National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices

• NIMA Accepts Compromise to Implement NRRA Tax-Sharing Provision

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 25, 2012

  The Non-Admitted Insurance Multi-State Agreement has adopted the revenue-sharing agreement of a rival compact in an apparent effort to jumpstart creation of a uniform system to implement a premium-tax-sharing component of the federal surplus-lines reform law.

• Danielle S. Wade Continues Young Agent Discussion - nGI

  By nGI  |  May 21, 2012

  Danielle S. Wade talks about her father, future goals and taking out the trash.

• New Surplus Lines Course Ideal for New Hires

  By Staff Writer  |  May 1, 2012

  NAPSLO and The Institutes join forces to create an online primer about surplus lines fundamentals.

• Wisconsin Passes NRRA-Related Surplus-Lines Legislation

  By Staff Writer  |  April 16, 2012

  Wisconsin, which did not take action on implementing the federal Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act last year, has now passed such legislation, a National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices bulletin states.

• NAPSLO Exec: NRRA Benefits Evident; Tax-Sharing Agreement Not Likely

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 23, 2012

  The benefits of the surplus-lines-modernization law enacted in 2010 are already being felt through greater efficiency in the marketplace and likely lower premiums for customers, according to an official of the National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices.

• Moody's: Risks Beginning to Move Back to E&S Space

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 22, 2012

  As a further sign the insurance-pricing cycle is beginning to shift, Moody’s Investors Service says some companies are reporting strong growth in excess and surplus lines business, generally a sign that standard-market carriers are tightening underwriting and shedding business.

• NAPSLO: No NRRA Tax-Sharing Plan Is Better Than Two Competing Approaches

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 8, 2012

  Although the Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act (NRRA) went into effect in July of last year, states are continuing to debate which, if any, tax-sharing option to adopt.

• NAPSLO Report: Alan Kaufman’s Surplus Market Outlook

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 8, 2012

  Alan Kaufman, president and CEO of wholesale brokerage Burns & Wilcox, says the “economy is still very rough.”

• NAPSLO: No Tax-Sharing Contract Better Than Two Without Uniformity

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 5, 2012

  The longer the debate over the tax-sharing option within the Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act rages, the better off the surplus-lines industry is, say legislative-committee leaders of the National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices.

• With NRRA and the Economy on Their Minds, NAPSLO Members Prepare for Mid-Year Forum

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  February 9, 2012

  The state of the economy and developments in states’ implementation of the federal excess and surplus lines reform law will be two topics on the minds of National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO) members as they gather for the organization’s 2012 Mid-Year Leadership Forum.