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• R&O Insurance Executives: Cautiously Optimistic

  By Laura Mazzuca Toops, AA&B editor  |  December 1, 2011

  Ongoing economic uncertainty, weak investments and a spate of record-breaking catastrophes made 2011 challenging for most insurers. But executives are hopeful that firming prices, a history of success in selected markets and a little luck could make 2012 the insurance industry’s turnaround year.

• E&S Carriers Staying Put With Wholesale Distribution

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 11, 2011

  After a panel of excess-and-surplus lines industry leaders recently expressed concerns about insurers abandoning the wholesale-distribution channel, two E&S carrier executives reiterated their commitment to both wholesaler brokers and surplus-lines business.

• E&S Execs Say Soft Market Not The 'New Normal'

  By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  November 24, 2010

  Participants in the excess and surplus lines industry generally expect a replay of 2010 market conditions in 2011, but that does not mean they believe the soft market is a "new normal" for the property and casualty industry.

• E&S Market Replay Anticipated In 2011; Execs Detail Diverse Coping Strategies

  By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  November 22, 2010

  For the most part, participants in the excess and surplus lines industry expect a replay of 2010 market conditions in 2011.

• Exec Insights On Historic E&S Market

  By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  November 22, 2010

  Executives trying to predicting how the soft market will play out for the excess and surplus lines industry have absolutely no point of reference based on past experience to guide them, an E&S executive said recently.