E&S/Specialty

Agents and brokers who are trying to win, or simply renew, clientele in the luxury hotel and resort segment are finding it more challenging than ever.

The National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices, Ltd. said it awarded John Latham, regional president with Markel, its Charles A. McAlear/NAPSLO Industry Award.

A House committee has voted to totally exempt insurance companies and their products from oversight by a proposed U.S. Consumer Finance Protection Agency.

Reversing a downward trend, the frequency of medical malpractice claims against hospitals is rising, an insurance brokerage and risk management group has found.

There's been a lot of talk on the acquisition front by excess and surplus lines insurance companies, but little action to date--even in a year that followed back-to-back declines in organic growth for the segment overall.

Marshall Kath of Dallas has been elected president of the National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices, Ltd.

Most program business insurers believe gross premiums for the segment total at least $20 billion, but a growing number now have doubts they are doing that much volume, a survey reported.

Property and casualty insurers' current investment portfolios are well positioned to deal with continued investment market volatility, according to the latest analysis from Moody's Investors Service.