Align Adds Abram to Professional Liability Unit

Align Financial Group Inc. has added Jeffrey Abram as a broker in the San Diego Office of the company’s newly acquired professional liability subsidiary, E.L.M. Insurance Brokers.

Abram was previously a senior broker for Regional Excess Underwriters, heading its Washington branch. Before REU, he spent 10 years as a professional liability broker at American E&S, and prior to that was with Besso London at Lloyds. He has held prior management liability positions as a risk manger and loss control consultant.

ELM is a specialist wholesale insurance brokerage headquartered in El Segundo, Calif., that focuses exclusively on providing coverage advice and liability insurance solutions to professionals such as accountants, architects, engineers, real estate agents, and insurance brokers as well as other miscellaneous professional consultants.

Align Financial Group is a Delaware domiciled insurance holding company that also owns Align General Insurance Agency, a general agency and program underwriting manager headquartered in San Diego, , and Align Claims Services Inc. an independent claims adjusting company based in Irvine, Calif.

Align has offices in San Diego, El Cajon, Irvine, El Segundo, Mission Viejo and Concord, California and in Suwanee, Georgia.