurance Association’s Surplus Pie
Aug 21 2025 // Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday recently announced a $200 million transfer of funds from the Professional Liability Joint Underwriting Association (JUA) into the state’s general fund. The transfer was the...
Pivix Specialty Launches E&S Brokerage Unit With Gramm at Helm
Aug 20 2025 // Pivix Specialty Insurance Services Inc., a Scottsdale-based excess and surplus managing general agent distributing through wholesale brokers, has opened a brokerage division. Pivix, which is backed by Ambac Financial...
Markets/Coverages: Inigo Provides Excess DIC/DIL Cover on Financial Fraud Policies
Aug 19 2025 // Inigo Ltd., the Lloyd’s specialty insurer, has launched a product that provides top-up cover on financial fraud policies. The product, called Inigo Crime Excess, is an excess DIC/DIL (difference in conditions and...
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