California Surplus Lines Weathered Pandemic, Wildfires, Civil Unrest February 9, 2021 By Don Jergler In a year marred by a pandemic, massive Western U.S. wildfires, civil unrest, and a contentious election, California’s surplus lines...
Worldwide Facilities Restructures; Promotes Stuckman, Haldeman to President Roles October 16, 2018 National wholesale brokerage, managing general agent and program underwriter Worldwide Facilities has announced a restructuring that reorganizes operations into three...
Worldwide Facilities to Acquire Sullivan Group April 9, 2018 By Andrew G. Simpson Two leading Los Angeles-based national wholesale insurance businesses will be joining forces as Worldwide Facilities has agreed to acquire The...
California Surplus Lines Association Names Gilbert Chair, Elects 2018 Board March 5, 2018 The members of the Surplus Line Association of California have elected Robert Gilbert of Markel West Insurance Services as the...
California Wholesaler Conference Questions: Rising Premiums, Disruption, Disasters? January 9, 2018 By Don Jergler Surplus lines in California had a great year with more premium and more items, such as policies and endorsements sold....
California Wholesalers Conference Tackled Everything from Marijuana to Trump January 12, 2017 By Don Jergler How legalized marijuana and President-elect Donald Trump will affect the insurance industry, a possible merger of the nation’s two major...
California’s Surplus Export List Getting Interest Ahead of Upcoming Hearing December 13, 2016 By Don Jergler Ben McKay, executive director of the Surplus Lines Association of California, said his phone has been quite a bit busier...
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...
H.R. Haldeman’s Son Recalls Life Before, After Watergate; Own Entry Into Insurance March 19, 2015 By Andrew G. Simpson Visiting his father in jail was a “blessing” of sorts for Hank Haldeman, son of H.R. Haldeman, President Nixon’s chief...