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  • Florida's surplus lines market is booming as prices fall
  • Where admitted carriers retreat, E&S insurers are stepping in
  • Comments Due Soon on What Goes on WV Surplus Lines Export List

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insurancebusinessmag.com /1 month ago

Florida's surplus lines market is booming as prices fall

Money has come rushing back into the state

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insurancebusinessmag.com /1 month ago

Where admitted carriers retreat, E&S insurers are stepping in

AM Best data shows surplus lines absorbing AI and cat risk as standard carriers pull back on pricing and data grounds

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insurancejournal.com /2 weeks ago

Comments Due Soon on What Goes on WV Surplus Lines Export List

West Virginia stakeholders have until Sept. 11 to submit comments on what should or should not be on the state’s export list of coverages that can be placed with surplus lines insu...

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insurancejournal.com /1 month ago

Risk Theory Launches Jupiter Platinum Home E&S Product in California

Risk Theory Insurance Services launched Jupiter Platinum Home, a primary excess and surplus product for high-net-worth homeowners in California. The program, with capacity from Amh...

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propertyinsurancecoveragelaw.com /1 week ago

Non-Admitted Surplus Lines Insurers Must Follow Fair Claims Practice Regulations in California 

I get calls from insureds all the time who are concerned that because their insurance carrier is “non-admitted” in California, the carrier somehow gets to play by a different set o...

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seekingalpha.com /2 weeks ago

U.S. E&S Insurance Market Report: Niche To Necessity For Homeowners

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insurancejournal.com /3 weeks ago

People: Rivera Named President of FSLA at Convention

The Florida Surplus Lines Association installed its new officers and directors this week at what the association said was a record-breaking annual convention in St. Petersburg. “Ou...

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insurancejournal.com /2 days ago

Declarations

Q2 Ups And Downs “Commercial property decreases were at least partially driven by carriers seeking to offset increases they asked for in lines like commercial auto and umbrella. A...

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insurancejournal.com /1 month ago

My New Markets

Small Business Market Details: The Kinsale Small Business Division concentrates on smaller risks with an emphasis on contractors and OL&T/premises-related exposures, offering b...

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insurancejournal.com /1 month ago

Orion180 Launches Customizable Private Flood Insurance in California

Orion180 Insurance has rolled out a residential private flood insurance offering in California. The product provides up to $1 million in building coverage, waiting periods as short...

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insurancebusinessmag.com /3 weeks ago

Lala tests Hawaii's fragmented insurance market as flood and mudslide claims mount

Hurricane Lala never made landfall, but its rainfall alone has generated a multi-line claims picture spanning flood, auto and business interruption coverage

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insurancebusinessmag.com /6 days ago

E&S growth exposes widening split in US homeowners market

E&S homeowners premiums rose 29.5% nationally last year and more than tripled in some inland states - for brokers managing personal lines clients, the question is no longer jus...

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propertyinsurancecoveragelaw.com /4 days ago

A Practical Checklist for Surplus Lines Arbitration Policies in Louisiana

A major new Fifth Circuit decision provides the clearest roadmap yet for Louisiana policyholders and public adjusters dealing with arbitration provisions in surplus lines policies....

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insurancebusinessmag.com /1 month ago

Global Indemnity just told brokers exactly where it will and won't chase business

The specialty insurer's second-quarter numbers look solid on paper. For brokers with property submissions in hand, the more useful story is where the company chose to grow and wher...

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insurancebusinessmag.com /1 day ago

MV Dali pushes P&I market into uncharted overspill territory

The US$2.8bn claim has exhausted the IG's reinsurance limit, and pricing the higher layers for 2027 is an open question

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insurancebusinessmag.com /1 week ago

Chinese-heritage insurer targets Asian exporters in US debut

Usurance has a Utah certificate of authority, no disclosed AM Best rating, and a stated intent to cover two segments where admitted capacity has been thin. For brokers with clients...

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insurancebusinessmag.com /1 week ago

Succession gap fuels Inszone's latest commercial lines deal

Corporate Insurance Group founder chose acquisition over wind-down, reflecting a pattern driving independent consolidation

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insurancebusinessmag.com /1 day ago

MV Dali pushes P&I market into uncharted overspill territory

The $2.8bn claim has exhausted the IG's reinsurance limit, and pricing the higher layers for 2027 is an open question

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insurancebusinessmag.com /1 month ago

DUAL exits excess liability book as AXIS eyes lower middle market growth

Brokers renewing through DUAL's program will shift to AXIS paper as the transition begins

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insurancejournal.com /3 weeks ago

Green Shield Expands Non-Admitted High-Value HO Program to California and Colorado

A specialty homeowners program serving high-value homeowners is coming to California and Colorado. Green Shield Risk Solutions is expanding its Guardian Elite Home, a non-admitted...

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insurancebusinessmag.com /1 week ago

Samsung's insurers reportedly lining up a $6 billion shopping trip through Lloyd's and Wall Street

Huge deal set to take over top five UK specialty insurer

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insurancebusinessmag.com /1 month ago

2026 RPS US property market outlook: Navigating the E&S buyer's market

Abundant capacity and shifting underwriting dynamics are reshaping the US E&S property market — here's what brokers need to know.

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insurancebusinessmag.com /1 week ago

Who are the specialists that brokers turn to when the risk gets tough?

Nominate the wholesale brokers whose expertise makes a difference when standard solutions fall short

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insurancebusinessmag.com /4 weeks ago

Private credit backs your clients' annuities, but disclosure is thin

Bermuda's life and annuity sidecar market has quadrupled since 2021, and most vehicles don't reveal what assets back their liabilities

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