AM Best has assigned the recently-formed excess and surplus (E&S) lines insurer, Obsidian Specialty Insurance Company, a financial strength rating...
Excess/Surplus News
Don Penniall beat “dilly-dilly” to the punch a long time ago. Penniall was a creative, well-liked insurance professional who had...
The phrase “new normal” might be a cliché, but it was too hard for Ben McKay, executive director of the...
If insurance is the best kept secret in the business world, then the E&S sector is the best kept secret...

The changing excess and surplus insurance landscape was an oft discussed topic on Monday, with experts describing the challenges and...
“There are no rules. If you can figure out how to quantify a risk and define it, then you can...
Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, has released its latest London Short Excess Liability Follow...
Kevin T. Westrope, president of Westrope, an independent wholesale brokerage based in Kansas City, Mo., has been elected to serve...

Surplus lines insurers in 2012 posted one of their worst years overall as their underwriting performance fell below that of...
MarketScout, the national electronic insurance exchange and specialty MGA headquartered in Dallas, Texas, has expanded its commercial specialty program underwriting...