Program Business News

Zurich Targets Emerging Public Companies With Management Liability

Zurich’s Specialties’ Management Solutions Group has created a new practice aimed at offering management liability insurance to public emerging growth companies with revenues under $500 million. The new practice, called Public Markets Group, will offer directors and officers (D&O), employment …

Dattoli Joins Synergy as Professional Liability Manager

New Jersey-based Synergy Professional Associates has hired Thomas Dattoli as manager of its professional liability unit. Dattoli will be responsible for underwriting professional and excess liability for lawyers, and underwriting Synergy’s insurance agents and brokers professional liability program for MGAs …

American E&S Creates Package Program for Financial Institutions

American E&S (AES) Insurance Brokers has designed an exclusive Bank Package Program that will provide bankers’ professional liability, directors and officers, and bond coverage for financial institutions nationwide. AES designed this facility for community banks, but there are no qualification …

Zurich, Sonoma Risk Insurance Design Plaintiff Litigation Insurance

Zurich and Sonoma Risk Insurance Agency are now offering an attorneys’ fees insurance program in the U.S. called Plaintiff Contract Litigation Insurance (PCLI). This new PCLI program is designed to insure plaintiffs in contractual lawsuits against the risk of paying …

CNA Enhances its College and Universities Program

CNA has expanded education appetite with several product enhancements to its program for colleges and universities. The insurer’s appetite now includes for-profit private schools, universities and community colleges with an enrollment of 10,000 students or less. This expansion comes six …

Zurich to Underwrite Preferred Golf & Country Clubs for Venture Programs

Zurich has signed on to underwrite Venture Insurance Programs’ Preferred Club Program, a new offering designed for private and semiprivate golf and country clubs, as well as golf resorts, daily-fee courses, communities and top golf management companies. With Zurich’s underwriting …

Brownyard Group Adds Workers’ Comp to Foundation Program

The Brownyard Group added workers’ compensation coverage for its cosmetic manufacturers and distributors program, called Foundation. The workers’ compensation coverage is written through an A.M. Best “A” rated carrier with limits up to $1 million. The coverage can be written …

Acadia Expands Medical Office Coverage

Maine-based insurer Acadia Insurance is offering an expanded property and casualty coverage program for medical offices and facilities in New England and New York. The Acadia Rx Medical Office Program includes specialized property and casualty insurance coverages for doctors, dentists …

Program Administrator Thomco Promotes 2

National insurance program administrator Thomco announced the promotions of John Clark and Monica Clark (not related) to senior vice president positions. Thomco, based in Kennesaw, Georgia, said the promotions are in recognition of their expanded duties and part of a …

Cummings Named Senior Vice President for CCBSure Program

Maryland-based RPS-ISG International has appointed Estelle Cummings as the company’s area vice president of sales for its CCBsure technology program. Cummings oversees new business production in ISG’s technology program. She has been active in the insurance industry for most of …