E&S/Specialty

E&S firms "have become more highly professional, sophisticated and certainly more diverse than ever before. Insureds and their retail brokers are increasingly looking to the Wholesale community to provide innovative coverage and structure as a way to get to the best possible outcome."

Liberty International Underwriters has launched a new product recall policy for packagers and co-packers, specifically of topical and ingestible products.

Swett & Crawford has announced the formation of a Construction Industry Group to focus on providing insurance services to retail brokers and their clients who have construction-related exposures and issues.

As the non-admitted industry and the interest of its members in federal regulatory and legislative issues continues to grow, so does the federal Political Action Committee (PAC) of its trade group, the National Association of Surplus Lines Offices Ltd. (NAPSLO).

In a small, one-bedroom flat in the working class city of Kharkiv, in the former Soviet Union, Dmytro Kozel was surfing the Internet for universities and colleges in the U.S. As a young student in the Ukraine, Kozel had more than a passing interest in advanced education. But he wasn't...

A key benefit of NAPSLO membership, the associations education and career development program offerings continue to expand. The newest addition to the NAPSLO lineup, Professional Selling Skills, was first offered in August to a sold-out class of students from across the country.