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July 7, 2025

Entertainment

Market Detail: Greenwood’s Entertainment commercial insurance program offers tailored coverage with a minimum premium starting at $1,500, catering to a diverse range of businesses and venues, including auditoriums, theaters, axe throwing venues, bowling alleys, campgrounds, RV parks, convention and performing arts centers, country clubs, tennis clubs, golf clubs, escape rooms, equestrian centers, family entertainment and amusement centers, firearm stores, go-karting facilities, batting cages, mini golf courses, gyms, fitness centers, hunt clubs, museums, paintball and laser tag facilities, race tracks, ATV parks, rage rooms, resorts, shooting ranges, special events, tourist attractions, zoos, and aquariums.

Each class benefits from specialized coverage to address the unique risks associated with entertainment and leisure activities.

Submission Requirements: ACORD Commercial Insurance application and General Liability application, including comprehensive descriptions of operations/exposures, signed and dated by the insured upon binding. Supplemental application, as required, signed and dated by the insured at the time of binding. Five-year loss runs for currently valued company, including descriptions for losses exceeding $10,000. Information from website.

Available Limits: Not disclosed.

Carrier: Kinsale; non-admitted; rated A by AM Best.

States: Arizona, California, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin.

Contact: Catherine Mcmackin, Catherine@gwgeneral.com, 626-817-9100 x 515.

Tech E&O

Market Detail: Built for modern specialty. Anzen simplifies executive and specialty risk–fast. Anzen combines deep underwriting expertise, AI-powered tools, and access to 70+ markets to help brokers quote, compare, and close with speed and precision. The company has led retail distribution, built tech companies, and shaped executive risk programs across every stage of growth. Anzen brings it all together, so clients don’t have to choose between scale, service, or speed. Backed by top investors in both tech and insurance and trusted by 40+ founders and executives nationwide.

Available Limits: Not disclosed.

Carrier: Not disclosed.

States: All 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Contact: Marisa Stone, marisa@anzen.com, 415-598-2967

Restaurants and Food Service

Market Detail: Thimble makes it easy to cover a wide range of food, beverage, and restaurant businesses–especially those seeking fast, flexible, and affordable coverage. Whether a client runs a food truck or a neighborhood cafe, Thimble can help! What Thimble covers (eligible for GL, BOP, and WC–depending on business class and state availability): bakery cafes, cookie stores, donut shops, and bagel shops; cafes, diners, and bistros; buffets and cafeterias; caterers and catering services; coffee shops, smoothie bars, and juice bars; delis and sandwich shops; fast food restaurants and limited-service eateries; family-style and full-service restaurants; ice cream, frozen yogurt, or custard shops; food trucks, lunch wagons, and mobile food vendors–food stands, kiosks, and concessionaires; pretzel stands and snack carts; pizza parlors and pizzerias (excluding hired/non-owned auto liability); food service contractors (cafeteria, institutional, or industrial) and restaurants with alcohol sales under 50% of total receipts.

Coming soon: coffee roasting and tea blending; cheese making and dairy substitute manufacturing; baked goods manufacturing (commercial or small-batch); confectionery and candy production; nut and snack food processing; spice, sauce, and condiment manufacturing; ice cream and frozen dessert production; juice, soda, and bottled water production (non-alcoholic); and specialty food stores (cheese, chocolate, spices, etc.)

Instant quotes and flexible policy terms. Coverage by the hour, day, month, or year. COIs delivered in minutes.

Available Limits: Not disclosed.

Carrier: Admitted.

States: All 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Contact: Laura Thornton, laura.thornton@thimble.com, 862-591-3111.

Professional Employment Organizations

Market Detail: An MGA specializing in PEO placements — partner with MartinoWest Business & Insurance Solutions and open the door to specialty markets competitors can’t reach. Offering an established override contingency for qualified retail brokers and a generous commission split structure. Get appointed today.

Available Limits: $5M maximum premium; $10K minimum premium.

Carrier: Not disclosed.

States: All 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Contact: Chaundra Martino, wholesale@martinowest.com, 844-464-2667.

Infrastructure

Market Detail: Applied Specialty Underwriters® offers Primary and Excess Liability for electric power and distribution, solar and wind turbine erection, roads and bridges, tunnels, rail, telecom and broadband, airports, pipelines, coastal and inland ports, locks, levees and dams, water treatment plants, waterline projects, and government infrastructure.

Available Limits: Not disclosed.

Carrier: Admitted and non-admitted.

States: All 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Contact: Applied Specialty Underwriters, info@specialty.auw.com, 877-234-4450.

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