Excess Insurance Rating for MGAs, Wholesalers, and Carriers

A production ready comparative rating platform supporting layered, umbrella, and excess structures across multiple carriers

Excess insurance is rarely placed in isolation. It is layered, negotiated, and tied closely to underlying primary policies such as General Liability and Commercial Property. Many MGAs and wholesalers still rely on manual workflows, email negotiations, and disconnected carrier portals to place excess coverage.

Selectsys built a production-ready excess insurance rating and comparative rating platform that allows MGAs and wholesalers to rate, quote, bind, issue, and manage excess policies within a unified system. The platform is live today and designed to support layered structures, program business, and delegated authority workflows.

What Is Excess Insurance and Comparative Rating

Excess insurance rating is the process of pricing coverage that sits above underlying primary policies using attachment points, limits, layering structures, and carrier specific underwriting rules.

Comparative rating allows MGAs, wholesalers, and carriers to compare excess and umbrella pricing, capacity, and underwriting outcomes across multiple carriers within a single placement workflow.

Selectsys supports excess insurance rating whether teams need a standalone excess rater, a comparative rating engine, or a full commercial lines rating platform.

Built on the Selectsys Commercial & Specialty Rating Platform

The Excess Insurance Rating Platform operates within the broader Selectsys Commercial & Specialty Rating Platform. This allows excess placement to be managed alongside primary lines such as General Liability, Commercial Property, and Workers Comp in a single operational environment.

See how MGAs and wholesalers scale this line using unified rating, binding, issuance, and accounting workflows.

Learn more about the full platform here

How Excess Insurance and Comparative Rating Works

Compare excess and umbrella pricing across multiple carriers and layers in a single submission

Direct Carrier API Rating

For carriers that support API based workflows, Selectsys enables real time excess rating and quoting directly from the platform. Where supported, workflows extend from quote through bind and policy issuance.

New excess carrier API integrations can typically be delivered in approximately six weeks, assuming carrier access and documentation are available.

ISO Based Excess Rating

For excess programs that rely on ISO based rates, the platform supports standardized rating workflows while keeping submissions, underwriting, and placement centralized within a single system.

Proprietary Excess Programs

For delegated authority and specialty program business, Selectsys supports proprietary excess rating where rates and underwriting logic are owned by the MGA or carrier. This enables faster program launches and greater flexibility in structuring excess layers.

Carriers Supported for Excess Insurance

The excess insurance rating and comparative rating platform is integrated in production with multiple national and specialty carriers supporting excess and umbrella business.

Carriers currently integrated for Excess Insurance include:

  • markel

Additional excess carriers can be onboarded where MGA or wholesaler appointments exist. New carrier API integrations are typically delivered in approximately six weeks.

From Quote to Bind to Issue for Excess Insurance

This line fails most often when rating is disconnected from execution.

For programs that require full lifecycle workflows, the platform supports:

  • Quote generation
  • Layered pricing structures
  • Binding workflows
  • Policy issuance
  • Endorsements and rewrites
  • Cancellations and non renewals

This reduces manual handling and improves turnaround time for excess placement.

Integrated Accounting for Excess Programs

When combined with Selectsys accounting capabilities, MGAs and wholesalers can:

  • Collect excess premiums at bind
  • Manage trust and premium accounting
  • Reconcile carrier payables across layers
  • Track endorsements and adjustments
  • Maintain policy level financial accuracy

This ensures financial integrity across complex excess programs.

Built for Layered and Program Driven Excess Business

The Excess Insurance Rating Platform is designed for organizations that:

  • Place layered excess coverage
  • Manage umbrella and excess programs
  • Operate across multiple carriers and layers
  • Run delegated authority programs
  • Need speed with underwriting control

The platform is already running inside organizations that operate this way today.

Related Line Platforms

Excess insurance is typically paired with primary and property lines:

Related Insights

If excess placement is slowing down your programs or limiting growth, we should talk. Selectsys can support your existing excess carriers, onboard new ones quickly, and provide a production-ready excess insurance rating and comparative rating platform that scales with your business.

Premium collection following rate quote bind is automated through CoverPay, enabling installment billing and endorsement recalculation without third party billing integrations.