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E.L.M. Insurance Brokers

E.L.M. Insurance Brokers, Inc. Adds New Excess Market for Habitational Risks, Restaurants, Mobile Home Parks and Offers 12.5% Commission Bonus

EL SEGUNDO, CA - E.L.M Insurance Brokers, Inc. today announces it has acquired a new non-admitted A++ rated follow form excess market for property, general liability, and business automobile risks.

About the New Market
The top classes are subject to underwriting guidelines and are as follows:

  • Building/Premises - LRO
  • Distributors - No Food or Drink Vacant/Occupied Land
  • Habitational - including Apartments and Dwellings
  • Mobile Home Parks or Courts
  • Parking - Public/Open Air
  • Real Estate Development Property
  • Restaurants, including Liquor Liability
  • Vacant Buildings
  • Warehouses

Minimum premiums range between $650 per million to $1200 per million depending on receipts and class code. Limits up to $5 million are available. All underwriting, including binding of coverage, is done online. Once coverage is bound, the insured will have confirmation of coverage within minutes. ELM can insure risks in the eight western states.

For more information
Contact information: E.L.M. Insurance Brokers, Clancy Marie Johannsen, P.O. 2668, El Segundo, CA, 90245-1768; phone: (310) 322-1301; Fax is (310) 322-1302 or (310) 368-8440, email: mainoffice@e-o.com, web site: www.e-o.com.


Sequoia Insurance Company

Sequoia Insurance Company Releases New Agribusiness Program Designed Especially for California Farmers

Monterey, CA - Sequoia Insurance Company announces the release of Sequoia AGRICULTURAL EDGE, designed in partnership with California agents serving California agribusiness. Target markets include many of California's signature farming operations such as dairies, vineyards, livestock, orchards, and row crops.

Among the top 10 writers of written farm premium in California, Sequoia's agribusiness underwriters have in-depth knowledge of the region's insurance needs. Many members of the underwriting team grew up on farms or live on farms today. "Our Loss Control Services are proactive, with inspections performed by trained and skilled professionals," explains Joel Bethke, Sequoia's VP of Underwriting. "Our intent is to prevent a loss before it occurs."

Sequoia AGRICULTURAL EDGE™ is readily customizable and features dozens of optional coverages including Farm Pollution Liability, Custom Farming, Aircraft Spraying, Chemical Drift, Beekeeping Liability, Farmers Market Liability, and many, many more. This program also provides an excellent solution for California's growing Hobby Farm segment.

For more information contact: Sequoia Insurance Company, P.O. Box 1510, Monterey, CA 93942, (831) 657-4547, www.sequoiains.com.


Markel American Insurance Company

Markel American Insurance Company Announces Launch of New Excess Flood Program

PEWAUKEE, WI, - Markel American Insurance Company is pleased to announce the December 15, 2007 launch of their new admitted Excess Flood program for residential and non-residential properties. The program will be available in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Virginia.

The Markel American Insurance Company (MAIC) Excess Flood program provides property owners with coverage in excess of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). The new MAIC program will be offered through Advanced Insurance Coverages, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of National Flood Services, Inc. and is designed to provide additional protection for the tens of thousands of property owners who are affected by flooding each year.

"Since most standard homeowner insurance policies don't provide coverage against flood damage, homeowners have traditionally turned to the NFIP for flood protection," according to Timberlee Grove, president and COO of Markel American Insurance Company. "However, the NFIP doesn't offer enough protection for many homeowners, given the maximum $250,000 available for dwelling coverage. MAIC's Excess Flood insurance allows property owners to more fully protect against flood damage."

National Flood Services, Inc., known as NFS, provides third-party flood insurance administration services to many Property and Casualty companies that participate in the federal National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). NFS performs full administrative services such as flood insurance applications processing, claims management, accounting and financial reporting, customer service phone support, and insurance marketing assistance. A wholly-owned subsidiary of Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), NFS serves property/casualty companies issuing policies in the US, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands.

The Richmond, Va-based Markel Corporation markets and underwrites Specialty insurance products and programs to a variety of niche markets. In each of these markets, the company strives to provide quality products and excellent customer service. For more information, please visit www.markelcorp.com .


NAS Insurance Services

NAS OFFERS NEW MEDEFENSE ENDORSMENT THAT INCLUDES COVERAGE FOR ALLEGATIONS OF FRAUD AND ABUSE IN MEDICARE BILLING

Encino, Ca - NAS Insurance Services has a new Medefense Plus Endorsement that can be added to Miscellaneous Errors and omissions insurance

The endorsement provides coverage for defense costs, civil fines and penalties for HIPAA and Billing Errors proceedings. In addition, there is a broad definition of billing error proceedings that includes audits/investigations/proceedings instituted by a government health payer (Medicare/Medicaid) or resulting from voluntary self-disclosure. There is a payment for shadow audits and a waiver of co-insurance if panel attorney is selected.

Coverage is available up to $2 MM combined limits with E&O available.

The acceptable classes include medical billers and coders, practice Management and healthcare consultants.

For more information contact: Anita Ching-Bryant, Sr. Underwriter (818) 808-4474 or abryant@nasinsurance.com; Kim Nibbe, Sr. Underwriter (818) 808-4460 or knibbe@nasinsurance.com.


Monitor Liability Managers

Monitor Liability Managers Offers New Independent Director Insurance Coverage Protects the Personal Assets of Individual Directors

ROLLING MEADOWS, Il. - Monitor Liability Managers, Inc. (Monitor), a member company of W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE: BER), announces the launch of a new Independent Director Liability (IDL) Insurance policy that provides individual protection to independent directors.

The new IDL policy, underwritten by Monitor on behalf of certain of W. R. Berkley Corporation's insurance company subsidiaries, protects the personal assets of an individual, independent director of a publicly traded, privately held or nonprofit organization. Unlike policies with limits shared across an entire board of directors, or a group of independent directors, the IDL policy is written to cover an individual. Each independent director may obtain his or her own policy and limit of liability.

For more information about Monitor's Independent Director Liability Insurance, please contact David Aller daller@monitorliability.com or (800) 446-2100, extension 502. Coverage under any IDL policy is specifically governed by its terms and conditions.


NAS Insurance Services

NAS OFFERS NEW MEDEFENSE ENDORSMENT THAT INCLUDES COVERAGE FOR ALLEGATIONS OF FRAUD AND ABUSE IN MEDICARE BILLING.

NAS Insurance Services has a new Medefense Plus endorsement that can be added to Miscellaneous Errors and Omissions insurance.

he endorsement provides coverage for defense costs, civil fines and penalties for HIPAA and Billing Errors proceedings. In addition, there is a broad definition of billing error proceedings that includes audits/investigations/proceedings instituted by a government health payer (Medicare/Medicaid) or resulting from voluntary self-disclosure. There is a payment for shadow audits and a waiver of co-insurance if panel attorney is selected.

Coverage is available up to $2 MM combined limits with E & O available.

The acceptable classes include medical billers and coders, practice management and healthcare consultants.

For additional information on the Medefense Plus endorsement, please contact Anita Ching-Bryant, Senior Underwriter, at (818) 808-4474, abryant@nasinsurance.com or Kim Nibbe, Senior Underwriter, at (818) 808-4460, knibbe@nasinsurance.com


 
 

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