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Norman-Spencer Agency Adds Professional Liability Division

Norman-Spencer Agency, Inc., a national property and casualty insurance provider, has added a new Professional Liability Division. The division was established to provide Norman-Spencer’s appointed agents with a resource for all professional liability risks. The Professional Liability Division will offer …

Key Risk Forms National Division Focused on Longshoreman & Harbor Workers Act

Key Risk, a W. R. Berkley Company providing workers compensation insurance products and services for employers throughout the eastern United States, has formed a new division focused on providing workers compensation and United States Longshoreman & Harbor Workers Act (USL&H) …

Liberty Mutual Creates New Public Entity Division, Hires Kostro to Lead

Liberty Mutual Insurance has created a new practice dedicated to schools, municipalities and other public entities, and has appointed Susan L. Kostro as chief underwriting officer, Public Entity. Kostro will be responsible for growing Liberty Mutual’s book of education and …

Kinsale Insurance Forms Inland Marine Division

Kinsale Insurance Company has formed a new Inland Marine Division. Havis Wright recently joined Kinsale as the division manager named to lead the effort. Kinsale’s initial underwriting focus is on the inland marine classes found within the construction, mobile equipment, …

General Star to Combine Contract P&C, E&O Divisions Into Program Unit

Surplus lines insurer General Star announced it is combining its contract Property/Casualty and Errors & Omissions divisions into a new delegated business division under the leadership of Matt Brown. The new division will be comprised of the existing contract P&C …

Kinsale Forms Management Liability Division

Kinsale Insurance Co. has formed a new Management Liability Division. The division’s initial products are employment practices liability (for-profit/non-profit) and directors & officers liability (non-profit only). According to Clay Rhoades, Kinsale vice president, the initial products are the first of …

ACE Launches Transactional Risk Coverages, Appoints Markovich to Lead

ACE Group has introduced three new transactional risk insurance products that offer protection to buyers and sellers participating in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and other transactional deals throughout North America and in international markets. These products — representations and warranty …

AmWINS Launches Small Business Division

Wholesale broker AmWINS Group Inc. has launched a fifth division, AmWINS Access, which is dedicated to small account binding authority business. In conjunction with the launch of this new division, offices of Gresham & Associates and Bliss & Glennon โ€“ …

Allied World Offers Casualty Lines for Canadian Market

Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings has launched an initial property /casualty offering in the Canadian market. Gord Kerr, senior vice president, chief agent and branch manager, will oversee the buildout of these lines and will be responsible for production, profitability …

Century Risk Advisors Launches Professional Liability Division

Century Risk Advisors (CRA), an independent brokerage and risk management agency, has launched a new Professional Practice Division that will specialize in creating risk management and insurance programs for law firms, accounting firms, and other professional practices. The new division …