All the headlines from our Excess Surplus Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jul 12 2019 // Brit Global Specialty USA has named Garick Zillgitt as vice president, Primary General Liability, and Justin Magee as vice president, Excess Casualty.Zillgitt and Magee will both be based in California in Walnut Creek and...
Jul 11 2019 // AM Besthas affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of “A” (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of “a+” of Lloyd’s (United Kingdom), Lloyd’s China and Lloyd’s...
Jul 10 2019 // Texas-based managing general agency and surplus lines broker, LP Risk, has acquired the assets and operations of Houston Surplus Lines, an independently owned wholesale insurance brokerage. Houston Surplus Lines team will...
Jul 10 2019 // Twenty-five years ago, the Lloyd’s of London marketplace was teetering on the brink of insolvency, reeling from billions of dollars of asbestos and pollution liabilities. Many of the best brains in the market worked...
Jul 10 2019 // Today is the last day when Lloyd’s market practitioners can provide input to the Future at Lloyd’s project, which was first announced on May 1.Chief Executive Officer John Neal at the time encouraged...
Jul 9 2019 // Everest Insurance International announced the addition of Martin Leeks to its Lloyd’s Syndicate 2786 as a medical malpractice and multi-national/ specialty underwriter. Leeks will be responsible for the development...
Jul 9 2019 // The organization that keeps track of excess and surplus policies sold in Texas says the number of E&S flood insurance policies in place in the state’s coastal counties declined after Hurricane Harvey hit in...
Jul 8 2019 // Pool Re, Britain’s terrorism reinsurer, announced the placement of its new retrocession program covering non-damage business interruption (NDBI) losses. The program incepted on July 5.The Counter-Terrorism and Border...
Jul 8 2019 // Lloyd’s of London wants all insurance and reinsurance policies to clearly state whether coverage will be provided for losses caused by a cyber attack, saying this was in the best interest of both brokers and...
Jul 3 2019 // Lloyd’s has confirmed the mandated targets for electronic placement of risks for the remainder of 2019.For Q3 2019 each syndicate will be required to have written no less than 60% of its risks using a recognized...
Jul 3 2019 // The Sunshine State is one of the top three consumers of surplus lines insurance in the country. As Florida focuses on attracting jobs and welcoming opportunity, the surplus lines insurance industry is helping the...
Jul 2 2019 // Lloyd’s of London announced that Jennifer Rigby has been appointed chief operations officer (COO).Rigby has been performing the role on an interim basis since March this year, following the departure of former COO...
Jul 2 2019 // Dallas, TX, July 2, 2019 – U.S. Risk Insurance Group (U.S. Risk), one of the nation’s largest property and casualty program and specialty brokerage firms, today announced the completion of its previously announced...
Jul 1 2019 // The private flood insurance grew again in 2018 but not nearly as much as it grew in 2017. According to the recently released Carrier Management report on “Top Private Flood Insurers, 2019 Market Study,” during...
Jul 1 2019 // American International Group said Kathleen Zortman will join the company as president and CEO of Private Client Group, General Insurance. In this new role, Zortman will lead AIG’s global high net worth portfolio,...
Jun 26 2019 // A group of Lloyd’s underwriters has launched a new facility with £53 million ($67.5 million) of capacity that is designed to speed up re/insurance product development for new and emerging risks.The Product...
Jun 25 2019 // Reinsurance and specialty broker Ed said it has received regulatory approval from the Bermuda Monetary Authority for its new operation in Bermuda. Ed Bermuda will provide its multiline broking services through TradEd, its...
Jun 25 2019 // Tokio Marine Group is putting one of its UK insurance companies, Tokio Marine Kiln Insurance (TMKI), into run-off. Going forward, Tokio Marine Kiln (TMK) will focus on its Lloyd’s businesses.The run-off plan will be...
Jun 25 2019 // Lloyd’s of London has suspended a senior broker at Guy Carpenter & Co. for sending colleagues a sexually suggestive email about a female employee and is planning to take similar action against a second person who...
Jun 24 2019 // Rivals to Lloyd’s of London are riding a rising tide of marine insurance rates, leaving the 330-year-old market behind after it jettisoned sections of its oldest line of business last year.Premiums for marine...