Property Drives E&S Growth of 15% in 2023 to Increase Overall P/C Share September 12, 2024 By Chad Hemenway For the sixth straight year, U.S. excess and surplus insurers in 2023 saw double-digit growth in direct written premiums. E&S...
Dellwood Specialty Gets A- Rating From AM Best June 25, 2024 By Chad Hemenway Dellwood Specialty Insurance Company has received a financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) from AM Best. The industry rating agency...
US E&S Growth Slower in 2023; Berkshire, AIG Top Premium Rankings June 13, 2024 An analysis by S&P Global Market Intelligence reveals that the pace of growth in the U.S. excess and surplus lines...
Specialty Market ‘Particularly Attractive’; Reason to Pause Elsewhere: Berkley CEO January 25, 2024 By Chad Hemenway W.R. Berkley CEO W. Robert Berkley, Jr. said he’s still got eyes on the specialty market, but maintains a cautious,...
For the Fifth Straight Year, Surplus Lines Sees Double-Digit Growth: AM Best September 14, 2023 Total U.S. surplus lines direct premiums written (DPW) rose by 19.2% to reach a record $98.5 billion in 2022, marking...
E&S Market Lines Expand, Outperform Broader P/C in 2022 September 6, 2023 By Jahna Jacobson The U.S. excess and surplus (E&S) lines market had a good year in 2022, growing to account for nearly 9%...
W.R. Berkley Forms E&S Solutions Unit October 28, 2022 W. R. Berkley Corporation has formed Berkley E&S Solutions, a new business unit that will provide surplus lines casualty coverages...
Core Specialty Completes Buy of Hallmark’s E&S Operations for $40M October 10, 2022 Core Specialty Insurance Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries said Oct. 7 that it has completed the acquisition of Hallmark Financial...
Liberty Mutual: Ironshore to Become Wholesale-Exclusive Brand September 7, 2022 Liberty Mutual said it has repositioned its distribution strategy for specialty and excess & surplus products, making Ironshore a wholesale-exclusive...
Hamilton Launches U.S. E&S Insurer, Names Rhoades CEO February 11, 2022 Bermuda-based specialty insurer Hamilton Insurance Group, Ltd. reports it has formed Hamilton Select Insurance Inc., a U.S. excess and surplus...