If pure performance is the primary criteria by which a business executive’s stature should be judged, then Dick Bouhan is truly a legend.

As a top official at the National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO) since 1981, Bouhan spearheaded a remarkable transformation of the Excess & Surplus (or specialty) market.

Thirty years ago, E&S was poorly understood; most of the players were small, family-owned operations; and it comprised a miniscule portion—about 5 percent—of the commercial P&C universe.

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