All the headlines from our Excess Surplus Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 11 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE (AGCS) and Lloyd’s Europe.A summary of these new hires follows here. Papanikolaou to Succeed Mueller as...
Dec 11 2023 // Africa Specialty Risks (ASR), the pan-African focused re/insurance group, has received “in-principle” approval to launch a Lloyd’s syndicate in 2024.The syndicate will be launched in partnership with...
Dec 8 2023 // Insurance companies in Kansas will pay a reduced surplus lines tax rate beginning next year after the legislature passed a law lowering the surplus tax rate from 6% to 3% for tax years 2024 and after.Kansas insurance...
Dec 8 2023 // Specialist Risk Group (SRG) has agreed to acquire the London-based broker CBC Partnership (CBC), subject to the necessary regulatory approvals.Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed. CBC will become...
Dec 8 2023 // DeCotis Specialty Insurance, headquartered in Providence, Rhode Island added Lori Lyle as senior commercial lines account manager, and Jay Downie as a commercial lines insurance broker. Lyle joins DeCotis after spending...
Nov 29 2023 // CFC, the London-based managing general agent, announced that its founder and group CEO, David Walsh, and Graeme Newman, CEO of CFC Underwriting, will be exiting the company following the completion of an investigation by...
Nov 28 2023 // Lloyd’s syndicate Probitas 1492 announced that Lloyd’s has given formal approval for its special purpose arrangement (SPA), which will begin underwriting in the 2024 year of account.The SPA, called “AdA...
Nov 28 2023 // Apollo, the London-based independent specialist insurer and reinsurer, announced it will launch a new specialty treaty class of business within the Reinsurance Division of Syndicate 1969, on Jan. 1, 2024.The new portfolio...
Nov 20 2023 // With a staggering 50% of the current insurance workforce set to retire in less than 10 years, potentially leaving more than 400,000 positions unfilled, nearly every insurance organization is struggling to recruit new...
Nov 15 2023 // Ukraine is starting an insurance program with broker Marsh McLennan and Lloyd’s of London to provide cover for grain vessels sailing from Ukraine’s deep-sea ports, just days after a ship was hit by a Russian...
Nov 14 2023 // Insurance broker WTW announced the launch of “A-Star,” an excess layer D&O insurance solution for directors and officers. The new facility provides access to up to £/$/€ 80,000,000 additional capacity...
Nov 13 2023 // Specialty Program Group LLC (SPG), an operator of specialty insurance brokerages and underwriting facilities, announced that it has acquired the assets of Insurance Allies LLC (Insurance Allies), an industry leader in the...
Nov 9 2023 // Several days after he was found guilty of one of the biggest financial frauds on record, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried dropped an insurance coverage lawsuit against excess insurance company Continental Casualty Co.Shortly...
Nov 9 2023 // Insurance industry rating agency AM Best has upped its view of the excess and surplus market as it continues to absorb business from the admitted market.AM Best on Monday changed its U.S. E&S outlook from...
Nov 8 2023 // Lloyd’s of London will invest 40 million pounds ($49.6 million) in regions affected by the transatlantic slave trade, it said on Wednesday, after a report showed the commercial insurance market had strong links to...
Nov 6 2023 // A cyber attack on a major financial services payments system could result in widespread business disruptions, potentially costing the global economy $3.5 trillion over a five-year period, according to research from...
Nov 3 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Aspen Insurance Holdings and CNA Hardy.A summary of these new hires follows here. Aspen Taps SiriusPoint’s Mardon as Global Head of Property...
Oct 31 2023 // Financials Acquisition Corp. said Monday it would ask shareholders to back its planned merger with its newly formed insurance venture, in a test of investor appetite for new stocks.The special purpose acquisition company...
Oct 18 2023 // Ki, the first fully digital and algorithmically driven Lloyd’s syndicate, announced that Travelers and Aspen will offer additional follow capacity through its digital platform from Jan. 1, 2024.As a result of this...
Oct 18 2023 // Chicago-based Green Shield Risk Solutions has announced the introduction of its specialty homeowners insurance platform built with INSTANDA.Brought to market in just over 90 days, the platform enables quoting, binding and...