USI Affinity Announces Agreement with The Hanover to Offer Lawyer’s Professional Liability Insurance

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- USI Affinity announced that it has entered into an agreement with The Hanover Insurance Company to provide an enhanced Lawyer's Professional Liability Insurance solution in the following Markets: NJ, MA, D.C., CT, MD, VA and WV, effective September 1, 2018.

USI Affinity and The Hanover will bring a premier, market-leading team, with world class expertise and resources, to help protect and insure both small and large law firms. Together, USI Affinity and The Hanover will have the ability to offer a proprietary, comprehensive Lawyers' Professional Liability offering to attorneys and law firms through the USI Affinity Lawyers Liability Risk Purchasing Group within the stated market area. With state and local Bar Association endorsements from the DC Bar, New Jersey State Bar Association and Boston Bar Association, The USI Affinity "Attorney's Preferred" Insurance Program will offer insurance solutions to lawyers and law firms in seven different states.

"By connecting and combining the expertise of USI Affinity and The Hanover, we are able to create a product offering that will be unparalleled in these market areas. With industry leading knowledge, solutions and service, we will deliver customized solutions to maximize bottom line impact and keep policies current with the changing demands of the LPL marketplace," said USI Affinity Senior Vice President and Professional Liability Practice Leader, Mike Mooney. "This new program is the result of market leaders and all of their expertise, coming together to address the gaps in coverage commonly seen in today's marketplace. Our new policy enhancements focus on the challenges that attorneys and law firms face on a continual basis and provide a peace of mind for attorneys that they have not had in the recent years."

"USI Affinity is one of the most respected specialty brokers and program managers in the Lawyers' Professional Liability space with industry leading marketing and business development capabilities," said Greg Leffard, President of Hanover Professionals at The Hanover. "This partnership demonstrates The Hanover's continuous commitment to help develop customized solutions for our agents and reinforces our desire to strategically grow our Hanover Specialty business."

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