Alta Risk Earns Top Score for DUAE Performance Assessment

OVERLAND PARK, KS (Dec 3, 2025) – Alta Risk, an underwriting manager focused on specialty excess liability and environmental liability insurance, today announced that AM Best has assigned the firm a Delegated Underwriting Authority Enterprise (DUAE) Performance Assessment of PA-1 (Exceptional), the highest possible score. The outlook assigned to the assessment is stable. This is the first year Alta Risk has earned the top-tier rating, reflecting continued excellence in underwriting performance, governance, and organizational depth.

Introduced in 2022, AM Best’s Performance Assessment (PA) for Delegated Underwriting Authority Enterprises (DUAEs) is a comprehensive evaluation of both quantitative and qualitative factors, with scores ranging from PA-1, the highest, to PA-5, the lowest. The assessment framework considers underwriting capabilities, governance and internal controls, financial condition, organizational talent, and the depth and breadth of market relationships.

“This recognition from AM Best affirms the underwriting culture we’ve been building at Alta Risk from day one,” said Steve Albers, president of Alta Risk. “Our team combines deep technical expertise in excess and environmental liability with a creative, solutions-driven mindset, and this PA-1 assessment underscores the confidence our carrier partners and wholesale brokers place in us to manage complex casualty risks with discipline and consistency.”

AM Best cited Alta Risk’s strong underwriting performance, disciplined governance and controls, and the strength of its relationships with capacity providers and specialty wholesale brokers as key drivers of the PA-1 (Exceptional) assessment. Alta Risk underwrites on behalf of AM Best rated “A-” (Excellent) or better carriers and distributes its products through a diversified and select group of specialty wholesale brokers in all 50 states.

“Our focus has always been on underserved, higher-hazard classes where thoughtful underwriting can truly make a difference,” Albers continued. “We’re proud of this acknowledgment from AM Best, and we remain committed to delivering specialized excess and environmental solutions that help our partners grow profitably while protecting their clients from significant and emerging loss scenarios.”

Alta Risk’s underwriting team brings more than 100 years of combined industry experience and is strategically located across the US to respond quickly to brokerage partners and time-sensitive risks. Its portfolio includes:

Excess liability solutions for commercial and residential construction, specialty auto, manufacturing and distribution, and real estate/OL&T, including project-specific and WRAP capabilities and targeted excess capacity for complex casualty risks.

Environmental liability coverage for environmental contractors, restoration firms, environmental consultants and engineers, laboratories, alternative energy companies, commercial real estate, recyclers, transportation risks and other pollution-exposed operations, including site-based, contractor, and transportation pollution offerings.

For more information, visit altariskllc.com.

For further information contact:
Alta Risk
Steve Albers
Telephone: 913.643.3082
Email: steve.albers@altariskllc.com