Brown & Riding Launches Public Entity & Education Practice

Brown & Riding is pleased to announce the launch of its new national Public Entity & Education Practice, a specialty practice helping retail brokers win new business, strengthen renewals, and serve public entity and education clients with confidence. The practice is led by Public Entity & Education Practice Co-Leaders Bill Lally and Abe Kane and brings together specialists across property, casualty, management and professional liability, excess, cyber, workers’ compensation, and sexual abuse and molestation coverage to deliver coordinated strategy and execution for complex public sector accounts.

“Public entity and education accounts rarely fit into a single insurance silo,” said Lally, Principal, Senior Vice President, Public Entity & Education Co-Leader. “There are more options in parts of the market today, but the exposures, coverage issues, and structure are becoming more sophisticated. Formalizing this practice allows us to bring our capabilities together around one account strategy, giving retailers a single coordinated wholesale team rather than a series of disconnected specialty placements.”

The Public Entity & Education Practice supports retail brokers serving cities, counties, school districts, colleges and universities, housing authorities, and public sector pools. Brown & Riding’s team of specialists handles everything from single-line placements to complex multi-line programs, including large property schedules, challenging loss histories, and structures involving pools, reinsurance, and master programs.

“There is not one true public entity and education insurance market right now,” said Kane, Senior Vice President, Public Entity & Education Co-Leader. “Property and cyber have become more competitive in many areas, while casualty and certain professional liability lines remain challenging. We help retailers navigate that complexity, knowing where to push for improvement, where to protect a good incumbent structure, and where a different approach can materially improve the outcome. We view the retail broker as our client, and we want to be their first call from the very start of an account strategy.”

To learn more about Brown & Riding’s national Public Entity & Education Practice, visit the Public Entity & Education Practice page.