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There are twenty-five¹ insurers that have been granted Domestic Surplus Line Insurer (DSLI) status under Section 445a (nineteen are still active).  They are:

 

Company Name	Eff. Date of DSLI Status
AIG Specialty Insurance Co2	12/28/07
Allianz Underwriters Insurance Co	12/31/12
Argonaut Limited Risk Insurance Co3	12/31/05 to 08/17/17
AXIS Surplus Insurance Company	10/01/09
Blue Hill Specialty Insurance Co Inc	12/30/14
Bracken Hill Specialty Insurance Co Inc4	12/23/08 to 12/31/14
Burlington Insurance Co Inc	12/31/15
Columbia Casualty Co	07/01/05
Discover Specialty Insurance Co	10/01/06
Dover Bay Specialty Insurance Co	02/05/16
Evanston Insurance Co	09/01/15
First Mercury Insurance Co5	06/15/04 to 10/28/15
HDI Specialty Insurance Co	03/28/17
Hiscox Specialty Insurance Co Inc	04/01/22
Illinois Union Insurance Co	08/03/04
Interstate Fire & Casualty Company	10/01/09
ISMIE Indemnity Co	10/03/06
Mt. Hawley Insurance Co	04/21/99
Noetic Specialty Insurance Co6	11/07/01 to 11/14/10
North Light Specialty Insurance Co	05/19/14
Old Republic Union Insurance Co	05/27/15
Prime Insurance Co	06/12/06
Starr Surplus Lines Insurance Co7	02/18/09 to 12/31/17
Steadfast Insurance Co	12/31/18
Vantage Risk Specialty Insurance Co8	12/21/17 to 11/30/22

 

1. The information in this bulletin (list of domestic surplus line insurers) has been updated to reflect current information as of 4/1/22.
2. Formerly American International Specialty Lines Ins Co. Changed name to Chartis Specialty Ins Co effective 11/1/09. Changed name to AIG Specialty Ins Co effective 10/1/13.
3. Argonaut Limited Risk Insurance Co was issued an Amended Certificate of Authority on 8/18/17 to delete the domestic surplus line insurer status and become a domestic stock company (admitted).
4. Formerly Hiscox Specialty Ins Co.  Name changed effective 7/9/12. Was a domestic surplus line insurer from 12/23/08 until 12/31/14 when they merged with and into Canopius US Insurance, Inc.
5. First Mercury Insurance Co was an Illinois domestic surplus line insurer from 6/15/04 until 10/28/15 when they redomesticated to Delaware.
6. Noetic Specialty Insurance Co was an Illinois domestic surplus line insurer from November 7, 01 until November 18, 10 when they redomesticated to Vermont.
7. Starr Surplus Lines Insurance Co redomiciled from Illinois to Texas effective 1/1/18.
8. Formerly Crystal Ridge Specialty Insurance Co Inc. Changed name to Vantage Risk Specialty Ins Co effective 7/20/21. Vantage Risk Specialty Ins Co redomesticated to Delaware effective 11/30/22, so this is no longer an Illinois Domestic Surplus Line Insurer.