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San Francisco--Surplus lines insurers could see one of their key market advantages undermined if federal lawmakers decide to authorize an optional federal charter rather ...

San Francisco--Premium growth in the surplus lines industry was essentially flat in 2004, according to a rating agency report released late last week.A.M. Best, ...

ONE OF the key roles of the excess and surplus-lines marketplace is to function as a "relief valve" during hard markets. When standard insurers start restricting their underwriting or pull out of certain states or classes of business altogether,

NAPSLO Seeks TRIA ChangesIndian Wells, Calif.A major wholesaler group would not welcome an extension of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act without significant changes.Indeed, as the ...

Surplus Lines Brokers Caught In The Crossfire Wholesalers, MGAs distinguish role from retailers; saying they cant steer clientsThe fallout from the insurance industrys contingency fee ...

Can Retailers, Wholesalers Co-Exist In The Same House?One strategy the financial industry has developed to retain customers is creation of the one-stop shop. Bankers, for ...

NAPSLO Seeks TRIA ChangesBy Mark E. Ruquet<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> NU Online News Service, Feb. 24, 4:18 p.m. EST-Indian Wells, Calif.--A ...

BUILDING good relationships among insurance carriers, MGAs and retail agents was the focus of a panel discussion at the NAPSLO annual meeting, which took place in September in Orlando, Fla. Mark Wells, publisher of Insurance Journal, was the