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Scottsdale Insurance Company
Nationwide’s surplus-lines carrier for risks standard markets decline.
Scottsdale Insurance Company is Nationwide’s excess and surplus lines carrier. When a risk is too new, too unusual, or carries claims history that standard carriers decline, Scottsdale provides a market so the business can still be protected.
What they write
- Surplus-lines professional liability
- Hard-to-place E&O
- General liability for unusual exposures
- New ventures and distressed risks
A good fit for
New ventures, unusual professions, and firms with prior claims that need a market that says yes.
Availability varies by state and business class. Logos and trademarks are the property of their respective owners; no endorsement is implied. Ratings as of August 2026 and subject to change. Coverage descriptions are summaries only; policy terms control.

Nationwide company
Excess & surplus lines
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