NU Online News Service, July 16, 1:55 p.m. EDT

WASHINGTON–Surplus lines insurers are big winners in the financial reform bill that Congress believes will prevent another economic meltdown that caused the current Great Recession.

The National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices called the non-admitted industry and their broker representatives "big winners" in the financial services reform legislation passed by the Senate Thursday.

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