Buffalo, N.Y.-based Merchants National Insurance Company, a wholly-owned excess and surplus lines subsidiary of Merchants Insurance Group, began accepting new business on Feb. 1, 2009. The company reported as of that date it has been approved in 10 states.
The new company targets franchised hotels and motels, and writes the business in conjunction with Southern Hospitality Underwriters, a Georgia-based independent full-service wholesale brokerage agency that specializes in business insurance for the hotel industry.
As of Feb. 1, Merchants National received approval to write business in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Vermont.
Source: Merchants National Insurance Company
Topics Excess Surplus Oklahoma
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