Stan Galanski

• New Options Emerge On The Specialty Distribution Road

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  October 6, 2011

  The never-ending search for a silver bullet that will generate growth and put more money into company coffers during a soft market has led some specialty carriers to rethink the entire wholesale-distribution system.

• E&S: Growth Opportunities Available, But Distribution Channel Under Pressure

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 7, 2011

  In a soft market, excess and surplus-lines executives have managed to identify some growth areas and have found the time ripe for technology investments and recruiting talent. But survival demands innovation.

• Wholesale Distribution Channel Under Pressure, But Vital To E&S Marketplace

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  February 28, 2011

  In a changing marketplace, excess and surplus lines executives affirmed the importance of, and their commitment to, the wholesale distribution system but noted that the ability to innovate and develop new products will be critical to the survival of that distribution system.

• Navigators Re Launched

  By Staff Writer  |  October 28, 2010

  The Navigators Group, Inc. announced that its principal underwriting agency subsidiary, Navigators Management Company, Inc., has established Navigators Re, a unit focused on developing specialty assumed reinsurance business.

• Former Lloyd's N.A. Head Finds Good Fit With Navigators

  By Caroline McDonald, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  February 8, 2010

  Last spring, LoriAnn Lowery-Biggers, then president of Lloyd's North America, had a tough decision to make as to whether to stay with Lloyd's in New York City, or resign her post to be back with her family in Dallas, Texas.