Travis-Pedersen and Associates | News and Resources

Environmental liability issues are more prevalent than ever, and demand a resource with current and extensive knowledge of the associated risks and coverage needs. Travis-Pedersen has several brokers who specialize in environmental and pollution liability business.

Articles

How Do You Get There From Here? Navigating the Caps in GL Coverage for Cyber Exposures
Reprint from Plus Journal, April 2005
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News and Announcements

Welcome, Sherry Kelly
We are pleased to announce that Sherry Kelly has recently joined our staff in Florida. Sherry is now part of our Professional Liability team and is working with Mike Sullivan. Sherry comes to us with 15+ years of wholesale expertise and experience, we are excited to have her on the Florida team!

Tim Pedersen Jr. is our Illinois office's newest Casualty Broker
We want to welcome Tim Pedersen Jr. to the Casualty team in our downtown Chicago office. He's a strong addition to the team and has already built great relationships with new clients. You can reach him at timp2@travped.com to learn how he can help you.

Now covering admitted liquor liability
Travis-Pedersen and RSUI are partnering for an exclusive program offering admitted liquor liability coverage. Learn more on our liquor liability page.

New Admitted Rental Dwelling Program
We are proud to announce our newest admitted program, 10+ Program. The 10+ Program is an admitted package policy that covers Liability, Property and Crime. The program is designed for property owners, landlords, contractors or investors with 10 or more rental dwellings.

You can see the program details on our 10+ Program page.

Links

A.M. Best Company
http://www.ambest.com
Insurance Company Rating and Information.

A.M. Best Annual Review of
Excess & Surplus Lines Industry

Prepared annually since 1994 by the A.M. Best Company for the Derek Hughes/NAPSLO Educational Foundation. Provides results of solvency study of surplus lines industry and reviews current industry issues.

The 2009 Executive Summary is available free to the public. The complete report may be purchased from AM BEST.

NAPSLO
http://www.napslo.org
National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices, Ltd. (NAPSLO) is a national trade association representing the surplus lines industry and the wholesale insurance marketing system.

The NAPSLO Internship Program
annually awards paid summer internships to college students interested in an insurance career. Internship candidates are college juniors or seniors. The internship is open to Insurance, Risk Management and Actuarial Science majors only. Successful candidates must demonstrate an interest in an insurance career.

For more information about NAPSLO's Internship program, download this brochure.

Current Listing of Surplus Lines Association
A number of states have surplus lines associations and may be able to provide additional information on local issues. Some of the Association offices are full-time offices, others have volunteer representatives.

A list of associations is available for download in Adobe PDF format.