All the headlines from our Excess Surplus Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 2 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has published the first of its quarterly reports on the members and syndicates at Lloyd’s. The study follows confirmation that the world’s oldest insurance market...
Jan 27 2005 // A.M. Best Co. has assigned a Best’s Syndicate Rating of A (Excellent) and an issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a” to Lloyd’s Syndicate 1225 (United Kingdom), which is managed by AEGIS Managing Agency...
Jan 27 2005 // California-based Trinity E&S Insurance Services Inc., has expanded its in-house contractor’s liability program to include the states of Nevada, Arizona, Oregon and Washington. Coverage is underwritten by an...
Jan 26 2005 // When six insurers,* led by Swiss Re, agreed to back Lloyd’s Central Fund with £500 million, with a maximum for any one year of £350 million (around $500 million at the time – $650 million currently) it seemed...
Jan 24 2005 // Insurance Journal magazine will publish its inaugural Top Excess & Surplus Lines Broker list on Feb. 21, 2005, in all five of its regional editions. Managing general agencies, wholesalers and managing general...
Jan 24 2005 // At the corner of Cole and Monticello Avenues near the Highland Park area of Dallas, an excess and surplus insurance brokerage was born—twice, it could be argued. The company that became Heath Insurance Brokers, one of...
Jan 24 2005 // E&S Industry Returns to Familiar GroundNeither wind, nor rain nor the dark cloud of standard carriers returning to the marketplace will keep excess and surplus insurance writers from maintaining profitability. From...
Jan 24 2005 // Name May Be Changing but Company’s Service, Business Practices Stay the SameAt the corner of Cole and Monticello Avenues near the Highland Park area of Dallas, an excess and surplus insurance brokerage was...
Jan 24 2005 // Dec. 16, 1773, was a sad day for Lloyd’s of London. On that day, angry colonists threw 340 crates into Boston harbor in the revolutionary Boston Tea Party. Turns out, Lloyd’s insured those crates of...
Jan 24 2005 // There are a number of things about the insurance industry that drive Lord Levene crazy but nothing more than all the paper.“The paperwork is nuts,” the Lloyd’s of London chairman exclaims. He tells the...
Jan 24 2005 // There are a number of things about the insurance industry that drive Lord Levene crazy but nothing more than all the paper.“The paperwork is nuts,” the Lloyd’s of London chairman exclaims. He tells the...
Jan 24 2005 // For nine years, Insurance Journal has published the annual Directory of Excess, Surplus and Specialty Markets. This issue is a resource for independent agents and brokers to help them find the markets they need. The print...
Jan 20 2005 // The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has introduced Universal Excess, a new excess insurance policy that fits over directors & officers liability, fiduciary liability, employment practice liability,...
Jan 19 2005 // Lloyd’s of London is moving its New York City headquarters to The Museum of Modern Art’s new office tower.Designed by the internationally acclaimed architect, Yoshio Taniguchi, the boutique office tower has its...
Jan 13 2005 // A record year of natural disaster losses and Eliot Spitzer’s investigations into payment practices highlighted the urgent need for the insurance industry to tackle its reputation and practices during 2005, Lord...
Jan 11 2005 // Ted Pierce, executive director of the Surplus Line Association of California (SLA) released the annual filed premium analysis demonstrating that $5,518,895,627 in surplus line insurance premiums were processed in 2004. The...
Jan 10 2005 // California-based Western Security Surplus will serve as a sponsor when Insurance Journal debuts the first in a series of “How to Write” online video seminars Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005. Western Security Surplus...
Jan 6 2005 // ACE Limited announced from its Bermuda headquarters a $298 million reserve strengthening (See related article in “International” section) and some major management changes in its U.S. operations.Brian E. Dowd,...
Jan 3 2005 // Ten years from now, some of the players within the property/casualty insurance industry will have changed but the industry itself will not look dramatically different from what it is today:Smaller companies and independent...
Jan 3 2005 // A summary of the most important legislation affecting the industry in the New YearThe historic recall of Gray Davis and election of Arnold Schwarzenegger as governor of California set the tone for the 2004 legislative...