Core Specialty Insurance Holdings Inc News

Core Specialty Forms Medical Stop Loss Division With Acquisition of Texas’ American National Group

Core Specialty Insurance Holdings, Inc., and its subsidiaries announced today that it will form a medical stop-loss division through the acquisition of the MGU/Stop-Loss business of American National Group. The acquisition will mark Core Specialty’s 13th specialty business unit. Jim …

Core Specialty Completes Buy of Hallmark’s E&S Operations for $40M

Core Specialty Insurance Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries said Oct. 7 that it has completed the acquisition of Hallmark Financial Services, Inc.’s excess & surplus lines operations for approximately $40 million in cash. The business acquired from Hallmark represents that …

People Moves: Ryan Specialty Names Bodell as CIO; Core Specialty Adds 3 Underwriters in Cincinnati

Ryan Specialty Names Bradley Bodell as Chief Information Officer Ryan Specialty Holdings, Inc named Bradley Bodell as chief information officer. In this role, Bodell will lead Ryan Specialty’s technology and security teams and be responsible for developing the vision, strategy …

People Moves: Core Specialty Names Brady as VP of Agriculture; Poppie Joins Vantage Group in Central Region

Core Specialty Names Ann Brady as Senior Vice President of Agriculture Core Specialty Insurance Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries named Ann Brady as senior vice president of agriculture reporting directly to Bill Fischer, president, agriculture. Core Specialty’s Agriculture Division provides …

Markets/Coverages: Brownyard’s Library Program; Core Specialty’s Equine Unit; Skyward’s Cannabis Bonds; Roamly’s Travel

Brownyard’s ‘By The Cover’ Now 15 Additional States New York-based program administrator Brownyard Group announced that its By The Cover, its insurance program for libraries, is now available in 15 additional states, for a total of 26. By The Cover …

Core Specialty, DUAL to Offer Primary, Excess Professional Liability Coverage

Core Specialty Insurance Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries has formed an underwriting arrangement with DUAL Commercial, LLC to provide primary and excess professional liability limits for qualified classes of business. DUAL is a specialty program manager specializing in the property, …

Transportation Insurer Lancer to Merge Into Core Specialty

Commercial auto insurer Lancer Insurance Co. has agreed to merge with another specialty insurer, Core Specialty, where it will operate under its own brand name as Core Specialty’s ninth specialty property/casualty business unit. The deal marks Core Specialty’s first merger …

Kotch Joins Core Specialty Insurance in Ohio as Chief Information Officer

Core Specialty Insurance Holdings Inc. (Core Specialty), based in Cincinnati, Ohio, has appointed Mary Kotch as chief information officer and member of the company’s executive committee. Kotch has more than 20 years’ experience in strategic technology innovation, application shared services, …

Fischer Appointed President of Core Specialty’s Ag Reinsurance Division

Cincinnati, Ohio-based Core Specialty Insurance Holdings Inc. and its subsidiaries (Core Specialty) hired William (Bill) R. Fischer to lead its newly formed Agriculture Reinsurance Division. Fischer is a 25-year veteran of the crop reinsurance business and is well-respected as a …

Spanos Joins Core Specialty Insurance E&S Group as VP

Van Spanos has joined Cincinnati, Ohio-based Core Specialty Insurance Holdings Inc.’s newly formed excess and surplus (E&S) primary Product Liability group as vice president. Spanos is responsible for managing all facets of this business, including direct oversight of the underwriting …