All the headlines from our Excess Surplus Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 10 2022 // Lloyd’s of London predicts that England will beat Brazil and emerge victorious at the 2022 FIFA World Cup – with France, Argentina and Spain falling just behind.Lloyd’s is going for a hat-trick of...
Nov 9 2022 // Link Nabbed by ZestyAI as Head of Customer SuccessCathy Link has joined ZestyAI as vice president of customer success. Link, a seasoned insurance industry leader, and former chief underwriting officer of the W. R. Berkley...
Nov 8 2022 // Independent Lloyd’s retail broker Servca Group announced the acquisition of Medicas, an independent insurance specialist that offers a wide range of medical indemnity, medical malpractice and healthcare liability...
Nov 3 2022 // Specialty Program Group, an operator of specialty insurance brokerages and underwriting facilities, announced the acquisition of the assets of Catapult Insurance Solutions. Based in Carrollton, Texas, Catapult is a...
Nov 2 2022 // Lloyd’s of London insurer Ascot is once again quoting on its cargo insurance facility for the Black Sea grain corridor, the facility’s lead underwriter said on Wednesday after Russia announced it would resume...
Oct 31 2022 // Lloyd’s of London insurer Ascot is suspending writing cover for new shipments using the Ukrainian grains corridor in the Black Sea until it has more clarity about the situation there, a senior official said on...
Oct 28 2022 // W. R. Berkley Corporation has formed Berkley E&S Solutions, a new business unit that will provide surplus lines casualty coverages to middle-market and large accounts through individual wholesale broker...
Oct 28 2022 // Aircraft leasing firm Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has filed a London lawsuit against 11 insurers, including Lloyd’s of London, AIG, Chubb and Swiss Re, two months after it wrote off almost $600 million for 19...
Oct 25 2022 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at HDI Global Specialty, Howden RE and HDI Global Specialty.A summary of these new hires follows here. HDI Global Specialty UK Promotes Wilcox as Director of...
Oct 24 2022 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) announced Commissioner Jim Donelon is traveling to London this week to meet with leaders from Lloyd’s of London (Lloyd’s) and the International Underwriting...
Oct 24 2022 // United Insurance Brokers (UIB), the London-based re/insurance broker, announced the formation of its Corporate & Capital Risks practice. This announcement comes after UIB restructured its Specialty Lines Division this...
Oct 20 2022 // The Supervisory Board of Munich Re has appointed Dr. Thomas Blunck (age 57) as the chair of the Reinsurance Committee of the group’s Board of Management with effect from Jan. 1, 2023.He will succeed Dr. Torsten...
Oct 20 2022 // A new managing general agent has launched in London called “Specialty MGA UK,” which is focusing on providing additional capacity for specialty lines of businesses and hard-to-place risks.Specialty MGA UK...
Oct 13 2022 // Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance’s Global Risk Solutions division, announced the launch of a new Lloyd’s facility for the London market.The Liberty Project Cargo Consortium...
Oct 12 2022 // Ryan Specialty appoints new senior distribution leadership roles within Ryan Specialty Underwriting ManagersRyan Specialty, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, has announced promotions to key new roles within the...
Oct 11 2022 // MS Amlin Underwriting Ltd. (MS AUL), the Lloyd’s re/insurer, announced the appointment of Andrew Carrier as chief executive officer.Carrier, currently MS AUL’s chief underwriting officer (CUO), will take up the...
Oct 11 2022 // Lloyd’s of London said on Monday that its investigation into a possible cyberattack had found no evidence of data compromise.“The investigation has concluded that no evidence of any compromise was found and as...
Oct 10 2022 // Core Specialty Insurance Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries said Oct. 7 that it has completed the acquisition of Hallmark Financial Services, Inc.’s excess & surplus lines operations for approximately $40...
Oct 6 2022 // Lloyd’s of London is investigating a possible cyber attack and has taken initial precautions in response, the re/insurance market has confirmed. “Lloyd’s has detected unusual activity on its network, and...
Oct 5 2022 // Ariel Re, a global reinsurance business with offices in Bermuda, London and Hong Kong, has obtained approval to launch a managing agent at Lloyd’s of London.The new managing agency, Ariel Re Managing Agency (ARMA),...