Agency Specialty Forms Alliance with Midwest Employers Casualty

Agency Specialty Product Network (ASPN) has announced it has formed an alliance with Midwest Employers Casualty Co. (MECC), based in Chesterfield, Mo., to offer large deductible workers’ compensation programs (single and multi-state, where such products are not prohibited or restricted by state law) and services to clients of independent agents and brokers in specific Midwestern states, including Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

Patrick Rastiello, president and CEO of ASPN said, “Our alliance with Midwest Employers Casualty Co.allows us to offer a unique large deductible workers’ compensation product to independent agents and brokers in certain Midwestern states. MECC is a quality company that provides excellent service and superior technical capabilities. As part of the W.R. Berkley Group, one of the nation’s premier insurance groups and a “Fortune 500″ company, MECC offers financial stability and a solid “A” rating from A.M. Best. We expect this to be a successful relationship between our two companies.”

MECC provides workers’ compensation excess insurance products-including self-insured excess, large deductible and reinsurance programs-to individual employers and groups across the country. .

Agency Specialty Product Network Insurance Services, Inc. (ASPN) is a unit of Aon Corp. and operates as a marketing arm for more than 30 provider companies, including insurance carriers, wholesalers, managing general underwriting (MGUs) and specialty operations.

Source: Agency Specialty Product Network