Brown & Brown, Arch Insurance Announce Liability Program

Brown & Brown Public Entity Services, a division of Program Management Services, Inc., a subsidiary of Brown & Brown, Inc., of Lake Mary, Fla. has announced a nationwide program agreement with the Arch Insurance Group, for management and placement of public entity professional liability insurance including public officials, educators’ legal, and law enforcement liability. The new program is available immediately in all 50 states.

Arch Insurance Group is a division of Arch Capital Group Ltd., a Bermuda- based company that provides insurance and reinsurance on a worldwide basis through its wholly owned subsidiaries. Arch Insurance Group’s principal insurance subsidiaries — Arch Insurance Company, Arch Specialty Insurance Company and Arch Excess & Surplus Insurance Company — are rated A- (Excellent) by A.M. Best.

In a related announcement, Brown & Brown Public Entity Services appointed Mark Dillard, the former lead underwriter with the U.S. Risk, L.P. Governmental Programs Division, along with his team, to manage this new Arch program out of Public Entity Services’ Dallas, Texas office.

“We are excited about our partnership with Arch,” said Shane Caldwell, who has overall responsibility for Public Entity Services. “The financial security and stability offered by Arch, coupled with the underwriting expertise and distribution of Brown & Brown Public Entity Services, will provide public entities and their agents with a much needed alternative in this difficult market.”

Brown & Brown, Inc. and its subsidiaries offer a broad range of insurance and reinsurance products and services, as well as risk management, third party administration, and managed health care programs. It provides service to business, public entity, individual, trade and professional association clients nationwide.