Restoration Contractors Program Fills Void in General Liability Coverage
ASI now provides coverage for certain classes of restoration contractors.   The combined general, professional and pollution liability policy, which can include coverage for mold, targets fire, water and disaster restoration contractors who perform operations in accordance with the restoration contracting guidelines published by the Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification.   

The program is intended to fill the gap in professional liability coverage for services rendered in accordance with the S520 Standard and Reference Guide for Professional Mold Remediation and the S500 Standard Reference Guide for Professional Water Damage Restoration. The ability of ASI to provide a complete package eliminates the need for brokers to piece together an insurance program that meets the specifications of most insurance service providers and provides them with a complete solution.

Coverage is written on non-admitted American Safety Indemnity Co. paper, which carries an “A” (Excellent) rating from A.M. Best.  Limits up to $11 million are available. General and pollution liability coverages are on an occurrence form, with profession liability and optional mold coverage offered on a claims-made basis. Premiums begin at $2,500 with a mold exclusion and $5,000 with mold coverage.  

The program is available through a limited ditribution channel. For more information on the program, please contact your underwriter at 1-800-388-3647.

7/27/2007
Preston Starr Promoted to Director of Environmental Insurance Group.   
Effective June 1, 2007, Preston Starr has been promoted to Director of Environmental Underwriting. He will be responsible for the overall management of ASI's Environmental Insurance Group, which includes overseeing the strategic direction of the unit and monitoring the unit's progress towards its goals and objectives. 

Mr. Starr has more than 11 years of insurance industry experience, with 7 of those years in environmental underwriting. Prior to assuming his role in ASI's Environmental Insurance Unit, he was a Senior Underwriter in the Company's Construction Underwiting Unit in Atlanta, Ga., where he was responsible for helping develop underwriting guidelines, risk selection, and production underwriting.
 
Before joining American Safety Insurance in 2004, Mr. Starr was a Senior Underwriter in the Environmental Division of Gulf Insurance Group. His background also includes three years with Zurich North America in the Construction Division as Senior Underwriter, and two years with Liberty Mutual Insurance Group as an underwriter.

Mr. Starr has a bachelor's degree in accounting from Albany State University.

For additional information on ASI's environmental insurance products, click here, or contact ASI's Marketing Department at 1-800-388-3647


7/20/2007
Minimum Premium Reduced on EnviroStarTM Product.
ASI has reduced the minimum premium requirement for its EnviroStar environmental insurance product available through ProStar Online. Minimum premiums for the product now begin at $2,500.

Coverage for the EnviroStar product is written on an ISO-based form and combines contractor's pollution liability, general liability and environmental consultant's professional liability into one convenient package. Coverage is available for bodily injury, property damage, and clean-up costs arising from the insured operations. Limits up to $11 million are available. For additional information on EnviroStar, please click here.

 

7/11/2007
Meet ASI's Property Underwriting Team!  
Based in our Middletown, New Jersey underwriting office, this highly experienced and well-respected team joined ASI in June. For additional product information, click here to be redirected to the product's webpage.  

Jeannette Guercio- Director of Property Underwriting
Jeannette joins ASI from Markel Underwriting Managers, where she was Associate Vice President of Property Underwriting. Prior to Markel, she served in various underwriting capacities with both Swett & Crawford and Galaxy Insurance Co., both in New York City. Jeannette has more than 20 years of experience in the insurance industry.

James St. John- Director of Property Underwriting
James joins ASI from Markel Underwritng Managers, where he was Associate Vice President of the Property Package Department. Proir to Markel, James was an underwriter with Jefferson Insurance Group in Jersey City. He has more than 15 years of experience in the insurance industry.

Carol Biafore- Underwriting Representative
Carol joins ASI from Markel Underwriting Managers, where she was a property underwriter. She has more than 10 years of experience in the surplus lines industry.

Dee Quinn- Sr. Underwriting Assistant
Dee joined Markel Corporation in 1995 and moved into the Property Department in 1996.  She has 10+ years experience as a Property E & S Underwriting/Technical Assistant. 

6/1/2007
eSubmit@amsafety.com: ASI Launches Streamlined Submission Process for Non-Environmental CGL and Excess/Umbrella Coverages

In order to provide our producers with more prompt and efficient service, ASI has established a universal email box to receive all of our approved producers’ new non-environmental submissions. Effective immediately, all NEW submissions for our construction, products liability, non-construction commercial general liability and excess/umbrella products should be emailed to eSubmit@amsafety.com.

Please note this email box is only for current approved producers. If you are interested in accessing ASI’s array of specialty insurance products, please contact us at 1-800-388-3647 ext. 4310.


ASI Receives Air Quality Association’s Endorsement for Indoor Air Quality Professionals Program
ASI has been selected as an approved insurer for the American Indoor Air Quality Council (AIAQC), the premier association for air quality professional’s accreditation. In conjunction with a national program manager, we have developed a program for contractors and consultants which includes mold coverage, and will consider submissions for up to 100% mold remediation operations for AIAQC certified mold remediation contractors, due to extensive training requirements for the certification. For non-AIAQC certified remediation professionals, mold operations are limited to 50% or less of receipts.

Please visit the program’s website (www.iaqa-marketing.com) for further information.


2/13/2007
American Safety Insurance Rolls Out New Email Addresses

To coincide with the launch of our new, improved website, all email addresses for ASI employees have changed to @amsafety.com. The names before the "@" will remain the same. For example, jdoe@americansafetyinsurance.com would now be jdoe@amsafety.com.

 

If you are having difficulties recieving email from ASI employees, please first check your junk mail folder, as your SPAM filter system may not recognize the new addresses. Also, you can add any employees with whom you regularly correspond to your "safe sender" list to avoid missing emails.

 

For additional information, please contact our offices at 1-800-388-3647.

1/25/2007
New Version of ProStar OnlineTM Users Manual Now Available
We have recently released a new ProStar Online user’s manual for our approved ProStar Online producers. The manual contains valuable information on the following topics:

Accessing ProStar Online
Orientation for the Log In Window
Guidelines for First Time Access
Using the Unlock Account function - how to set a Secret Question & Answer
Welcome & General Overview
Orientation for the functionality of the navigation pane Account Summary window
Indications and Quotations Overview
Clear New Account (when & how to)
Create New Indication (how to)
Create New Quotation (how to)
Request to Bind (how to)

If you have additional questions about ProStar Online, please contact your underwriter.