E&S/Specialty

In fiscal year 2009, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission received over 90,000 new private sector charges of discrimination for the second straight year, the agency reported.

With Richmond, Va., continually growing as an excess and surplus lines insurance hub, the newest E&S carrier to set up shop there will distinguish itself with a "contrarian underwriting strategy," the company's chief executive says.

The impact of the new federal health care law on workers' compensation insurance will be a mixed bag, with some positives for the industry, a managed care expert predicts.

Seeking to redefine the relationship between the wholesale and retail producer, Dallas-based electronic insurance exchange MarketScout announced that Glenn Hargrove has joined MarketScout to launch MSW, or MarketScout Wholesale.

Argo Group US, a subsidiary of Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd., appointed former ACE Westchester executive Louis Levinson to head up the Argo Group's E&S segment.

Insurance regulators, in a surprise move, have voted to let insurers file their climate risk disclosure survey responses on a voluntary, confidential basis.