E&S/Specialty

While the excess-and-surplus-lines sector is maintaining good profitability and strong balance sheets, challenges from high catastrophe exposures and low interest rates remain, says a report from Moodys Investors Service.

Insurance providers need to have no fear of failure when developing new products to adjust to and cover emerging risks associated with the fast-paced evolution and trends among worldwide businesses.

Bermuda insurers and reinsurers reported strong first-quarter earnings relative to a year ago, with several swinging back into the black after reporting Q1 losses in 2011.

Bermuda insurers and reinsurers reported strong first-quarter earnings relative to a year ago, with several swinging back into the black after reporting Q1 losses in 2011.

Excess and surplus-lines carriers are beginning to see signs of a market change, including a shift in standard-carrier appetite for traditional E&S risks, according to an SNL Financial analysis.

Excess and surplus-lines carriers are beginning to see signs of a market change, including a shift in standard-carrier appetite for traditional E&S risks, according to an SNL Financial analysis.