excess and surplus lines News
Bigger Piece of the Pie: Surplus Lines Market Hits New Record
Whatever line of business, the surplus lines industry continues to play a critical and more prominent role in the property/casualty market. "It's pretty incredible to have watched what the E&S ...
E&S Lines See Growth Driven by Admitted Markets’ Declining Capacity: Triple-I
A surge in double-digit percentage growth in the excess and surplus lines (E&S) market for the last five years, the result of solid underwriting results, continues to drive operating ...
Property Drives E&S Growth of 15% in 2023 to Increase Overall P/C Share
For the sixth straight year, U.S. excess and surplus insurers in 2023 saw double-digit growth in direct written premiums. E&S direct written premiums (DWP) grew 15 percent last year to increase ...
Florida-based FCCI Moving Into Excess and Surplus Market Oct. 1
Sarasota-based FCCI Insurance Group will soon start writing excess and surplus lines across much of the country, the carrier announced this week. Florida, Georgia and Texas insurance agents can ...
Surplus Lines Insurers Providing a Much-Needed Safety Valve for P/C Industry
Given the difficult environment for primary property/casualty carriers, the efficient use of excess and surplus (E&S) lines capacity is providing a safety valve for ...
Chubb Writing More Personal E&S, but CEO Greenberg Doesn’t Like the Trend
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 ...
E&S Insurer Ategrity Raises $75M, Plots Next Phase of Growth
Ategrity Specialty Insurance Co. sad it has completed a $75 million capital raise led by Sequentis Financial LLC to support its continued growth. Ategrity is a Scottsdale, Arizona-based specialty ...
Specialty E&S Insurer Upland Capital Makes Its Debut
Upland Capital Group has become the latest specialty insurance business in the marketplace. The Dallas-based operation plans to offer a diversified portfolio of excess and surplus lines casualty, ...