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Excess and Surplus Lines

Excess and surplus (E&S) lines insurance provides coverage for hard to place business that the standard market typically won’t insure. This includes business with adverse loss experience, unusual or high-risk exposures, or complex products. Coverages required may include general liability, property, professional liability and excess liability.

Excess and Surplus (E&S) Lines Experts

 

Berkley is a leading provider of excess and surplus (E&S) lines insurance. We offer comprehensive insurance solutions and risk management services that can help protect your unique or higher risk business from the many exposures it faces. We can tailor insurance coverage solutions specific to your business while providing responsive and knowledgeable claim service, meaning fewer problems and better results for your business.

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How Excess and Surplus (E&S) Insurance Can Help Protect Your Business

The E&S market can help businesses that are denied coverage or can’t find adequate coverage in the standard insurance market. Berkley, an elite excess and surplus lines insurer, can offer creative solutions for unique or hard to place business. Examples of the coverage we can provide includes the following: 

  • General Liability – can protect you and your business against claims for bodily injury, property damage and personal injury resulting from your services, operations and products  

  • Excess Liability – can provide additional protection for your business after the limits on your primary liability policies have been exhausted 

  • Commercial Property – can protect your business from physical damage to property or contents including loss of income and expenses from unexpected events 

  • Inland Marine – can provide coverage for mobile equipment, machinery and tools used in your business operations 

  • Professional Liability – can provide protection from claims due to your negligence, misrepresentation, breach of contract or advice while delivering professional services  

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