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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/~d/styles/rss2full.xsl"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~d/styles/itemcontent.css"?><rss xmlns:feedburner="http://rssnamespace.org/feedburner/ext/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><generator>NFE/1.0</generator><title>Surplus Lines</title><link>http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&amp;ned=us&amp;hl=en&amp;q=surplus+lines</link><language>en</language><webMaster>news-feedback@google.com</webMaster><copyright>&amp;copy;2012 Google</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 15:09:43 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 15:09:43 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><url>http://www.practice-solutions.com/images/icon_therapy.gif</url></image><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/google/SurplusLines" /><feedburner:info uri="google/surpluslines" /><atom10:link xmlns:atom10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/" /><item><title>Patricia Roberts Receives Vincent Donahue Lifetime Achievement Award - MarketWatch (press release)</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/google/SurplusLines/~3/L6HcgOH44O8/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/patricia-roberts-receives-vincent-donahue-lifetime-achievement-award-2012-05-30</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 17:24:47 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGEU5TK3SYyMHETMxwvVbbcYAL0WQ&amp;amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/patricia-roberts-receives-vincent-donahue-lifetime-achievement-award-2012-05-30"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Patricia Roberts Receives Vincent Donahue Lifetime Achievement Award&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;MarketWatch (press release)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;She was named President and Chief Executive Officer of General Star&amp;#39;s excess and &lt;b&gt;surplus lines&lt;/b&gt; operations in 2001. In 2004, she became President and Chief Executive Officer of Genesis which underwrites excess and large deductible insurance coverages &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dPXiJzEkTCOj1zM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/google/SurplusLines/~4/L6HcgOH44O8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGEU5TK3SYyMHETMxwvVbbcYAL0WQ&amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/patricia-roberts-receives-vincent-donahue-lifetime-achievement-award-2012-05-30</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>11 States Adopt Plan to Distribute Surplus Lines Premium Taxes - Insurance Journal</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/google/SurplusLines/~3/oFeKnN5hCHc/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2012/05/25/248940.htm</guid><pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 15:26:55 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHqNLHhNsGmos_YE6r0_ZYq0Djxzw&amp;amp;url=http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2012/05/25/248940.htm"&gt;&lt;b&gt;11 States Adopt Plan to Distribute &lt;b&gt;Surplus Lines&lt;/b&gt; Premium Taxes&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Insurance Journal&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;States participating in the Non-admitted Insurance Multi-state Agreement, or NIMA, have adopted a premium allocation method for distributing &lt;b&gt;surplus lines&lt;/b&gt; premium taxes on casualty insurance. The adopted method aims to streamlines the allocation and &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEB7Gizbfp8v8qIRhEGYrkGrVU28Q&amp;amp;url=http://www.law360.com/publicpolicy/articles/344023/states-limit-sharing-of-surplus-line-taxes"&gt;States Limit Sharing Of &lt;b&gt;Surplus Line&lt;/b&gt; Taxes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Law360 (subscription)&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=diB--y5Wnyv9pDM7HkeCgk0lsJtBM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 3 news articles&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/google/SurplusLines/~4/oFeKnN5hCHc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNHqNLHhNsGmos_YE6r0_ZYq0Djxzw&amp;url=http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2012/05/25/248940.htm</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>The trouble with lines in the sand - Stuff.co.nz</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/google/SurplusLines/~3/SMezmRmSzIg/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/opinion/7023166/The-trouble-with-lines-in-the-sand</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 01:00:05 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGF7gXukqgSyIVWQCwJpS7KGrw58A&amp;amp;url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/opinion/7023166/The-trouble-with-lines-in-the-sand"&gt;&lt;b&gt;The trouble with &lt;b&gt;lines&lt;/b&gt; in the sand&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Stuff.co.nz&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;OPINION: The trouble with &lt;b&gt;lines&lt;/b&gt; in the sand is that when the tide comes in, the &lt;b&gt;line&lt;/b&gt; disappears. Two good current examples: the Budget &lt;b&gt;surplus&lt;/b&gt; target and Prime Minister John Key&amp;#39;s determination to keep his word and leave the age of pension entitlement &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dgjwXxCCvoRMUxM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/google/SurplusLines/~4/SMezmRmSzIg" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGF7gXukqgSyIVWQCwJpS7KGrw58A&amp;url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/opinion/7023166/The-trouble-with-lines-in-the-sand</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>Dari Mart Gives Away Surplus Milk - KEZI TV</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/google/SurplusLines/~3/xqbzJ6b_D0M/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://kezi.com/news/local/247721</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 00:15:37 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNH4Wd5gPFUatfQM2Te5_0IE3JNhPg&amp;amp;url=http://kezi.com/news/local/247721"&gt;&lt;img src="//nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/MvlI7MZzXEvgrM/6.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-2"&gt;KEZI TV&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNH4Wd5gPFUatfQM2Te5_0IE3JNhPg&amp;amp;url=http://kezi.com/news/local/247721"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dari Mart Gives Away &lt;b&gt;Surplus&lt;/b&gt; Milk&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;KEZI TV&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;A &lt;b&gt;surplus&lt;/b&gt; led to a local convenience store giving out gallons of milk--for free. The Dari Mart on the corner of Game Farm Road handed out 100 gallons of skim milk. Staff says the &lt;b&gt;lines&lt;/b&gt; formed quickly outside the store. &amp;quot;This is the end of the month, &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dnhQHDDgWl2824M"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/google/SurplusLines/~4/xqbzJ6b_D0M" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNH4Wd5gPFUatfQM2Te5_0IE3JNhPg&amp;url=http://kezi.com/news/local/247721</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>Fitch Rates High Point, North Carolina GOs 'AA+'; Outlook Stable - MarketWatch (press release)</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/google/SurplusLines/~3/03Fn9-iJTpU/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/fitch-rates-high-point-north-carolina-gos-aa-outlook-stable-2012-05-30</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2012 19:25:41 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNERLi68Gx1Pbnhc5DQo29ORBQsSzg&amp;amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/fitch-rates-high-point-north-carolina-gos-aa-outlook-stable-2012-05-30"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Fitch Rates High Point, North Carolina GOs &amp;#39;AA+&amp;#39;; Outlook Stable&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;MarketWatch (press release)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;Public improvement bonds will fund the relocation of overhead electric &lt;b&gt;lines&lt;/b&gt; in the downtown business district and related streetscape improvements. Refunding bonds will refund the series 2003, series 2005 and series 2006 bonds for level savings.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dnhWFe7WOoikMSM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/google/SurplusLines/~4/03Fn9-iJTpU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNERLi68Gx1Pbnhc5DQo29ORBQsSzg&amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/fitch-rates-high-point-north-carolina-gos-aa-outlook-stable-2012-05-30</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>SA ducks the budget challenge - The Australian (blog)</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/google/SurplusLines/~3/ja_hf4R996c/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/sa-ducks-the-budget-challenge/story-e6frg71x-1226377795520</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 14:35:53 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNHFvRs42eDcCdu5fdPkXWhAUyiUOA&amp;amp;url=http://bigpondnews.com/articles/Finance/2012/05/31/SA_budget_cuts_jobs_and_spending_756084.html"&gt;&lt;img src="//nt2.ggpht.com/news/tbn/dqbtF7RvHs0xkM/6.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-2"&gt;BigPond News&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNF-wGvCUdBEnieQw-ND5oC9BEddDQ&amp;amp;url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/sa-ducks-the-budget-challenge/story-e6frg71x-1226377795520"&gt;&lt;b&gt;SA ducks the budget challenge&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Australian (blog)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;He has reduced infrastructure spending by suspending the electrification of two northern commuter rail &lt;b&gt;lines&lt;/b&gt;. While this has prevented his deficits from blowing out further, because of contracts already signed it will leave the state with a &lt;b&gt;surplus&lt;/b&gt; of &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGzhkJebrW9RJxfca7rMGOZ7kr-cQ&amp;amp;url=http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id%3D8476588"&gt;SA budget cuts jobs and spending&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="-1" color="#6f6f6f"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Ninemsn&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dsiTCkgMj35msjMDVqGmbhECL87uM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 76 news articles&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/google/SurplusLines/~4/ja_hf4R996c" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNF-wGvCUdBEnieQw-ND5oC9BEddDQ&amp;url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/sa-ducks-the-budget-challenge/story-e6frg71x-1226377795520</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>New Commercial Flood Protection Available from Philadelphia Insurance - PR Web (press release)</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/google/SurplusLines/~3/byPBiyl3b7s/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/5/prweb9557361.htm</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 13:07:59 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEXhW8dKjBnWyhD9QBEOKJGlPuGfw&amp;amp;url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/5/prweb9557361.htm"&gt;&lt;img src="//nt3.ggpht.com/news/tbn/h6JCLy9eputMuM/6.jpg" alt="" border="1" width="80" height="80" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-2"&gt;PR Web (press release)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEXhW8dKjBnWyhD9QBEOKJGlPuGfw&amp;amp;url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/5/prweb9557361.htm"&gt;&lt;b&gt;New Commercial Flood Protection Available from Philadelphia Insurance&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;PR Web (press release)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;Certain coverage may be provided by a &lt;b&gt;surplus lines&lt;/b&gt; insurer. &lt;b&gt;Surplus lines&lt;/b&gt; insurers do not generally participate in state guaranty funds and insureds are therefore not protected by such funds. Non-insurance products and services may be provided by &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dIqVUaoN1y0o-cM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/google/SurplusLines/~4/byPBiyl3b7s" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEXhW8dKjBnWyhD9QBEOKJGlPuGfw&amp;url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/5/prweb9557361.htm</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>Dunkirk finished 2011 in the black - Evening Observer</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/google/SurplusLines/~3/QBGe4n4LiUk/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.observertoday.com/page/content.detail/id/572333/Dunkirk-finished-2011-in-the-black.html?nav=5047</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 04:50:28 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNEzi8wX5xC1x_YoxBxa2tZI8GYGGQ&amp;amp;url=http://www.observertoday.com/page/content.detail/id/572333/Dunkirk-finished-2011-in-the-black.html?nav%3D5047"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Dunkirk finished 2011 in the black&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Evening Observer&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;According to the proposed resolution, the general fund received $300823 in payments that were not budgeted, helping offset overruns in several &lt;b&gt;lines&lt;/b&gt; and leaving the general fund some $60000 in the black for 2011. Prominent among the increases made to &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dl1koSInhX6Vp1M"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/google/SurplusLines/~4/QBGe4n4LiUk" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNEzi8wX5xC1x_YoxBxa2tZI8GYGGQ&amp;url=http://www.observertoday.com/page/content.detail/id/572333/Dunkirk-finished-2011-in-the-black.html?nav%3D5047</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>Admiral Insurance Company Launches New Miscellaneous Professional Liability Form - MarketWatch (press release)</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/google/SurplusLines/~3/OgNsz4FO0OE/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/admiral-insurance-company-launches-new-miscellaneous-professional-liability-form-2012-05-16</guid><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 12:03:07 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGkDcAb4mNNgrJvj63XhxiN4_haEQ&amp;amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/admiral-insurance-company-launches-new-miscellaneous-professional-liability-form-2012-05-16"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Admiral Insurance Company Launches New Miscellaneous Professional Liability Form&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;MarketWatch (press release)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;The new Admiral policy includes eleven enhancements designed to meet the unique needs of the excess and &lt;b&gt;surplus lines&lt;/b&gt; customers that Admiral serves. 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Barraclough, executive vice president of primary operations commented, &amp;quot;We are extremely &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dDZ5Gehba22-G0M"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;and more&amp;nbsp;&amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/google/SurplusLines/~4/OgNsz4FO0OE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGkDcAb4mNNgrJvj63XhxiN4_haEQ&amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/admiral-insurance-company-launches-new-miscellaneous-professional-liability-form-2012-05-16</feedburner:origLink></item> <item><title>Business people - Stamford Advocate</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/google/SurplusLines/~3/1xyg85JyufM/url</link><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Business-people-3597175.php</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 01:31:13 GMT</pubDate><description>&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="7" style="vertical-align:top;"&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width="80" align="center" valign="top"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign="top" class="j"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="padding-top:0.8em;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" height="1" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="lh"&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;amp;fd=R&amp;amp;usg=AFQjCNGB0jwbzZ4ZHasQmvngKm5B2uHw0g&amp;amp;url=http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Business-people-3597175.php"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Business people&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Stamford Advocate&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1"&gt;She held leadership positions within General Star, including president and chief executive officer of General Star&amp;#39;s excess and &lt;b&gt;surplus lines&lt;/b&gt; operations, and president and CEO of Genesis. Roberts is a graduate of George Mason University and has &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size="-1" class="p"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class="p" size="-1"&gt;&lt;a class="p" href="http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&amp;amp;ned=us&amp;amp;ncl=dl4pS2r-lsKTK0M"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/google/SurplusLines/~4/1xyg85JyufM" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><feedburner:origLink>http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&amp;fd=R&amp;usg=AFQjCNGB0jwbzZ4ZHasQmvngKm5B2uHw0g&amp;url=http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Business-people-3597175.php</feedburner:origLink></item><description>Google News</description></channel></rss>

