Vela Insurance Services, a Berkley Company, is a leading excess & surplus lines casualty insurance provider. Our insurance pr ... oducts are provided through various surplus lines insurance company subsidiaries of W. R. Berkley Corporation that are rated A+ (Superior) with a financial size category of XV by A.M. Best Company and A+ (Strong) by Standard & Poor’s. Vela Insurance Services conducts business as Vela Insurance Services, LLC in California as a licensed surplus lines broker - License Number 0C94218. read more