Colorado has implemented new procedure changes for surplus lines brokers. Beginning Jan. 1, 2007, surplus lines brokers in Colorado will need to report their monthly policy and endorsement transactions directly to the state’s Division of Insurance, rather than the Surplus …
The Texas Surplus Lines Association Inc. announced the election of the following officers and directors at the organizations 50th annual meeting held Nov. 13, 2006, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin, Texas: President Len Kaplan, executive vice president and …
M.D. Jensvold & Co. Inc. announced that Nichole Atherton has joined its Houston office as a senior broker. Atherton will be brokering energy accounts, as well as other commercial business. She brings extensive energy underwriting experience to the firm, the …
Kyle Stevens, executive vice president of Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers, announced that the firm has outgrown its current offices in Dallas and has moved to a larger space in Plano, Texas. Effective Oct. 16, the new offices are located …
Kyle Stevens, executive vice president, announced that Western Security Surplus has increased capacity to write property coverage, including wind and hail, in Harris County, Texas. Now agents and brokers in Harris County will be able to take advantage of the …
Don Etheredge, president of Texas Surplus Lines Association, announced that the 2006, 50th Anniversary Annual Meeting is being held Nov. 12 and 13 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin, Texas. Speakers scheduled are: –Senior Associate Commissioner Betty Patterson, Texas …
The National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO) recognized the top four graduates of the Associate in Surplus Lines Insurance (ASLI) program at its annual convention on Sept. 15, 2006, in Chicago, Ill. The Derek Hughes/NAPSLO Educational Foundation sponsors …
Swett & Crawford appointed Kyle Chapman as vice president and director of business development. He will be working with Swett & Crawford’s senior management team in Atlanta on its acquisition initiatives. Chapman will also assist Terri Snell, Swett’s chief administrative …
The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that would apply single-state regulation and uniform standards to the nonadmitted insurance and reinsurance marketplace. H.R. 5637, The Non-Admitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2006, was approved Wednesday evening by a vote of …
Catlin Group Limited, the international speciality property/casualty insurer and reinsurer, announced that Catlin US has established a Primary and Excess Casualty underwriting unit based in Atlanta. The five-person unit, headed by Vice President Steve Singer, will underwrite specialty classes of …
