Hub International Wholesale Insurance Unit Expands Product Offerings; Maria Treglia to Head Program Brokerage Corporation Initiative.Business EditorsCHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 17, 2003 Hub International Limited (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : HBG HBG Harrisburg (Pennsylvania) HBG Helsingborg (Sweden) HBG Hollandsche Beton Groep HBG Home Buyers Guide (magazine) HBG Honolulu Botanical Gardens and TSX TSX Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE before April, 2002) TSX Transfer from Stack Pointer to Index TSX True Space Extension : HBG) announced today that its New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of City-based wholesale insurance unit, Program Brokerage Corporation (PBC PBC 1 Peripheral blood cells 2 Primary biliary cirrhosis, see there ), will offer its network of over 1200 producers access to Professional Liability insurance for their retail clients. Professional Liability insurance includes coverage such as protection for directors and officers alleged to have committed wrongful acts in the stewardship of organizations they serve, and Employment Practices Liability for companies accused of discrimination, wrongful termination, harassment or other employment-related offenses. Maria A. Treglia has been named to direct the initiative. She will be an Assistant Vice President at PBC, reporting to Marc I. Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. , PBC President. Prior to joining PBC, Ms. Treglia served in various Professional Liability specialist positions with leading carriers in the industry. She is a cum laude graduate of the College of Insurance in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. (now named the School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science of St John's University) with a Bachelor of Business Administration “BBA” redirects here. For other uses, see BBA (disambiguation). The Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) is a bachelor's degree in business studies. . Ms. Treglia is a Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU CPCU Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter CPCU Cardiac Progressive Care Unit CPCU Custody Pending Completion of Use ) and a Registered Professional Liability Underwriter (RPLU RPLU Registered Professional Liability Underwriter ). In making the announcement, Mr. Cohen said that this was an important expansion of PBC's offerings to their network of agents. He explained, "Coverages such as D & O and Employment Practices Liability were once thought to be needed by only the largest organizations. But in today's atmosphere of heightened scrutiny of corporate governance and extreme sensitivity to employment issues, organizations of all sizes must protect themselves from charges of improper practices. The coverages we're arranging are complex, and only a handful of top-rated carriers sell the policies. We think that helping our producers spot opportunities to offer their clients this insurance and then placing the coverage with strong carriers fills a real need." Mr. Cohen continued, "Part of our mission is to provide in-house facilities for coverages that are sometimes difficult for our network producers to sell and also to attract to PBC talented professionals with knowledge in that particular discipline. This initiative, and naming Maria Treglia to lead it, are examples of that strategy, as was the creation of our Environmental Coverage facility in October last year. Maria has the highest professional credentials and has been in underwriting, marketing and staff management with several excellent Professional Liability carriers. She'll not only be a valuable resource at PBC for our producers, but will also help us strengthen relationships with our insurance company partners who are targeting this business." Headquartered in Chicago, IL, Hub International is a leading North American insurance brokerage that has grown rapidly since its formation in 1998 through mergers, acquisitions and organic growth. It provides a broad array of property and casualty, life and health, employee benefits, investment and risk management products and services through offices located in the United States and Canada. Hub International's strategy is to expand its market share in the highly fragmented U.S. insurance brokerage industry by acquiring quality firms in key geographic regions that focus on servicing middle-market commercial businesses. In addition, Hub plans to leverage its decentralized de·cen·tral·ize v. de·cen·tral·ized, de·cen·tral·iz·ing, de·cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To distribute the administrative functions or powers of (a central authority) among several local authorities. approach, differentiate its service, and capitalize on its scale to provide broader product offerings to its clients through multiple distribution channels. Hub International currently has eleven large "hub" brokerages that have significant market presence in their geographic regions in the U.S. and Canada. Each hub provides insurance brokerage services and manages the various other Hub International offices in its territory. The hub brokerages are responsible for growth through sales, service and fold-in acquisitions. The hub offices report to the head office which, in addition to monitoring the activity of each hub, retains responsibility for identifying and acquiring additional hub brokerages. |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion