All the headlines from our Excess Surplus Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 10 2002 // The property/casualty insurance industry recorded its first-ever net loss after taxes in 2001, stemming from sharply higher underwriting losses and substantial deterioration in investment results, according to Insurance...
Jul 8 2002 // Last January separate panels of analysts who follow the insurance industry and CEO’s of insurance companies predicted a “foreshortened” cycle, a brief hard market that would give insurers little relief...
Jul 8 2002 // Having serviced the Excess and Surplus Lines’ community for a quarter century, Insurance Journal’s Excess & Surplus Directory continues its role in providing the latest markets for agents and...
Jul 8 2002 // For the past 25 years, our Directory of Excess, Surplus and Specialty Markets has been published each January and July. Beginning in 1998, we put that Directory online at www.insurancejournal.com. Agents and brokers can...
Jul 8 2002 // The next chairman of the Lloyd’s of London insurance market was named as Lord Levene of Portsoken. He is presently vice chairman of Deutsche Bank London. Lord Levene will be the first chairman of Lloyd’s in its...
Jul 8 2002 // Lloyd’s of London is perhaps the most well- known insurer in the U.S., not only due to its 300 years of existence, but also because this country is the London market’s biggest customer, accounting for over 35...
Jul 8 2002 // Lloyd’s of London is perhaps the most well known insurer in the U.S., not only due to its 300 years of existence, but also because this country is the London market’s biggest customer, accounting for over 35...
Jul 8 2002 // Last January separate panels of analysts who follow the insurance industry and CEO’s of insurance companies predicted a “foreshortened” cycle, a brief hard market that would give insurers little relief...
Jul 8 2002 // Having serviced the Excess and Surplus Lines’ community for a quarter century, Insurance Journal’s Excess & Surplus Directory continues its role in providing the latest markets for agents and...
Jul 8 2002 // For the past 25 years, our Directory of Excess, Surplus and Specialty Markets has been published each January and July. Beginning in 1998, we put that directory online at www.insurancejournal.com. Agents and brokers can...
Jul 8 2002 // Swett & Crawford chairman David Hartoch has seen a number of changes in the excess and surplus industry during his decades in the business. As he approaches retirement in December, Hartoch took time out to talk with...
Jul 8 2002 // For the past 25 years, our Directory of Excess, Surplus and Specialty Markets has been published each January and July. Beginning in 1998, we put that directory online at www.insurancejournal.com. Agents and brokers can...
Jul 5 2002 // A New Swiss Re Sigma report examines the state of the London Market, describing the effects of the sweeping changes that have occurred over the last decade, the ongoing consolidations, the market’s continuing...
Jul 4 2002 // National Indemnity, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, has concluded an agreement with Lloyd’s Euclidian Syndicate 1243 to provide £ 50 million ($76 million) in financing on a whole account qualified quota share...
Jul 4 2002 // National Indemnity, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, has concluded an agreement with Lloyd’s Euclidian Syndicate 1243 to provide £ 50 million ($76 million) in financing on a whole account qualified quota share...
Jun 26 2002 // The hard market is having a serious effect on information processing according to a panel of experts established to discuss market conditions by Lloyd’s.Lloyd’s announcement indicated that a number of...
Jun 26 2002 // A.M. Best Co. has placed the “A” (Excellent) financial strength rating of PMA Capital Insurance Company and the “A-” (Excellent) rating of PMA Insurance Group under Review with Negative...
Jun 19 2002 // A major study by U.K. think-tank Global Futures, sponsored by Lloyd’s of London and the Association of Insurance and Risk Managers (AIRMIC), suggests that following the Sept. 11 attacks a “risk-averse”...
Jun 13 2002 // For the first time in over 300 years Lloyd’s of London will be headed by a Chairman from outside the London Insurance Market, as the Council of Lloyd’s announced the selection of Lord Peter Levene of Portsoken,...
Jun 10 2002 // Julian James, Director of Worldwide Markets at Lloyd’s, in a speech given last week to business leaders in Singapore and Hong Kong, stated that the costs of risk are continuing to rise.James, attributed the rise in...