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#1 West Virginia Regulator Wants Input on Surplus Lines Export List
Sep 25 2023 // The West Virginia Office of Insurance Commissioner is accepting comments on potential changes to the state’s surplus lines export list, through Oct. 16. By state law, the office maintains a list of coverages and...
#2 For the Fifth Straight Year, Surplus Lines Sees Double-Digit Growth: AM Best
Sep 14 2023 // Total U.S. surplus lines direct premiums written (DPW) rose by 19.2% to reach a record $98.5 billion in 2022, marking a five-year streak of double-digit growth rate increase, according to a new AM Bestreport. The new...
#3 Markets/Coverages: Canopius Expands Into US Excess Casualty Market
Sep 19 2023 // Canopius Group, the London-based specialty re/insurer, announced the strategic expansion of its U.S. casualty business with its entry into the domestic U.S. excess casualty market on Canopius U.S. Insurance Co....
#4 RT Specialty Expands RT Connector for Small Commercial Market
Sep 28 2023 // RT Specialty, the wholesale distribution division of Ryan Specialty (NYSE: RYAN), a leading international specialty insurance firm, announced its continued expansion of RT Connector, which provides digital solutions for...
#5 Hard Market Pressure: Surplus Lines Lifting Heavy Load in Turbulent Times
Sep 4 2023 // As the longest hard market in memory refuses to fade, standard property/casualty carriers are not only continuing to raise prices but also reimagining their books by shedding risks they no longer want. It’s affecting...
#6 New York Law Bars Subrogation by Lloyd’s in LaGuardia Project, Appeals Court Affirms
Dec 13 2023 // A federal appeals court has declared that New York law prevents Lloyd’s from recovering some loss payments from Zurich American because Zurich’s insured was also an insured of Lloyd’s in a case involving...
#7 As Trial Opens, FTX’s Bankman-Fried Battles Excess Insurer Over D&O Coverage
Oct 4 2023 // Just two days before his criminal trial started this week in federal court in New York, FTX Trading founder Sam Bankman-Fried filed suit in federal court in California against his excess insurance company seeking payment...
#8 FTX Founder Bankman-Fried Drops Excess D&O Coverage Spat With CNA Unit
Nov 9 2023 // Several days after he was found guilty of one of the biggest financial frauds on record, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried dropped an insurance coverage lawsuit against excess insurance company Continental Casualty Co. Shortly...
#9 People Moves: Papanikolaou to Succeed Mueller as AGCS CEO and Will Lead Allianz Commercial; May Promoted to CEO of Lloyd’s Europe as Breitburd Steps Down
Dec 11 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE (AGCS) and Lloyd’s Europe. A summary of these new hires follows here. Papanikolaou to Succeed Mueller as...
#10 AIG a ‘Different Company’ Poised to Grow in E&S and More: CEO Zaffino
Jun 3 2024 // AIG is “a different company” today than it was when CEO Peter Zaffino joined the company in 2017, but like the old AIG, the new one is poised to grow again, he said. The former executive of Marsh, who recalled...
#11 CFC Executives Walsh and Newman to Step Down After Lloyd’s Misconduct Probe
Nov 29 2023 // CFC, the London-based managing general agent, announced that its founder and group CEO, David Walsh, and Graeme Newman, CEO of CFC Underwriting, will be exiting the company following the completion of an investigation by...
#12 Lloyd’s Leads Insurers in Raising Rates, Cutting Taiwan Cover as Conflict Risks Rise
Aug 10 2023 // Lloyd’s of London underwriters are leading insurers in raising rates and cutting the amount of cover they offer for risks involving Taiwan as concerns grow over possible military action by China, industry sources...
#13 Lloyd’s Extends Lease on Iconic London Headquarters Until 2035
Dec 18 2023 // Society of Lloyd’s, better known as Lloyd’s of London, has reached an agreement to remain in its One Lime Street headquarters until at least 2035, the Financial Times reported. The deal with landlord Ping An...
#14 Surplus Lines Premium Increases 16% to Nearly $36 Billion Through June
Aug 10 2023 // Surplus lines premium reached nearly $36 billion through the first six months of 2023, according to the 2023 Midyear Report of the U.S. Surplus Lines Service and Stamping Offices. Premium increased about 16% overall...
#15 AM Best Outlook of US E&S Market Revised to ‘Positive’
Nov 9 2023 // Insurance industry rating agency AM Best has upped its view of the excess and surplus market as it continues to absorb business from the admitted market. AM Best on Monday changed its U.S. E&S outlook from...
#16 Lloyd’s to Invest $65M in Regions Affected by Transatlantic Slave Trade
Nov 8 2023 // Lloyd’s of London will invest 40 million pounds ($49.6 million) in regions affected by the transatlantic slave trade, it said on Wednesday, after a report showed the commercial insurance market had strong links to...
#17 Specialty P/C Insurers Outperform Their U.S. Peers: Report
Jul 21 2023 // U.S. property/casualty insurers that focused on difficult to place risks distanced themselves from their peers in key metrics measuring earnings, underwriting profitability, balance sheet growth and other indicators of...
#18 Southwest Wins Appeal in Cyber Excess Coverage Dispute With Liberty
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...
#19 Markets/Coverages: Coalition Exec Risk Insurance Now on Surplus Paper; ISO Adds 160 New BOP Classifications; MGU Verita Launches
Oct 5 2023 // Coalition’s Executive Risks Insurance Now Available On Surplus Lines Paper Coalition announced its executive risks insurance products are now available on surplus lines paper, making comprehensive management...
#20 Florida Bills Would Let Surplus Lines Do Takeouts and Require More Data Reporting
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...
