Brokers Find Calif. Surplus Lines Boom Slowing

NU Online News Service, Jan. 12, 11:08 a.m. EST?The demand for surplus lines insurance in California, which had seen the business grow by over 100 percent, increased only eight percent last year, a brokers trade group reported.[@@]

The Surplus Line Association of California said premium business exceeded $5 billion in 2004, or slightly more than 8 percent over 2003.

Recommended For You

Want to continue reading?
Become a Free PropertyCasualty360 Digital Reader

Your access to unlimited PropertyCasualty360 content isn’t changing.
Once you are an ALM digital member, you’ll receive:

  • Breaking insurance news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
  • Weekly Insurance Speak podcast featuring exclusive interviews with industry leaders
  • Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
  • Critical converage of the employee benefits and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, BenefitsPRO and ThinkAdvisor
NOT FOR REPRINT

© Touchpoint Markets, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more inforrmation visit Asset & Logo Licensing.