ACE Westchester Specialty Group Bases New Environmental Division in Atlanta

ACE Westchester Specialty Group, the U.S.-based wholesale focused property and casualty operation of the ACE Group of Companies, has entered the environmental risk market, resulting in the creation of a new environmental division.

Based in Atlanta, this new division will offer environmental liability products and services to the wholesale brokerage market.

Leading this new division is Barbara Deas, senior vice president, who will have overall management responsibility. With more than 35 years of diverse insurance industry experience, Deas joins ACE Westchester Specialty Group from Gulf Insurance Group, where she most recently served as managing vice president of the Environmental Division.

She previously served as Southeast regional manager with Kemper Environmental and assistant vice president with United Capital’s Environmental Division.

ACE Westchester Specialty’s Environmental Division offers Contractors Pollution Liability and Premises Pollution Liability. In addition, General Liability, Professional Liability and Excess Liability coverages are available to environmental risks such as environmental contractors and environmental consultants.

The new division will distribute products through wholesale brokerage firms throughout the U.S. The retail brokerage distribution of environmental insurance products will continue to be conducted by ACE USA’s Environmental Risk Division.

ACE USA and ACE Westchester Specialty Group are part of the ACE Group of Companies, headed by ACE Limited (NYSE:ACE). The ACE Group of Companies provides insurance and reinsurance products and services through operating subsidiaries for a diverse group of clients around the world.

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