NU Online News Service, Dec. 01, 2:06 p.m.EST

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ProSight Specialty Insurance has completed its purchase ofLloyd's coverholder TSM Agencies Ltd. and has hired the formerchief executive of Argo International to lead the newenterprise.

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According to a statement from ProSight, the new entity will benamed ProSight Specialty Underwriters Ltd. and it will be led byformer Argo International chief executive Julian Enoizi, who wasalso president.

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Before Argo, Enoizi was president and CEO of CNA Europe and hasheld senior executive roles with AIG Europe and Chubb Insurance Co.of Europe.

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ProSight's buy includes the capacity rights to TSM Lloyd'sSyndicate 1110.

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TSM specializes in the engineering and power business.

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ProSight global CEO Joseph Beneducci says membership in theLloyd's community “affords us exceptional global flexibility andthe benefits of Lloyd's strong rating and reputation.”

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When the deal was announced in September, a spokesman for ProSight, founded byBeneducci in 2009, takes an “opportunistic approach” to providingvery specialized coverage to niche markets where it hasdifferentiated underwriting and claims expertise.

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The mindset extends to the company's distributors. It only usesa limited amount of distributors for specific risks.

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Also in September, ProSight announced a partnership withprogram-administrator Tangram Insurance Services for its non-profitworkers' compensation program.

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About a year ago ProSight completed the acquisition of NYMagicInc., an insurance holding company whose property and casualtyinsurance subsidiaries specialized in underwriting ocean marine,inland marine and non-marine liability insurance.

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