Digital E&S Broker Pathpoint Offers Multiple Cyber Quotes to Retail Agents January 12, 2021 Pathpoint, a digital excess and surplus lines insurance broker, said it is offering a new capability to independent retail agents:...
Obsidian Specialty Insurance Company Receives A- Rating from AM Best November 16, 2020 AM Best has assigned the recently-formed excess and surplus (E&S) lines insurer, Obsidian Specialty Insurance Company, a financial strength rating...
Penniall’s Integrity and Creativity Highlighted in Monarch’s Knightly Ads October 17, 2018 Don Penniall beat “dilly-dilly” to the punch a long time ago. Penniall was a creative, well-liked insurance professional who had...
California Surplus Lines Are Now A Bigger Chunk of the Commercial Market January 27, 2017 By Don Jergler The phrase “new normal” might be a cliché, but it was too hard for Ben McKay, executive director of the...
Lloyd’s America Chief Says E&S Sector ‘Best Kept Secret’ April 7, 2016 By Don Jergler If insurance is the best kept secret in the business world, then the E&S sector is the best kept secret...
The Changing Surplus Lines Landscape in California and Beyond January 11, 2016 By Don Jergler The changing excess and surplus insurance landscape was an oft discussed topic on Monday, with experts describing the challenges and...
NAPSLO Panel: Tech Disruption May be Good for E&S Market September 10, 2015 By Don Jergler “There are no rules. If you can figure out how to quantify a risk and define it, then you can...
Aon Revises London Short Excess Liability Follow Form for Global Clients November 8, 2013 Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, has released its latest London Short Excess Liability Follow...
Westrope Named President of Surplus Lines Group, NAPSLO October 23, 2013 Kevin T. Westrope, president of Westrope, an independent wholesale brokerage based in Kansas City, Mo., has been elected to serve...
Surplus Lines Took Hit from Sandy in 2012 But Appears Back on Track in 2013 September 23, 2013 By Andrea Wells Surplus lines insurers in 2012 posted one of their worst years overall as their underwriting performance fell below that of...