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Financial institutions

Protection for the financial sector

From economic volatility and changing regulatory requirements to fraud and cybercrime, financial institutions face a variety of risks. With these varied exposures, having the right risk-management approach is critical so that your business can continue to service clients and maintain a strong balance sheet.

Across asset managers, banks, insurance companies, and more, customers look to us for holistic solutions to protect their employees, assets, and reputations.

A protective partnership

Solutions for complex risks

Financial institutions face distinctive risks, so we offer protection that’s equally distinctive.

We take a tailored, industry-specific approach to meet the needs of financial institutions, offering an extensive array of comprehensive coverages, including:

  • General liability, including an enhancement endorsement for Financial Institutions
  • Property, including foreclosed property
  • Mortgage impairment and errors & omissions liability
  • Commercial auto, including repossessed auto
  • Workers compensation
  • Umbrella and excess liability
  • Directors and officers, including general partnership liability and side A DIC
  • Professional liability
  • Cyber liability
  • Employment practices liability
  • Fiduciary/pension trust liability
  • Financial institution bonds
  • Fidelity/crime
  • Mergers and acquisitions transactional liability solutions, including representations and warranties, tax liability, and contingent legal risk
  • Environmental

We’ll also work with you to determine the right program structure, whether it’s large deductible, retrospective, guaranteed cost, aggregate stop loss, or unbundled.

In addition, we offer protection for global exposures, from sales samples to foreign property, in a single package policy.

And every solution is backed by our strength, stability, and experience as a Fortune 100 company.

Expertise that delivers

When you work with us, you’ll experience a sophisticated integration of underwriting, claims, service, and risk control teams, all focused on financial institutions.

With regional, jurisdictional, and industry expertise, we’re ready to identify and respond to key challenges facing financial institutions, like:

  • Cyber threats and data breaches
  • Property loss, electronic data processing equipment, utility services, and fine arts
  • Slip and fall and ergonomic injuries
  • Building maintenance and security
  • Workplace violence
  • Employment issues related to discrimination, termination, and retaliation
  • Compliance with regulatory changes

This fusion of expertise and commitment means the difference between simply understanding risks like volatile economic cycles or a heightened regulatory environment and providing the right guidance and solutions to help identify, mitigate, and recover from them.

Services in sync

From the very start, you’ll notice the synergy across our teams. Whether we’re helping you onboard smoothly or respond to and recover after a cyber incident, we see every interaction as an opportunity to exceed expectations.

With our financial institutions offering, customers can benefit from:

  • Specialized claims teams for management and professional liability, complex liability, data breaches, property, workers compensation, and surety that are empowered to deliver positive outcomes
  • A team with private practice and Lloyd’s market experience dedicated to managing complex M&A transactional liability claims
  • A secure portal to manage your account and report casualty claims via our risk-management information system
  • Safety and risk mitigation guidance and materials available online and by phone

Count on us for flexible insurance programs, proactive service, and high-quality claims experiences that will help you lower your total cost of risk.

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Learn more about our dedicated Financial Institutions industry coverages and solutions here.


Get in touch

Our commercial and specialty insurance products and services are distributed through brokers and agents. If you are interested in our solutions for your business, please contact your agent or broker. If you are an agent or broker, please reach out to our team for more information.

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Mark Kurland

Executive Underwriting Officer for Middle Market Multi-industry/Technology
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Marcy Ramirez

Director of Underwriting
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Emily Hearne

Industry Practices Director
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Small business

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