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2008-09 Workers' Compensation

INSURERS

 

 

AequiCap Insurance Company

W.C. Market Served/Specialty: Not Given

Address: 3000 West Cypress Creek Rd., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309-1710

Phone:  (954) 493-6565, (800) 275-2800

Fax: (954) 545-6985

Principal/Key Executive: Mark Stephenson, President & CEO; Dawn Duxbury, Vice President, Workers’ Compensation Underwriting

Key Contact: David Hall, Vice President, Sales

E-Mail: info@aequicap.com

Notes: Offers workers' comp coverage through multiple A.M. Best rated carriers in Florida and Georgia. Submissions can be entered and found online and policies are issued immediately.

AMERISAFE

W.C. Market Served/Specialty: For a complete list, visit our web site: www.amerisafe.com

Address: 2301 Hwy 190 West, DeRidder, LA  70634

WATS: (800) 897-9719

Fax: (800) 450-1091

Principal/Key Executive: Tyson Reed

Key Contact: Marketing Department

E-mail:  aiic-mktg@amerisafe.com

Notes: A-rated, Workers’ Comp provider specializing in transportation, construction, oil & gas, excavation, agri-business and marine related industries. Multi-state exposure acceptable. USL&H coverage available.

 

 

Applied Underwriters

W.C. Market Served/Specialty: Small to Mid-Market accounts covering a wide array of classes of business

Address: P.O. Box 281900, San Francisco, CA 94128

Phone:  (415) 656-5000, x2318

Key Contact: Marc Gittelman

E-mail:  mgittelman@applieduw.com

Notes: Applied Underwriters provides financial services and workers' comp solutions to small and mid-sized businesses nationwide. In a market where everything looks alike, our products stand out.

 

Associated Industries Insurance Services, Inc. (an AmTrust Financial Company)

W.C. Market Served/Specialty: Restaurants, Physicians, Condo Associations, Manufacturing, Wholesale, Retail, Artisan Contractors, Hospitality and Leisure – Multi-State Capabilities

Address: PO Box 310704, Boca Raton, FL 33431

Phone:  (561) 994-9888, (800) 866-1234

Fax: (561) 997-6444

Principal/Key Executive: Elissa Pacheco, Executive Vice President – Underwriting & Marketing Services

Key Contact: DeLynn Trivison, Vice President, Marketing

E-mail:  aiis@aiisvc.com

Notes: Associated Industry Insurance Services, an AmTrust Financial Co., specializes in workers’ compensation that can provide capacity with four carriers: Associated Industries Insurance Company, Inc. (AIIC), Technology Insurance Company, Rochdale Insurance Co., and Wesco Insurance Co. AmTrust is licensed in 40 states.

 

Bridgefield Casualty Insurance Company (managed by Summit Consulting, Inc.)

W.C. Market Served/Specialty: Light Manufacturing, Construction, Wholesale & Retail, Service & Finance

Address : PO Box 988, Lakeland, FL  33802-0988

Phone:  (863) 665-6060, (800) 282-7648

Fax: (863) 667-1528

Principal/Key Executive: Gary R. Gregg, President and CEO; Ricky T. Hodges, Vice President and Director of Bridgefield, President/CEO of Summit

Key Contact: James Wood

E-mail:  summitsales@summitholdings.com

Notes: Bridgefield Casualty, a Summit affiliate, is licensed to sell workers’ comp in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North & South Carolina, and Tennessee.

 

Bridgefield Casualty Insurance Company (managed by Summit Consulting, Inc.)

W.C. Market Served/Specialty: Light Manufacturing, Construction, Wholesale & Retail, Service & Finance

Address : PO Box 988, Lakeland, FL  33802-0988

Phone:  (863) 665-6060, (800) 282-7648

Fax: (863) 667-1528

Principal/Key Executive: Gary R. Gregg, President and CEO; Ricky T. Hodges, Vice President and Director of Bridgefield, President/CEO of Summit

Key Contact: James Wood

E-mail:  summitsales@summitholdings.com

Notes: Services available: Safety Rewards, Back2WorkTM, Online Business Center, managed-care arrangement, loss control, safety consultations, medical cost containment.

 

BusinessFirst Insurance Company (managed by Summit Consulting, Inc.)

W.C. Market Served/Specialty: Retail, Service & Finance, Auto Dealers, Artisan Contractors

Address : PO Box 988, Lakeland, FL  33802-0988

Phone:  (863) 665-6060, (800) 282-7648

Fax: (863) 667-1528

Principal/Key Executive: Tom Petcoff, President & Chairman; Ricky T. Hodges, President/CEO of Summit

Key Contact: James Wood

E-mail:  summitsales@summitholdings.com

Notes: Services available: Safety Rewards, Back2WorkTM, Online Business Center, managed-care arrangement, loss control, safety consultations, medical cost containment.

 

FHM Insurance Company, Inc.

W.C. Market Served/Specialty: Hotels, Restaurants, Country Clubs, Artisan Trades, Auto Dealerships, Retail/Wholesale, Light Manufacturing

Address: P.O. Box 616648, Orlando, FL  32861

Telephone: (407) 351-1212, (888) 346-3461

Fax: (407) 352-5788

Principal/Key Executive: Bill Bond, Jr., President

Key Contact: John Bledsoe

E-mail: john_bledsoe@fhmic.com

Notes: Serving Florida and Georgia’s workers’ compensation needs for over 50 years, FHM delivers outstanding service at the lowest possible cost.

 

 

Guarantee Insurance Co.

W.C. Market Served/Specialty: Retrospective Rating, Large Deductible, and Captive Programs

Address: 401 E. Las Olas Blvd., Ste. 1540, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301

Phone:  (954) 670-2900

Fax: (954) 779-3556

Principal/Key Executive: Steven M. Mariano, CEO

Key Contact: Gordon Marshall

E-mail:  gmarshall@guaranteeins.com

Notes: We find solutions: GIC writes in 25 states with retrospective rating, large deductible, and captive programs for large accounts, plus programs tailored for small to medium-size businesses.

  

 

ICW Group, Inc.

W.C. Market Served/Specialty: ICW's target market is Florida domiciled businesses in a broad range of classes.

Address: 300 Primera Blvd.; Ste. 264; PO Box 953939, Lake Mary, FL  32795-3939

Phone: (877) 442-9669

Fax: (407) 444-5960

Principal/Key Executive: Ronald Lynch, Branch Manager, Workers' Comp

Key Contact: Paul Drake, Sr., Territory Marketing Manager

E-mail: pdrake@icwgroup.com

Notes:  ICW offers the following underwriting programs and services: guaranteed cost, dividend plans, large deductibles, loss control/claims service, SNAP submission upload capability.

 

Majestic Insurance Company

W.C. Market Served/Specialty: Workers' Comp
Address: 101 California Street, San Francisco, CA  94111

Phone:  (800) 216-7770

Fax: (415) 777-5997

Principal/Key Executive: Daniel G. Hickey, Jr.

Key Contact: Terri Stevens, Senior Vice President, Marketing

E-mail:  tstevens@majesticinsurance.com

Notes:  Majestic Insurance Co., rated A- VII by A.M. Best Co., is a workers' comp specialty carrier and a subsidiary of CRM Holdings, Ltd.

 

 

 

The PMA Insurance Group

W.C. Market Served/Specialty: Generalist Workers’ Compensation Carrier

Address: 2701 North Rocky Point Drive, Ste. 250; Island Center, Tampa, FL 33607

Phone:  (813) 207- 4401

Web Site: www.pmagroup.com        

Fax: (813) 207- 4418

Principal/Key Executive: Gary Harvey, Branch Vice President

Key Contact: Joe Conese, Business Developer

E-mail:  Joe_Conese@pmagroup.com

Notes:  Known for service excellence and high levels of customer satisfaction, the PMA Insurance Group is a premier multi-lines property and casualty insurer with a specialty in workers’ compensation.

 

Zenith Insurance Co.

W.C. Market Served/Specialty: All

Address: 1390 Main St., Sarasota, FL  34236-5687; additional offices in Orlando and Hollywood

Phone:  (941) 906-2000, (800) 226-2324

Fax: (941) 362-6495

Principal/Key Executive: John H. Weber, SVP/General Manager

Key Contact: Thomas M. McCarthy

E-mail:  tmccarthy@thezenith.com

Notes: We are committed to helping businesses be more successful by protecting them from the financial consequences of workplace injuries and by making the workplace safer.

 

 

Self Insurer Funds

 

Florida Retail Federation Self Insurers Fund

W.C. Market Served: Retail, Service & Finance, Auto Dealers

Administrator: Summit Consulting, Inc.

Address: PO Box 988, Lakeland, FL  33802-0988

Phone:  (863) 665-6060, (800) 282-7648

Fax: (863) 667-1528

Key Contact: James Wood

E-mail:  summitsales@summitholdings.com

Notes: Florida’s largest group self-insurance fund with nearly 30 years of experience. Services Available: Safety Rewards, Back2WorkTM, Online Business Center, managed-care arrangement, loss control, cost containment.

 

 

 

FUBA Workers’ Comp

(Provided through the Florida Citrus, Business & Industries Fund)

W.C. Market Served/Specialty: Small and medium-sized businesses, artisan contractors, retail and wholesale operations, manufacturing, nurseries and foliage, professional and medical offices.

Address: 116 S. Monroe St., Tallahassee, FL  32301
PO Box 1303, Tallahassee, FL 32302-1303

Phone:  (850) 577-3030, (888) 262-4483

Fax: (888) 871-7474 Underwriting; (850) 201-6801 Policy Services; (850) 205-7741 Audit; (850) 681-0765 Marketing/Sales

Principal/Key Executive: Jim Emerson, Fund Administrator

Key Contact: Stacey Butler, Director of Marketing

E-mail:  fubawc@fubaworkerscomp.com

  

 

Managing General Agents/

Service Providers

 

Avizent (Frank Gates/Attenta)

W.C. Market Served/Specialty:  Claim management, fund administration, safety and loss control, excess placement, self-insured groups, alternative risk financing, medical managed care, and risk management software.

Address: 5000 Bradenton Avenue, Dublin, OH 43017

Phone:  888-646-9675

Fax: 614-798-5510

Principal/Key Executive: Frank Vidrik, President/CEO

Key Contact: Vance Root, EVP/CMO

E-mail:  moreinfo@avizentrisk.com

Notes: Avizent is a national risk management provider, offering unparalleled claims management, medical managed care, self-insured groups, alternative risk financing, and RMIS technology. www.frankgates.com/fluwc0708.

 

 

 

First Commercial Group Companies

Companies represented: First Commercial Insurance Co., and First Commercial Property and Transportation Co.

W.C. Market Served/Specialty: Construction, manufacturing, retail trades, service industries, and wholesale beginning at $1,000 in annual premium.

Address: 2300 W. 84th Street, Hialeah, FL  33016

Phone: (800) 291-7776; www.fcgcompanies.com

Fax: (305) 820-4841

Principal/Key Executive: Reginald Beane

Key Contact: Michael Jones

E-mail:  mjones@fcgcompanies.com

Notes: No minimum premium production requirements, dividend plans, direct bill including pay-as-you-go, as well as credit and debit card payment plans. Also offer general liability, commercial auto, and garage liability. 

                                       

LIG Marine Managers

Companies represented: Various Domestic Related; all federally approved to write longshore risks

W.C. Market Served/Specialty: Marine – Longshore, Maritime (Jones Act)

Address: 9600 Koger Blvd., Ste. 225, St. Petersburg FL  33702

Phone: (727) 578-2800

Fax: (727) 578-9977

Principal/Key Executive: Ian R. Greenway or Ginger Hayes

Key Contact: Karen Tischler, Marketing Director

E-mail: KLT@LIGInsurance.com

Notes: Commercial marine and longshore insurance.

 

PMA Management Corp.

W.C. Market Served/Specialty: A service affiliate of the PMA Insurance Group, pma management corp. offers complete multi-line claims and risk management services to individual and group self-insured clients, as well as associations, trusts, captives, unbundled large deductible programs, property, auto, and Liability SIRs, risk purchasing groups, and P/c insurance companies - stock and mutual.

Address: pma tampa branch office 2701 north rocky point drive, STE: 250; Island Center, Tampa, FL  33607

Phone:  (813) 207-4428

Fax: (813) 207-4418

Principal/Key Executive: gary harvey

Key Contact: Deborah Renner

E-mail:  Deborah_Renner@pmagroup.com

Notes: We specialize in workers' comp and also offer claims and risk-control services for commercial auto, liability, and property.

 

Summit Consulting, Inc.

Companies represented: Bridgefield Employers Insurance Co., Bridgefield Casualty Insurance Co., BusinessFirst Insurance Co.™, Florida Retail Federation Self Insurers Fund, Louisiana Retailers Mutual Insurance Co.

W.C. Market Served/Specialty: Manufacturing, Wholesale & Retail, Construction, Service & Finance

Address: PO Box 988, Lakeland, FL  33802-0988

Phone:  (863) 665-6060, (800) 282-7648

Fax: (863) 667-1528

Principal/Key Executive: Ricky T. Hodges, President & CEO

Key Contact: James Wood

E-mail:  summitsales@summitholdings.com

Notes: Summit is a premier workers’ compensation company with 30 years of experience. Summit has offices in Lakeland, FL; Baton Rouge, La;  and Gainesville, Ga.

 

Unisource Administrators, Inc.

Companies represented: AIG, Zurich, and Advantage Workers’ Compensation Insurance Co.

W.C. Market Served/Specialty: Specializing in workers’ compensation with a proven track record of lowering employer costs. Provides TPA services for large self-insured clients as well as guaranteed cost and dividend programs for small employers. 

Address: 6010 Cattleridge Dr., Sarasota, FL  34232

Phone:  (941) 378-7002, (800) 242-3646

Fax: (941) 309-7555

Principal/Key Executive: Andrew W. Olwert III, President/CEO

Key Contact: Diane S. McCoy

E-mail:  dmmcoy@unisourceadmin.com

Notes: Referral relationships for additional workers’ compensation products include Blue Ocean Brokers, LIG Marine Managers and CompuPay Payroll.