excess and surplus lines News
HDI Global Insurance Forms E&S Subsidiary
Industrial insurer HDI Global Insurance Co. (HDI) has formed an excess and surplus lines subsidiary, HDI Specialty Insurance Co. The new platform will "bring European expertise and solutions" to the ...
U.S. E&S Results Crush P/C Industry as a Whole: Fitch Ratings
E&S underwriters continued to greatly outperform the U.S. P/C industry at large in terms of combined ratio in 2015, even though the sector takes up just a fraction of the overall market, Fitch ...
Watford Re Debuts E&S Specialty Insurer
Watford Re Ltd. has formed a new excess and surplus lines insurer called Watford Specialty Insurance Co. (WSIC), based in Morristown, N.J. WSIC's lines of business "will be similar to what we've been ...
ACE Beefs Up Product Recall Insurance Options
ACE Group said it beefed up and tweaked its product recall insurance offerings, a move intended to help benefit customers in areas including consumable products, consumer goods and component part ...
ACE Group Expands E&O Endorsement for Nontraditional Medical Risks
ACE Westchester, the excess and surplus lines business of ACE Group, has announced a new errors and omissions endorsement designed to help medical organizations manage nontraditional risk exposures. ...
Berkshire, Ironshore in E&S Top 10; XL Catlin May be Next: SNL Data Analysis
Berkshire Hathaway and Ironshore were among the top 10 writers of U.S. excess and surplus lines business in 2014, according to data compiled by SNL Financial. XL Group and Catlin Group haven't made ...
Moody’s, A.M. Best See a Slowing Surplus Lines Market
Two insurance rating entities see slowing rate increases for the surplus lines segment in the coming months, as competition grows and rate hikes slow. Moody's Investors Service said that the U.S. ...