Ace Creates Specialty Casualty Division

The Ace Group says it has created a new specialty casualty division within its U.S. E&S insurer.

Ace Westchester's Specialty Casualty division will feature a wide array of primary and excess casualty products made available through both wholesale and retail brokerage distribution. This new division will offer an expanded set of  primary casualty, excess liability, and automobile liability products directed at industries such as construction, auto and railroad transportation, energy and public entities.

It will also offer specialty-casualty coverage for complex casualty-related transactions.

“The formation of the new specialty casualty division will make a wider array of products available to our wholesale and retail distribution partners,” said Bruce Kessler, division president, Ace Westchester.

Dean Andrighetto has been appointed to lead the group as division president. Andrighetto will oversee all underwriting, marketing and operations for the business. Andrighetto most recently served as president, Ace Westchester Casualty.

The division brings together Ace USA's retail Custom Casualty unit, including the energy, specialty casualty, and combined general liability and pollution (Ace PaC), and public entity product lines with Ace Westchester's primary casualty, excess casualty, and  transportation groups. The new Ace Westchester Specialty Casualty division will offer the following products and services:

• Construction, General Liability (Stand-Alone)
• Specialty General Liability
• Energy Liability
• Public Entity
• Railroad Liability
• Transportation Auto including Hazmat
• Pollution and Primary Casualty (Ace PaC)
• Custom products for complex transactions

Ace will continue to offer mono-line excess casualty products separately to wholesale and retail distribution channels through its existing dedicated underwriting units within ACE Westchester and ACE USA, respectively.