All the headlines from our Excess Surplus Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 21 2005 // La Mesa, Calif.-based Access E&S Insurance Services has promoted Roxanne L. Louie to the position of broker. She will be responsible for marketing and placement of new commercial business, including packages,...
Apr 21 2005 // The Midland Company, a Cincinnati-based provider of specialty insurance products and services, announced record results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2005.Net income for the quarter was a record $21.5 million, or...
Apr 21 2005 // Lloyd’s of London is celebrating its 20th anniversary as a supporter of the University of Kentucky in Lexington. Since the mid-1980s, Lloyd’s of London underwriters, brokers and their Kentucky agents have given...
Apr 20 2005 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the Best’s Syndicate Rating of A (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a” of Lloyd’s Syndicate 2010 (United Kingdom), which is managed by Cathedral Underwriting...
Apr 20 2005 // Specialty Underwriters’ Alliance Inc., a property and casualty insurer, announced the implementation of its collateral recovery customer class through its partner agent, AEON Insurance Group. Collateral recovery is...
Apr 19 2005 // Lloyd’s underwriters believe that buyers are more concerned about pricing than current insurance industry investigations – according to new research released Tuesday.The research* also reveals that underwriters...
Apr 18 2005 // Disaster Plan Waiting to Happen? MGAs Must Prepare For All EmergenciesHis last words of advice might have been the most important: “If you haven’t started, start small.” Not all managing general agencies...
Apr 18 2005 // An Interview with Francis Johnson, AAMGA President-ElectFrancis Johnson, president of Johnson and Johnson Inc., of Charleston, South Carolina, becomes president of the American Association of Managing General Agents in...
Apr 18 2005 // Mary Zeller, vice president and manager of Seaboard Underwriters office in Council Bluffs, Iowa, hasn’t ridden a motorcycle or a Harley-Davidson, but will play a major role in the April 29 “Managing General...
Apr 18 2005 // Specialty Risk Associates, a managing general agency headquartered in Shreveport, La., has been on the move in the past several years–expanding beyond its Louisiana base into neighboring states–and has plans to...
Apr 15 2005 // San Diego-based American Specialty Health (ASH) has filed suit against Chubb Corp., claiming the insurer is guilty of false advertising and failure to cover ASH’s legal expenses incurred in the successful defense...
Apr 12 2005 // Benefiting from a rare profit on underwriting and investment gains, the U.S. property/casualty insurance industry’s net income after taxes rose 29 percent to a record $38.7 billion in 2004 from $30 billion in...
Apr 11 2005 // The St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc. today announced that T. Michael Miller, co-chief operating officer, has resigned to pursue an opportunity outside of the company.Miller is going to OneBeacon Insurance, a wholly owned...
Apr 8 2005 // Lloyd’s CEO Nick Prettejohn, speaking at the FSA insurance conference on Thursday, April, 7, outlined six “strategic challenges” facing the general insurance industry, which he also indicated was by no...
Apr 7 2005 // Monarch E&S Insurance Services has hired Matt Merkle as assistant vice president and Doris Rojas as an underwriter in its new Simi Valley, California office. Merkle will manage the overall operations of the office and...
Apr 7 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services joined A.M. Best in stating that its ratings and outlook on the Lloyd’s Market (“A” / Stable) and The Society of Lloyd’s (also “A” /-...
Apr 7 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services named Houston-based HCC Insurance Holdings Inc. as the leader in surplus and specialty insurance lines, in a new report – “Peer Comparison: U.S. Surplus And...
Apr 6 2005 // Western Security Surplus announced a free Tough Products Liability Insurance seminar on May 11, 2005. The hosts for the seminar will be WSS’ Northern California office and Shand Morahan. The topic is “Insuring...
Apr 6 2005 // Lloyd’s of London announced an annually accounted profit of $2,605 million in 2004. Although below profits of 2003, this result was achieved despite net claims of $2.3 billion from the U.S. hurricanes, in the...
Apr 5 2005 // Avon, Conn.-based Target Insurance Services is making available new markets for home inspectors professional liability, including optional general liability; professional liability for large law firms (50+ in size); and...