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October 8, 2007

Trade and Professional Associations

Nuts & Bolts: Aon Association offers coverage to 56,000 nonprofit organizations and their members throughout the U. S. Clients range in size and needs from an Elks Lodge seeking general liability coverage to a long-term care facility seeking more complex products and services. Each program is tailored to the needs of the client and is managed by a dedicated team.

Carrier: CNA rated “A” by A. M. Best. Admitted.

States: All.

Contact: Sharon Fine at 800-432-7465 or e-mail Sharon_Fine@aon.com.

Environmental Consultants-Contractors

Nuts & Bolts: As part of the comprehensive coverage care suite of products, ELM Insurance Brokers has an addition to its errors and omissions/directors and officers/ employment practices liability/crime and fiduciary suite, environmental liability for consultants and contractors’ on a third-party liability basis including general liability potential first-party coverage for site pollution liability.

Dollars: $500,000 to $25 million.

Carrier: Rated “A+” by A.M. Best. Non-admitted.

States: All.

Contact: Fred Fisher at 310-322-1301 or e-mail ffisher@e-o.com.

Above and Underground Storage Tank

Nuts & Bolts: USAssure Insurance Services’ coverage can be used to meet U.S. Environmental Protection Agency financial responsibility requirements, as well as first-party and third-party cleanup costs. Customer profile includes: city, county, municipalities, condominiums, gas stations and convenience stores, golf courses, heavy equipment contractors, hospitals, hotels, motor vehicle dealers and schools.

Dollars: Up to $2 million.

Carrier: Rated “A” by A.M. Best. Admitted.

States: All, except Hawaii.

Contact: Jenny Roberts at 904-224-8970 or e-mail jenny.roberts@usassure.com.

OCP & Railroad Protective Liability

Nuts & Bolts: A market for OCP and railroad protective liability is available with an admitted market. Visit www.123ocp.com to download and submit the online application.

Dollars: Up to $2 million.

Carrier: Mid Continent, a member of Great American Insurance Group rated “A” IX by A.M. Best. Admitted.

States: All, except New York and Washington.

Contact: Susan Jones at 866-883-7692 or e-mail support@123ocp.com.

Medical Staffing Professional Liability

Nuts & Bolts: International Excess Agency Inc. is offering claims-made allied healthcare stand-alone professional liability insurance. Professional/general liability combo also.

Dollars: $100,000 to $10 million.

Carrier: Lloyds of London rated “A” by A.M. Best. Admitted and nonadmitted.

States: All, except Alaska.

Contact: Kenneth Kukral at 216-797-9700 or e-mail Ken@internationalexcess.com.

Preferred Lawyers Market

Nuts & Bolts: ELM Insurance Brokers is offering a new market for preferred attorneys in firms with 10 or fewer attorneys. The market includes administrative law, appellate work, criminal, domestic relations, immigration, lobbyists, labor law, mediation/arbitration, non-banking and workers’ compensation.

Dollars: $500,000 to $5 million.

Carrier: Rated “A” by A.M. Best. Admitted.

States: Ala., Ark., Calif., Colo., Conn., Del., Fla., Ga., Idaho, Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kan., Ky., Md., Mich., Minn., Miss., Mo., Mont., Neb., Nev., N.M., N.Y., N.C., N.D., Ohio, Okla., Pa., S.C., S.D., Tenn., Texas, Utah, Va., D.C., W.Va., Wis., Wyo.

Contact: Clancy Marie Johannsen at 310-322-1301 or e-mail cjohannsen@e-o.com.

Hurricane and Wind

Nuts & Bolts: The Maplewood Group is offering hurricane and wind coverage. It is available in all coastal states. The company can write separately or in conjunction with property including bodily injury and EE-commercial, habitational, manufacturing, schools, warehouses, etc.

Dollars: $5 million to $100,000 million.

Carrier: Rated “A” by A.M. Best. Admitted.

States: Ala., Calif., Conn., Del., Fla., Ga., La., Maine, Md., Mass., Miss., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ore., Pa., R.I., S.C., Texas, Va., Wash.

Contact: Stephen Pierce at: 800-227-4938 e-mail spierce@themaplewoodgroup.com.

Entertainment Program

Nuts & Bolts: G.J. Sullivan Co., excess and surplus, is offering a market for the entertainment industry with a focus on small end film production operations with less than $15 million in production cost; entertainment support and low/medium exposure entertainers and venues.

Dollars: $1 million per occurrence; $2 million aggregate.

Carrier: Travelers rated “A+” XV by A.M. Best. Admitted.

States: All.

Contact: Ken Meeker at 858-586-0828, ext. 2011 or e-mail meekerk@es.gjs.com.

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