Catlin US Establishes Equine Insurance Unit in Kentucky

Catlin Group Limited has established an Equine Underwriting Unit in Lexington, Kentucky.

The Lexington office will be staffed by a four-member equine underwriting team, headed by Sheila Gott. Gott has 36 years of experience in the equine insurance industry, most recently with XL Insurance where she served as managing underwriter for six years.

Gott and her team will underwrite various classes of equine business, consisting primarily of Mortality, Named Perils, Theft, Prospective Foal, Barrenness, Stallion AS&D, Stallion First Season Infertility, Stallion Availability, Stallion Loss of Income and Major Medical-Surgical coverages.

Gott was formerly vice president and managing underwriter of XL Insurance, where her responsibilities included development, implementation and management of pricing tools and methodologies, rate change management, oversight of internal audit and training of technical staff. Prior to joining XL Insurance, she worked for Great American Insurance Company as a claims adjuster and held various management positions for Old Colony Insurance Service.

Source: Catlin Group Limited