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Gray Surplus Lines Insurance Company · NAIC 15889

Where Gray Surplus Lines Insurance Company is admitted, where it's eligible for surplus lines, the lines it's licensed for and how much of each it writes, from state regulators' public lists and market share reports.

Gray Surplus Lines Insurance Company (NAIC 15889) is a property and casualty insurer domiciled in Louisiana, part of Gray Insurance Group. State regulators list it as licensed (admitted) in Illinois, Maryland, Missouri, South Carolina and an eligible surplus lines insurer in Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Iowa, Idaho, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, West Virginia. It ranked #267 of 695 in Illinois general liability in 2025 (0.0% share). It ranked #338 of 621 in North Carolina general liability in 2025 (0.0% share).

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By state

Where it's licensed

States whose regulator lists are loaded: Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Wyoming. Not on the lists we have for California, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, North Dakota, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, Ohio, South Dakota, Utah, Wisconsin, Wyoming, which doesn't by itself mean it isn't licensed there.

StateStatusLines licensedSinceSource
AlaskaSurplus lines (eligible)——Alaska, 2026-10-18
ColoradoSurplus lines (eligible)—2026-07-01Colorado, 2026-10-18
ConnecticutSurplus lines (eligible)——Connecticut, 2026-10-18
FloridaSurplus lines (eligible)——Florida Office of Insurance Regulation, 2026-10-18
IdahoSurplus lines (eligible)——Idaho, 2026-10-18
IllinoisAdmitted (licensed)General liability—Illinois, 2026-10-18
IowaSurplus lines (eligible)——Iowa, 2026-10-18
KentuckySurplus lines (eligible)——Kentucky Department of Insurance, 2026-10-17
MarylandAdmitted (licensed)——Maryland Insurance Administration, 2026-10-17
MassachusettsSurplus lines (eligible)——Massachusetts, 2026-10-18
MinnesotaSurplus lines (eligible)——Minnesota, 2026-10-18
MississippiSurplus lines (eligible)——Mississippi Insurance Department, 2026-10-17
MissouriAdmitted (licensed)——Missouri, 2026-10-18
MontanaSurplus lines (eligible)——Market share report
New JerseySurplus lines (eligible)——New Jersey, 2026-10-18
North CarolinaSurplus lines (eligible)General liability—North Carolina, 2026-10-18
OklahomaSurplus lines (eligible)——Oklahoma, 2026-10-18
OregonSurplus lines (eligible)——Oregon, 2026-10-18
Rhode IslandSurplus lines (eligible)——Rhode Island, 2026-10-18
South CarolinaAdmitted (licensed)——South Carolina, 2026-10-18
TennesseeSurplus lines (eligible)——Tennessee, 2026-10-18
TexasSurplus lines (eligible)—2020/12/23Texas Department of Insurance, 2026-10-17
WashingtonSurplus lines (eligible)——Washington Office of the Insurance Commissioner and the Surplus Line Association of Washington, 2026-10-17
West VirginiaSurplus lines (eligible)——Market share report

Changes

Since 2026-10-17:

What it writes

Premium and rank by line

From the regulators that publish every company's direct premium by line.

Line and stateRankPremium writtenShareYear
General liability in Illinois#267 of 695$2.8M0.04%2025
General liability in North Carolina#338 of 621$779,3640.03%2025
Standing

Where it's a top-10 writer

Gray Insurance Group (NAIC group 01208), the group Gray Surplus Lines Insurance Company belongs to, ranks in the top 10 for these lines and states. Top 10 insurer groups by direct premium written in 2025, from the NAIC's Market Share Reports for Property/Casualty Groups and Companies by State. A group is the parent and its insurance companies together; share is the group's part of the state total for the line; loss ratio is losses incurred over premium earned.

Line and stateRankPremium writtenShareYear
Surety bonds in Mississippi
Surety
#5$3.8M4.53%2025
Surety bonds in Louisiana
Surety
#9$6.3M3.89%2025
Surplus lines

What it writes as a surplus lines insurer in Texas

Coverage lines on which Gray Surplus Lines Insurance Company filed surplus lines premium with the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas, January to September 2026, ranked by premium among the insurers that filed on each line. Most surplus lines insurers write nationally, so this is a good guide to what it takes on elsewhere too.

CoverageRank in Texas
Excess and umbrella liability#100 of 206
Crime (all other)#25 of 50
Terrorism liability#124 of 142

Source: SLTX Market Data Reports, "Coverage Totals by Insurer". Ranks only; see the report for premium.

Method and source

Each row comes from the named regulator's public company list on the date shown, joined by NAIC number. "Admitted" means licensed by the state and backed by its guaranty fund; "surplus lines" means eligible to take risks the admitted market declines, without rate or form approval and, except in New Jersey (which has a separate surplus lines guaranty fund), without guaranty fund protection. Premium and rank come from state market share reports that list every company. This is a public-records directory, not a rating or recommendation; for the company's own filings use the NAIC's Consumer Information Source.

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