Excess & Surplus Lines

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Softening rates in the mainstream reinsurance market have driven players to seek growth in alternative lines. Focusing on one of those lines—excess and surplus—Intelligent Insurer looks at new entrants seeking a part of the action and asks whether this market has the sustainability for increased capacity.
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A mixture of economic incentives and new regulation has brought change to the US excess and surplus lines market. We ask which companies won and lost in 2010, and who will gain in 2011.
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20 March 2025   The specialty re/insurer will offer umbrella excess cover to captive insurers.
10 March 2025   The E&S boom has handed power to MGAs and wholesalers, narrowed market focus.
6 March 2025   California E&S goes from being ‘hard-to-place’ covers to admitted market castaways.
4 March 2025   Troubled re/insurer says 2024 was a ‘costly but transformative year’.
25 February 2025   The new MGA targets $150m in annual premiums by year five.
21 February 2025   Build-out of its delegated authority capacity could merit temporary boost in leverage.
21 February 2025   E&S takes all: no case of rate adequacy has yet dented the flow of business to E&S.
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