Austin’s PLUS Adds Donnelly as VP

Professional Lines Underwriting Specialists Inc. (PLUS), an Austin-based professional liability insurance wholesaler, is pleased to announce that Michael Donnelly has joined the firm as vice president to assist in the company’s continued expansion.

Donnelly comes to PLUS after spending his entire career in the Philadelphia, Pa. area.

Prior to joining PLUS Donnelly was second vice president and underwriting manager of the Directors and Officers/Employment Practices Liability Division of United States Liability Insurance Group, a Berkshire Hathaway Company. His responsibilities included the drafting of endorsements and policy forms, determining underwriting and pricing guidelines, and the marketing strategy for eight specialty insurance products.

Donnelly is a frequent speaker on professional liability topics both inside and outside the insurance industry. He earned his Registered Professional Liability Underwriter (RPLU) designation in 2000.

After graduating cum laude from LaSalle University in Philadelphia, Donnelly began his career at Aon Corporation in Trevose, Pa. where he specialized in Lawyers Professional Liability insurance.

Professional Lines Underwriting Specialists Inc. is a thirteen year-old wholesale insurance specialist firm providing directors and officers, employment practices liability and errors and omissions insurance through insurance producers on behalf of their clients throughout the southwestern United States.