All the headlines from our Excess Surplus Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 14 2024 // The excess and surplus lines market continued to grow in 2023, with premium reaching nearly $73 billion according to data from 15 state surplus lines office release by the Wholesale & Specialty Insurance Association...
Feb 9 2024 // A Texas public adjuster committed willful infringement when he formed a corporation and a limited liability company with the names “Certain Underwriters at Lloyds London, Inc.” and “Certain Underwriters...
Feb 7 2024 // Jacksonville-based specialty insurer Fortegra Group has withdrawn its plans for an initial public offering in the United States, just hours before the IPO and nearly three years after the company scrapped its earlier...
Feb 7 2024 // Upland Capital Group said it has introduced two new liability products to its portfolio: Professional Liability Errors and Omissions as well as Excess Cyber Liability. The professional liability team is led by Kate Walas,...
Feb 5 2024 // HUB International launched a new program to address the need for enhanced wildfire coverage of high value homes that will be offered exclusively by HUB Private Client to address the insurance and risk management needs of...
Feb 5 2024 // The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in mid-January that Southwest Airlines can continue to seek reimbursement under its Liberty Mutual cyber risk policy for costs incurred during a 2016 massive computer failure.The...
Feb 1 2024 // Chubb is writing more North American personal excess and surplus lines business, but the insurer’s chief executive is not exactly celebrating.While he reminded analysts during a fourth-quarter earnings conference...
Jan 31 2024 // A key Florida Senate committee this week advanced a bill that would allow surplus lines carriers to take over coverage of second homes from Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Reaction by agents and brokers was mixed.The...
Jan 30 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Carbon Underwriting, Canopius Group and Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) .A summary of these new hires follows here. Carbon Underwriting...
Jan 29 2024 // Symphony Risk Solutions is launching a new specialty business focused exclusively on the risk management and human capital needs of the energy industry, Symphony Energy.Symphony Risk Solutions is a risk management and...
Jan 25 2024 // W.R. Berkley CEO W. Robert Berkley, Jr. said he’s still got eyes on the specialty market, but maintains a cautious, more disciplined outlook on some lines of business, such as professional liability—especially...
Jan 23 2024 // The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that Southwest Airlines can continue to seek reimbursement under its Liberty Mutual cyber risk policy for costs incurred during a 2016 massive computer failure.An...
Jan 22 2024 // Envelop Risk, the data-driven cyber re/insurance and analytics specialist, announced the launch of Envelop SPA 1925, a dedicated cyber reinsurance special purpose arrangement (SPA) at Lloyd’s, in partnership with...
Jan 19 2024 // Atain Names Dassow VP, Head of Primary LiabilityAtain Insurance Companies, headquartered in Farmington Hills, Mich., hired Tom Dassow as vice president and head of primary liability, leading Atain’s newly formed...
Jan 19 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Liberty Specialty Markets and HDI Global.A summary of these new hires follows here. Liberty Specialty Markets Names Bolaños as CUO, Moreno as President...
Jan 17 2024 // Guy Carpenter appointed Keith Wolfe to the newly created role of chief commercial officer, North America, effective immediately.Wolfe joins Guy Carpenter after 27 years with Swiss Re and its predecessor companies, where he...
Jan 17 2024 // Alliant Insurance Services launched a student health specialty within Alliant Public Entity, offering student medical insurance for domestic and international students. The firm says its program helps higher educational...
Jan 16 2024 // Brown & Brown Europe’s wholesale and specialty brokerage group, Bridge Specialty International, announced it has agreed to acquire Acorn International Network Pte Ltd., a Singapore-based insurance broker.The...
Jan 11 2024 // Ryan Specialty, the Chicago-based international specialty insurance firm, announced the expansion of its renewable energy insurance offering on a global basis with PERse International, a managing general underwriter based...
Jan 11 2024 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), Ardonagh Specialty, and Lockton Re.A summary of these new hires and promotions follows here. BHSI Taps...