ASI Expands Primary Casualty and Excess Underwriting Teams with a New Chicago Downtown Office

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- In order to expand its specialty primary casualty and excess underwriting units, American Safety Insurance announced the recent hiring of a team of talented underwriters to establish an office in downtown Chicago, Illinois.

Roger S. Kolb, II, Assistant Vice President- Primary Casualty. Roger has more than 32 years of experience in the excess & surplus lines business and will be focusing on geographic diversification in the Midwestern U.S. He has previously worked at Argo Group, Arch Insurance Group and other insurance companies earlier in his career. Roger can be reached at [email protected] or (312) 924-2715.

Michael A. Troike,Assistant Vice President- Primary Casualty. Michael has more than 19 years of construction and products liability underwriting experience at Argo Group, Zurich North America and other insurance companies earlier in his career. Michael can be reached at [email protected] or (312) 924-2713.

Brian Timmel, Assistant Vice President- Excess Casualty. Brian comes to us from Argo Group and has 16 years experience in the E&S market. He has previously worked at General Reinsurance and Cincinnati Financial Corporation. Brian can be reached at [email protected] or (312) 924-2714.

Anthony W. Fick, Assistant Vice President- Excess Casualty. Anthony came to ASI from Colony Specialty Insurance Company and has more than 15 years of experience as a casualty underwriter, including time at Allied World Assurance Company, Benfield Inc. Corporation, and other insurance companies earlier in his career. Anthony can be reached at [email protected] or (312) 924-2712.

Samantha Kollmorgen, Senior Underwriting Assistant. Samantha has 8 years of experience in the E&S marketplace and has previously worked at Colony Specialty and HUB International. Samantha can be reached at [email protected] or (312) 924-2716.

“I am very pleased with the opening of a new office in Chicago to expand our presence in the Midwest. Since 2006 we have added several new product lines. Now our focus is to grow organically and to leverage our broad E&S product platform,” said Ambuj “AJ” Jain, Senior Vice President, US Operations. “As market conditions improve, we are poised for significant growth.” Further information on the office location will be forthcoming.

For additional information on ASI’s specialty insurance products, please call (800) 388-3647 or visit www.amsafety.com.

About Us:For 25 years, American Safety Insurance Holdings, Ltd. (NYSE:ASI), a Bermuda holding company, hasoffered innovative solutions outside the U.S. in the reinsurance and alternative risk markets through its subsidiaries, American Safety Reinsurance, Ltd. and American Safety Assurance, Ltd., and in the U.S. for specialty risks and alternative risk markets through its program administrator, American Safety Insurance Services, Inc., and insurance company subsidiaries and affiliates, American Safety Casualty Insurance Company, American Safety Indemnity Company, American Safety Risk Retention Group, Inc., American Safety Assurance (Vermont), Inc.As a group, ASI’s insurance subsidiaries and affiliates are rated “A” (Excellent) IX by A.M. Best. For additional information, please visit www.asih.bm.

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