Latest Excess Surplus Headlines

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Cowbell Cyber, Palomar E&S Enter Multi-Year Partnership

Oct 21 2021 // Cowbell Cyber, an AI-powered cyber insurance provider for small to medium enterprises, announced a strategic partnership with Palomar Excess & Surplus Insurance Co. to expand its offerings on a non-admitted basis...

Hamilton to Cease Writing Property Treaty Reinsurance Through Its Lloyd’s Syndicate

Oct 20 2021 // Hamilton Insurance Group Ltd. announced its decision to cease writing property treaty reinsurance through Syndicate 4000 in London.“We regularly review our book to ensure that we continue to drive underwriting...

Beazley Launches First ESG Syndicate at Lloyd’s

Oct 19 2021 // Specialist insurer Beazley has received in-principle approval from Lloyd’s to launch Syndicate 4321 from Jan. 1, 2022. Once fully approved, the syndicate will focus exclusively on offering additional capacity to...

Skyward Specialty Adds Cannabis Coverage for D&O and E&O Lines

Oct 14 2021 // Skyward Specialty Insurance Group is broadening its professional and management liability offerings for the U.S. legal cannabis market by adding cannabis-related risk to multiple coverage classes. The company’s...

People Moves: WTW Hires ERS’ Shepherd to Lead Facultative; Specialty Insurer Fusion Names Gallagher’s Simmonds as Managing Partner; AXIS’ Quane Is CUO at Beazley

Oct 14 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at broker Willis Towers Watson, specialty insurer Fusion and insurer Beazley.A summary of these new hires follows here. Willis Towers Watson Hires ERS’...

Lloyd’s Re/Insurer Apollo Receives $90M Investment From Alchemy Partners

Oct 12 2021 // Apollo Group Holdings Ltd., the largest independent, management-owned business at Lloyd’s, announced it has agreed a $90 million investment by Alchemy Special Opportunities Fund IV LP.Apollo said the investment will...

SECURA Insurance Begins Offering Specialty Lines Products in Pennsylvania

Oct 12 2021 // SECURA Insurance has begun offering its specialty lines products in Pennsylvania. For the initial launch, the company is partnering exclusively with Keystone agencies throughout the state focusing on classes such as...

SiriusPoint Appoints Reinsurance Exec Heerasing; HDI Promotes Ogden as Director of Underwriting/Distribution; Besso Builds Property/Specialty Team With Hires From Tysers

Oct 12 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at re/insurer SiriusPoint, insurer HDI Global, and Lloyd’s broker Besso.A summary of these new hires follows here. SiriusPoint Appoints Top Reinsurance...

Specialty MGA Rokstone Launches Terrorism Facility in the UK, Led by Ensurance’s Steel

Oct 12 2021 // Rokstone, the London-based speciality re/insurance managing general agency, has launched a new terrorism facility with “A”-rated capacity in the UK. The news follows the launch of its terrorism product in the...

Takeaways from Our Conversation on Cannabis and Surplus Lines

Oct 11 2021 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tvIt may not come as much of a surprise to those who know about insurance and cannabis that the business is written mostly by the surplus lines market. Just how much is written there vs. the...

Specialty Program Group Acquires Assets of CM&F Group

Oct 7 2021 // Specialty Program Group LLC (SPG), an operator of specialty insurance brokerages and underwriting facilities, acquired the assets of CM&F Group, a digital provider of healthcare liability insurance coverage for...

Texas Records $699.8M in Surplus Lines Premiums in September

Oct 6 2021 // Texas surplus lines premium recorded during September totaled $699.8 million, bringing the state’s year-to-date premium up to $6.88 billion.The Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) said the year-to-date...

Lloyd’s and London’s Finance District Confront a Past Steeped in Slavery

Oct 6 2021 // LONDON — British ships ferried over 3 million enslaved African people across the Atlantic Ocean. Lloyd’s of London insured many of those vessels, the people chained below deck sometimes categorized as...

People Moves: Ed Bermuda Names Marsh’s Juul as Head of Casualty; Mosaic Hires Jones From Liberty Specialty Markets; BHSI Promotes 2 for UK & Europe

Oct 5 2021 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Ed Bermuda, Mosaic Insurance and Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI).A summary of these new hires follows here. Ed Bermuda Names Marsh’s...

People Moves: Management Changes at Safety National Re; Westfield Specialty’s New Underwriting Execs; UFG Searches for New CFO

Oct 5 2021 // Safety National Re, a division of Safety National Casualty Corp., made changes to its management team.Bob King, formerly senior vice president and chief underwriting officer of Treaty Reinsurance, assumed the role of...

Lloyd’s Broker Tysers Launches Specialist Products for New Live Events Landscape

Oct 4 2021 // Lloyd’s broker Tysers has developed and diversified its entertainment insurance products and services to reflect the new live events landscape.For the music & live events sector, the broker has launched two...

U.S. Surplus Lines Industry Grew Premium 17.5% in 2020

Oct 4 2021 // The U.S. surplus lines market experienced direct premium growth of 17.5% in 2020, the largest year-over-year premium increase since 2003, according to an AM Best report.The 2020 increase in direct premium written comes on...

AXA XL Insurance and NIP Group Announce Strategic Partnership and Launching of a New Monoline Commercial Excess Liability Program

Sep 28 2021 // Program provides additional protection over scheduled coveragesWoodbridge, N.J., September 28, 2021 – NIP Group (www.NIPGroup.com), a market leader in insurance program administration, is proud to announce the addition...

Volante Receives ‘In-Principle’ Nod From Lloyd’s to Launch Asta-Managed Syndicate

Sep 23 2021 // Volante Capital Holdings (Bermuda) Ltd., the international multi-class managing general agency platform, has received “in-principle” approval from Lloyd’s to launch Syndicate 1699 for the 2022 year of...

People Moves: Promotions at IAT Insurance Group, RT Specialty

Sep 23 2021 // IAT Insurance Group, a provider of specialty property/casualty and surety products, promoted Coy Rudd to lead the insurer’s excess and surplus business unit as executive vice president.IAT’s E&S unit...