Great American Insurance Group Opens Regional Office in New York

Great American Insurance Group’s environmental division opened a regional office in New York City.

The expansion complements the environmental division’s home office located in Plymouth Meeting, Penn., and its regional office in San Francisco.

Shelli Hamilton

The new regional office will be led by Shelli Hamilton, a seasoned veteran in environmental insurance. Hamilton served in a senior underwriting role with Great American since the launch of its environmental division in 2008. She has prior experience with XL Environmental as well as ECS.

The New York office will begin accepting submissions in April. New York City-area businesses currently handled in the home office in Pennsylvania will slowly be transitioned to New York.

Great American Insurance Group’s environmental division provides a comprehensive portfolio of environmental insurance products to a broad array of industries.

Products include: premises environmental liability insurance, indoor air quality and mold liability insurance, contracting services environmental liability insurance, contracting services project specific environmental liability insurance, professional and contracting services environmental liability insurance, excess environmental liability insurance, and closure and post closure financial assurance.

Based in Cincinnati, Ohio, the operations of Great American Insurance Group are engaged primarily in property and casualty insurance, focusing on specialty commercial products for businesses, and in the sale of traditional fixed and indexed annuities and a variety of supplemental insurance products such as Medicare supplement.