How COVID-19 Impacts the Surplus Lines Insurance Industry April 22, 2020 By Zachary Lerner COVID-19 has majorly disrupted the global economy, and while many business sectors are subjected to temporary shutdowns or bare minimum...
Venture Underwriters Hires Barrow in Chicago, Expanding Underwriting Team April 7, 2020 Venture Underwriters Inc., a division of Allstar Financial Group, has expanded its Chicago underwriting team to include commercial underwriting veteran...
Wildfires Likely to Boost California Surplus Lines Homeowners Share; FAIR Plan Expansion Questioned November 22, 2019 By Don Jergler Premium volume from homeowners polices written by California’s surplus lines industry, although still small, has doubled over the past four...
California Export List Hearing for Surplus Lines Slated for November October 11, 2019 Parametric earthquake coverage and terrorism coverage are among the potential items on the 2019 Export List hearing being held next...
Wildfires Making Insurance Harder to Find, California Department of Insurance Says August 21, 2019 By Don Jergler Severe wildfire seasons have made it harder for homeowners to find insurance in high wildfire-risk areas, according to new data...
California Surplus Lines Stamping Fee Goes to 0.25% in 2020 June 11, 2019 The Surplus Line Association of California board has voted to adjust the stamping fee to 0.25%, effective Jan. 1, 2020,...
SLTX Adds Purchasing Group Flag Function to Electronic Filing System May 15, 2019 A new feature allowing agents and brokers to indicate whether or not an insured is a purchasing group is now...
Ryan Specialty Group to Acquire Wholesaler Atlantic Specialty Lines May 8, 2019 Ryan Specialty Group has agreed to acquire the assets and operations of Atlantic Specialty Lines, Inc. (ASL), a privately-owned wholesale...
Human Error May Have Caused Seattle Crane Collapse, Experts Say May 1, 2019 By Gene Johnson Human error may have caused a crane collapse that killed four people and injured four others over the weekend, experts...
California Wildfires Helped Drive Homeowners Premium Volume in Surplus Lines April 23, 2019 By Don Jergler Wildfires have evidently been driving more Californians into the surplus lines market, pushing up homeowners surplus premium volume to more...