All the headlines from our Excess Surplus Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 24 2006 // The historical lessons learned from Katrina and Rita, and looming predictions of a future with bigger and stronger storms, have made flood insurance popular these days — even in locations where it was previously...
Jul 24 2006 // The American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA) commends efforts to modernize commercial insurance markets while maintaining the state-based system of insurance regulation and the surplus lines market’s...
Jul 24 2006 // The AAMGA is an international trade association comprised of 503 member agents, brokers, insurance, captive and reinsurance companies, Lloyd’s of London syndicates and underwriters, state stamping and surplus line...
Jul 24 2006 // The historical lessons learned from Katrina and Rita, and looming predictions of a future with bigger and stronger storms have made flood insurance popular these days — even in locations where it was previously...
Jul 24 2006 // The American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA) commends efforts to modernize commercial insurance markets while maintaining the state-based system of insurance regulation and the surplus lines market’s...
Jul 24 2006 // In an abrupt departure from procedures that have been in place since World War II, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners took a first step at its recently concluded meeting in Washington, D.C., towards...
Jul 24 2006 // The historical lessons learned from Katrina and Rita and looming predictions of a future with bigger and stronger storms highlight more than ever before the importance of flood insurance, even in locations where it was...
Jul 21 2006 // Dallas, Texas – At least one in four small businesses that close because of a major disaster never reopen. That’s why Unitrin Specialty is providing its agents with a new tool that helps small businesses plan...
Jul 20 2006 // The National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices offered their full support and applauded the passage of the Non-Admitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2006 (H.R. 5637), by the House Financial Services...
Jul 20 2006 // Federal legislation to reform the way surplus lines insurance is regulated has been approved by a House subcommittee.The Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises, chaired by Rep....
Jul 19 2006 // Bass & Associates Insurance Services, a California based wholesale brokerage firm operating in California, Nevada and Arizona announced a partnership with Mario Gomez, formerly vice president of Lemac and Associates....
Jul 19 2006 // A Northeast hurricane hitting New York state could result in insured losses of $65 billion, Lloyd’s America President Wendy Baker warned today.“The stakes are huge,” Baker said in a speech to the...
Jul 17 2006 // Rick Bass, President of Bass & Associates Insurance Services, a California based wholesale brokerage firm operating in California, Nevada and Arizona is happy to announce the partnership with Mario Gomez, formerly...
Jul 17 2006 // Guy Carpenter & Company Inc., a global risk and reinsurance specialist and part of the Marsh & McLennan Companies, has published its fourth annual report on the Lloyd’s Market, a comprehensive review of...
Jul 12 2006 // The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers praised Congress for addressing insurance market reform and said there is still time this session to enact some easy, achievable changes that could have a major impact on the...
Jul 12 2006 // Canadian business is vulnerable to climate change and the increasing frequency and intensity of natural catastrophes, Lloyd’s Chairman Lord Peter Levene warned in a July 11 speech to the Vancouver Board of...
Jul 7 2006 // Lloyd’s new 360 Risk Project is dedicated to examining issues that affect the insurance industry, and its first conference took on today’s most far-reaching and important issue – the debate over climate...
Jul 5 2006 // The Excess Line Association of New York (ELANY) has appointed Terry L. Harlow as director of education and communications, reporting to Daniel F. Maher, executive director.Harlow will undertake responsibility for...
Jul 5 2006 // ICAT Specialty Insurance Co. is offering residential named hurricane insurance for dwellings, apartments, town homes and condominiums in Hawaii.Written on an admitted basis, the product provides named hurricane coverage...
Jul 4 2006 // Nearly five years ago, a group of program specialists gathered in Tempe, Ariz., for the first summit meeting of a budding industry organization called the Target Markets Program Administrators Association. The brainchild...