E&S/Specialty

Throughout the country surplus-lines carriers are being affected by newly enacted and proposed legislation, but a measure being mulled in Florida is looking at these unregulated high-risk writers to help save the states residential market.

American Collectors Insurance and one of its insureds discuss on camera the coverage concerns with collectible autos.

Desperate to shrink its dangerously overexposed state-run insurer, Florida is floating legislation to allow eligible surplus-lines insurers to take policies from Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the states ostensible last-resort insurer.

Desperate to shrink its dangerously overexposed state-run insurer, Florida is floating legislation to allow eligible surplus-lines insurers to take policies from Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the states ostensible last-resort insurer.

If Hartford Financial were to split in two the outcome would have positive credit implications for the property and casualty (P&C) insurance group and negative credit implications for the life insurance group. The main reason for the difference, according to Moodys Weekly Credit Outlook is that the life group depends...

Develop a specialty in the insurance business and you will never have to worry about staying employed, declared Patrick G. Ryan, the founder and former chief executive of the insurance-brokerage firm Aon in an address in New York yesterday.