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There are twenty-six¹ insurers that have been granted Domestic Surplus Line Insurer (DSLI) status under Section 445a (twenty are still active).  They are:

 

Company Name	Eff. Date of DSLI Status
AIG Specialty Insurance Co2	12/28/2007
Allianz Underwriters Insurance Co	12/31/2012
Argonaut Limited Risk Insurance Co3	12/31/2005 to 08/17/2017
AXIS Surplus Insurance Company	10/01/2009
Blue Hill Specialty Insurance Co Inc	12/30/2014
Bracken Hill Specialty Insurance Co Inc4	12/23/2008 to 12/31/2014
Burlington Insurance Co Inc	12/31/2015
Columbia Casualty Co	07/01/2005
Discover Specialty Insurance Co	10/01/2006
Dover Bay Specialty Insurance Co	02/05/2016
Evanston Insurance Co	09/01/2015
First Mercury Insurance Co5	06/15/2004 to 10/28/2015
HDI Specialty Insurance Co	03/28/2017
Hiscox Specialty Insurance Co Inc	04/01/2022
Illinois Union Insurance Co	08/03/2004
Interstate Fire & Casualty Company	10/01/2009
ISMIE Indemnity Co	10/03/2006
Mt. Hawley Insurance Co	04/21/1999
Noetic Specialty Insurance Co6	11/07/2001 to 11/14/2010
North Light Specialty Insurance Co	05/19/2014
Old Republic Union Insurance Co	05/27/2015
Prime Insurance Co	06/12/2006
Starr Surplus Lines Insurance Co7	02/18/2009 to 12/31/2017
State Farm Specialty Insurance Co	07/26/2023
Steadfast Insurance Co	12/31/2018
Vantage Risk Specialty Insurance Co8	12/21/2017 to 11/30/2022

 

1. The information in this bulletin (list of domestic surplus line insurers) has been updated to reflect current information as of 7/26/2022.
2. Formerly American International Specialty Lines Ins Co. Changed name to Chartis Specialty Ins Co effective 11/1/2009. Changed name to AIG Specialty Ins Co effective 10/1/2013.
3. Argonaut Limited Risk Insurance Co was issued an Amended Certificate of Authority on 8/18/2017 to delete the domestic surplus line insurer status and become a domestic stock company (admitted).
4. Formerly Hiscox Specialty Ins Co.  Name changed effective 7/9/2012. Was a domestic surplus line insurer from 12/23/2008 until 12/31/2014 when they merged with and into Canopius US Insurance, Inc.
5. First Mercury Insurance Co redomiciled to Delaware effective 10/28/2015.
6. Noetic Specialty Insurance Co redomiciled to Vermont effective 11/18/2010.
7. Starr Surplus Lines Insurance Co redomiciled to Texas effective 1/1/2018.
8. Formerly Crystal Ridge Specialty Insurance Co Inc. Changed name to Vantage Risk Specialty Ins Co effective 7/20/2021. Vantage Risk Specialty Ins Co redomiciled to Delaware effective 11/30/2022.