Brit Global Specialty Acquiring Maiden Holdings’ E&S Renewals, Underwriting
Bermuda-based Brit Insurance and Maiden Holdings, Ltd. have announced a temporary 100 percent quota share reinsurance of Maiden’s Excess and Surplus (E&S) unit, Maiden Specialty, with Brit Global...
View ArticleRelationships, Expertise Drive Success in Texas E&S Marketplace
During the past 20 to 30 years typical business dealings between wholesale insurance brokers and retail agents have evolved from being purely transactional experiences to those that are highly...
View ArticleE&S Industry Should Expect ‘Persistent Competition’ in 2014: Fitch
Growing capacity will limit rate hikes and promote persistent competition in the excess and surplus (E&S) lines market, Fitch Ratings said in a recent report. The U.S. E&S market, which...
View ArticleCohen Joins SSA Insurance Services in Louisiana
Excess and surplus insurance broker and managing general agent, SSA Insurance Services, has added Madelyn Cohen to its executive team in Louisiana. Cohen’s responsibilities at SSA will include...
View ArticleSNL’s Top 30 E&S Writers: Berkshire On Fire with 40% Growth in 2013
With 40 percent premium growth in 2013, Berkshire Hathaway climbed five spots in the U.S. excess and surplus lines (E&S) ranking by SNL Financial, while QBE scaled back its North American...
View ArticleClark Tapped to Lead Nationwide’s Excess and Surplus Lines Business
Columbus, Ohio-based property/casualty insurer, Nationwide, announced that Tom Clark has been elected president of Nationwide’s Excess & Surplus lines business. In a planned leadership transition...
View ArticleSafety National Forms Safety Specialty Insurance Company
Safety National Casualty Corporation has acquired an excess and surplus company that will begin operations in March 2016 as Safety Specialty Insurance Company (SSIC). Safety Specialty will initially...
View ArticleXL Catlin Names Chubb’s Oh as President of E&S Business in U.S.
XL Catlin has appointed Stephen S. Oh to lead its Excess & Surplus (E&S) business. As president of XL Catlin’s multi-line E&S operation in the U.S., he will direct regional underwriting...
View Article14 States Process $12.7B in Surplus Lines Premium in First Half 2016
Data from the 14 U.S. surplus lines service/stamping offices show they have processed almost $12.7 billion in insurance premium filings in the first half of 2016, according to the Surplus Lines...
View ArticleBrit Global Specialty Acquiring Maiden Holdings’ E&S Renewals, Underwriting
Bermuda-based Brit Insurance and Maiden Holdings, Ltd. have announced a temporary 100 percent quota share reinsurance of Maiden’s Excess and Surplus (E&S) unit, Maiden Specialty, with Brit Global...
View ArticleRelationships, Expertise Drive Success in Texas E&S Marketplace
During the past 20 to 30 years typical business dealings between wholesale insurance brokers and retail agents have evolved from being purely transactional experiences to those that are highly...
View ArticleE&S Industry Should Expect ‘Persistent Competition’ in 2014: Fitch
Growing capacity will limit rate hikes and promote persistent competition in the excess and surplus (E&S) lines market, Fitch Ratings said in a recent report. The U.S. E&S market, which...
View ArticleCohen Joins SSA Insurance Services in Louisiana
Excess and surplus insurance broker and managing general agent, SSA Insurance Services, has added Madelyn Cohen to its executive team in Louisiana. Cohen’s responsibilities at SSA will include...
View ArticleSNL’s Top 30 E&S Writers: Berkshire On Fire with 40% Growth in 2013
With 40 percent premium growth in 2013, Berkshire Hathaway climbed five spots in the U.S. excess and surplus lines (E&S) ranking by SNL Financial, while QBE scaled back its North American...
View ArticleClark Tapped to Lead Nationwide’s Excess and Surplus Lines Business
Columbus, Ohio-based property/casualty insurer, Nationwide, announced that Tom Clark has been elected president of Nationwide’s Excess & Surplus lines business. In a planned leadership transition...
View ArticleSafety National Forms Safety Specialty Insurance Company
Safety National Casualty Corporation has acquired an excess and surplus company that will begin operations in March 2016 as Safety Specialty Insurance Company (SSIC). Safety Specialty will initially...
View ArticleXL Catlin Names Chubb’s Oh as President of E&S Business in U.S.
XL Catlin has appointed Stephen S. Oh to lead its Excess & Surplus (E&S) business. As president of XL Catlin’s multi-line E&S operation in the U.S., he will direct regional underwriting...
View Article14 States Process $12.7B in Surplus Lines Premium in First Half 2016
Data from the 14 U.S. surplus lines service/stamping offices show they have processed almost $12.7 billion in insurance premium filings in the first half of 2016, according to the Surplus Lines...
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