Texas Surplus Line Stamping Fee Rate to Increase Jan. 1
The surplus lines stamping fee rate in Texas will increase next year to 0.15 percent of the gross premium amount of surplus lines insurance policies, the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLSOT)...
View ArticleSurplus Lines Insurance Sees Moderate Growth Thus Far in 2015
Collectively, the 14 U.S. surplus lines stamping offices have reported moderate growth in surplus line premiums during the first half of 2015. Approximately 60 percent of all surplus lines insurance is...
View ArticleTexas Stamping Office: Growth in U.S. Surplus Lines Continued in 2015
Collectively, the surplus lines insurance service/stamping offices across the country processed a record-breaking $25 billion in premium in 2015, exhibiting 3.6 percent growth over the $24.2 billion in...
View ArticleBolls Joins Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas as Finance Director
The Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLSOT) has appointed Kyle Bolls as director of Finance. Bolls previously worked in financial regulation for the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI), recently...
View ArticleTexas Surplus Lines Stamping Office Adds Orellana as Human Resources Director
The Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLSOT) has appointed Denisse Orellana as director of Human Resources. For the past several years, Orellana has worked in the private sector for a promotional...
View Article14 States Process $12.7B in Surplus Lines Premium in First Half 2016
Data from the 14 U.S. surplus lines service/stamping offices show they have processed almost $12.7 billion in insurance premium filings in the first half of 2016, according to the Surplus Lines...
View ArticleSLSOT Using Data to Better Communicate with Surplus Line Market Stakeholders
Surplus lines may not be the most widely understood segment of the property/casualty insurance industry but for risk managers of large organizations it’s often the go-to market for complicated risks...
View ArticleSurplus Lines Office: Compliance Required after Essex/Evanston Merger
The Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLSOT) is alerting surplus lines insurance professionals in the state that due to the merger of Markel companies Essex Insurance Co. (Essex) into Evanston...
View ArticleFormer Texas Stamping Office Chair Receives NAPSLO Award
Texas-based The Parks Group’s Lana Parks is this year’s recipient of the Richard M. Bouhan Legislative Advocacy Award from the National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices (NAPSLO). Parks...
View ArticleStamping Office General Counsel Named a ‘Super Lawyer’ by Texas Monthly
The general counsel for the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLSOT), Alex Gonzales, has been selected as a Texas Super Lawyer for 2016 by Texas Monthly. Gonzales, with Winstead PC, has served as...
View ArticleTexas Stamping Office Updates Surplus Lines Eligible Insurer List
The Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLSOT) reported the following changes to the eligible insurer list. Alien insurers effective 10/1/2016 include the following: The Hanover Atlantic Insurance...
View ArticleTexas Surplus Lines Stamping Office Adds DiLoreto
The Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLSOT) has appointed Maegan DiLoreto as communications and training coordinator. DiLoreto previously worked as a copy editor and page designer for newspapers...
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