Specialty Marine Products
Nuts & Bolts: Essex Insurance Co., a division of Markel Group, is offering a new market for specialty marine products, especially hard to place risks.
Dollars: Deductibles of $1,000. Minimum premium, $500; policy limits, $5 million.
Carrier: Essex Insurance Company, rated "A," nonadmitted.
States Available: All except Delaware.
Contact: Leah Katz, (949) 955-7101
General Contractors Liability
Nuts & Bolts: Arrowhead Managed Insurance Programs is offering a new market for general contractors liability.
Dollars: Minimum deductible SIR of $10,000. Minimum premium, $50,000, policy limits: $2 million to $5 million.
Carrier: American Safety Indemnity Company, rated
States Available: All except Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.
Contact: (626) 844-2464 or www.contractors-choice.com
Specialty Marine and Pleasure Craft
Nuts & Bolts: Chubb/Axiom is offering a new market for specialty marine and pleasure crafts.
Dollars: Deductibles of $1,000. Minimum premium, $2,500; policy limits, $10 million.
Carrier: Chubb Insurance Company, rated "A++."
States Available: All.
Contact: Scott Morgan, (949) 955-7105
Public Entities
Nuts & Bolts: NIF Group Inc. is offering a new market for public entities including pools and trusts, special districts and schools.
Dollars: Policy limits are available to $5 million. Deductibles: $100,000 SIR, $350,000 SIR for workers' compensation. Minimum premium: $200,000.
Carrier: Great Lakes UK, a Munich Re company, rated "A+ XV," non-admitted.
States Available: All.
Contact: Nancy G. Williams, (800) 892-8892
Identity Theft
Nuts & Bolts: Travelers Property Casualty Corp announced the availability of its new master policy to cover identity theft expenses. Financial institutions or other commercial businesses can purchase this policy on behalf of their account holders or customers, or for use as an employee benefit offering.
Dollars: The new policy furnishes expense reimbursement limits from $500 up to $25,000 per covered person to assist in the restoration of his or her financial health and credit history that has been damaged by identity theft. Deductibles: $0, $100, $250 o
Carrier: Travelers, rated "A++."
States Available: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
Contact: Joseph Lester, (860) 277-4739
