Starr Insurance Introduces Twin Maples Specialty To Serve the Wholesale Market

Business Wire

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Starr Insurance today announced the establishment of Twin Maples Specialty, a division of Starr Specialty Lines Insurance Agency, LLC, to focus on the wholesale brokerage community.

Twin Maples will be led by industry veteran Bob Gadaleta, Executive Vice President, Wholesale Commercial Insurance. Bob joined Starr to assume this newly created position, bringing over 29 years of insurance industry experience in underwriting and field sales leadership, including stints at Hiscox and AIG.

Twin Maples will focus on business placed through wholesale brokers, who continue to gain market share in the U.S. insurance landscape. The new Starr division will deliver products and client-focused solutions for the middle market and small business segments through a dedicated wholesale channel underwriting team.

Steve Blakey, Starr Insurance president, said, “We recognize the unique needs of the wholesale and retail brokerages, and Starr is committed to delivering solutions for all of our trading partners. Twin Maples Specialty will cater specifically to the casualty needs of wholesalers and their clients.”

Twin Maples Specialty is expected to enter the market in the next few months with professional liability and financial lines products, backed by A-rated carriers in both the excess and surplus lines and admitted markets.

Twin Maples will be based in Alpharetta, GA.

About Twin Maples Specialty

Twin Maples Specialty, a division of Starr Specialty Lines Insurance Agency, LLC, NPN 9926944 and California license number 0G29341, is a licensed insurance producer and reinsurance intermediary offering various Property & Casualty insurance and reinsurance products. For a full list of licenses and authorizations, please contact [email protected].

About Starr Insurance

Starr Insurance (or Starr) is a marketing name for the operating insurance and travel assistance companies and subsidiaries of Starr International Company, Inc. and for the investment business of C. V. Starr & Co., Inc. and its subsidiaries. Starr is a leading insurance and investment organization with a presence on six continents; through its operating insurance companies, Starr provides property, casualty, and accident and health insurance products as well as a range of specialty coverages including aviation, marine, energy and excess casualty insurance. Starr’s insurance company subsidiaries domiciled in the U.S., Bermuda, China, Hong Kong, Malta, Singapore, Switzerland and U.K. each have an A.M. Best rating of “A” (Excellent). Starr’s Lloyd’s syndicate has a Standard & Poor’s rating of “A+” (Strong).