Dual Specialty Underwriters, LLC, with offices in Miami and New York, has launched a new international Directors & Officers Liability (“D&O”) program aimed at foreign companies listed on U.S. securities markets through American Depository Receipts (“ADRs”). Dual has partnered with Everest Reinsurance Company (“Everest Re”) to offer this new capacity, and Scott Misson, a veteran of the international D&O market, will be the chief underwriter for this business.
Mr. Misson has been underwriting and overseeing international D&O portfolios for more than 20 years. Before joining Dual, Mr. Misson started Navigators Insurance Company's International Management Liability unit in 2001 and most recently served as president of Navigators' Global Management Liability operations.
Dual has been underwriting D&O on behalf of Everest Re in South and Central America, the Caribbean, and Puerto Rico for most of the past decade.
Victoria Spears
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