All the headlines from our Excess Surplus Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 3 2006 // For 317 years London’s insurance market in general and Lloyd’s in particular has been adapting to changing conditions both locally and globally. It’s never been easy, but the fact that it has happened at...
Apr 3 2006 // PeopleSam Jones, president of property and casualty operations at ABD Insurance and Financial Services, Redwood City, Calif., is retiring from active operating responsibilities to focus more time on his family and the...
Apr 3 2006 // The London insurance market: The City and the regulatorsFor 317 years London’s insurance market in general and Lloyd’s in particular has been adapting to changing conditions both locally and globally....
Mar 31 2006 // A Pennsylvania federal court has upheld a $7.9 million award against an insurer for its bad faith in failing to offer plaintiffs the full limits of the policy and for assigning one lawyer to represent two of its insureds...
Mar 30 2006 // Lyle Ashley, president of Conroe, Texas-based Surplus Inc. announced key promotions within the Surplus management team.Debra Bowers has been promoted to executive vice president. Bowers has 25 years of experience in the...
Mar 30 2006 // In his keynote address to the delegates at Aon’s 9th Energy Insurance Conference in Cancun, Mexico, Rolf Tolle, Lloyd’s Franchise Performance Director, told his audience that the Lloyd’s market is...
Mar 29 2006 // Ewan Gilmour, Chief Executive of the U.K.’s Chaucer insurance group and Lloyd’s Deputy Chairman, issued a statement praising the market’s underwriters for delivering a series of good results, following...
Mar 28 2006 // Lloyd’s and Markel International have joined forces to tell Italian businesses what the London market can offer. A bulletin on the Lloyd’s Website (www.lloyds.com) notes: “A road show was held in Rome and...
Mar 27 2006 // United America Indemnity, Ltd. reported that A.M. Best Company upgraded or affirmed its financial-strength rating for fourof its subsidiaries.Penn-America Group, Inc. was upgraded to A (Excellent); United National Group...
Mar 24 2006 // In a speech at the “Forces of Nature” conference in London Julian James, Lloyd’s Director of Worldwide Markets, said that the time has come for the insurance industry to rethink how it handles...
Mar 20 2006 // The proper allocation and remittance of surplus lines premium taxes to the states on multi-state risks has been the most vexing problem faced by surplus lines brokers during the nearly 116 year history of the industry. In...
Mar 20 2006 // The proper allocation and remittance of surplus lines premium taxes to the states on multi-state risks has been the most vexing problem faced by surplus lines brokers during the nearly 116-year history of the industry. In...
Mar 20 2006 // The proper allocation and remittance of surplus lines premium taxes to the states on multi-state risks has been the most vexing problem faced by surplus lines brokers during the nearly 116 year history of the industry. In...
Mar 20 2006 // As the oldest marine insurer in the world, Lloyd’s has long been aware of the menace pirates pose to shipping. These days, however, they aren’t the “Yo, ho, ho and a bottle of rum” kind of pirates,...
Mar 20 2006 // Ratings analysts who downgraded personal lines insurer Atlantic Mutual earlier this month will be meeting with the company in the coming weeks to review results of the fourth quarter and all of 2005 before deciding what to...
Mar 20 2006 // Specialty Underwriters’ Alliance, Inc. today announced that it amended its Partner Agent Program Agreement with American Team Managers to include specialized local and intermediate trucking.ATM will provide...
Mar 20 2006 // Insurance Journal South Central–Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas–vary widely in the amount of premium written in any given year. Texas has the biggest surplus lines market, followed by Louisiana,...
Mar 20 2006 // The proper allocation and remittance of surplus lines premium taxes to the states on multi-state risks has been the most vexing problem faced by surplus lines brokers during the nearly 116 year history of the industry. In...
Mar 20 2006 // The proper allocation and remittance of surplus lines premium taxes to the states on multi-state risks has been the most vexing problem faced by surplus lines brokers during the nearly 116 year history of the industry. In...
Mar 20 2006 // What do Dodge Neon, Mazda Miata and Lexus 430 have in common? Simple–they are all the same form of transportation. Each will allow you to control your travel from Point A to Point B but each has its own unique...