About Abe
Abe Kane is a public entity and education Broker at Brown & Riding, focused on helping retail partners win and retain complex government, public-sector, K-12, higher education, public entity pools and related specialty accounts. With more than 20 years of industry experience, he brings a perspective shaped by underwriting, reinsurance, and wholesale brokerage.
His work is centered on account strategy, coverage and structure alternatives, market negotiation, and helping retail partners clearly evaluate the tradeoffs involved in complex placements. Abe’s approach starts with understanding what the insured is trying to accomplish, identifying the real underwriting friction, and developing solutions that support the retailer’s relationship with the insured rather than simply pursuing a quote.
Before joining Brown & Riding, Abe held public entity brokerage, underwriting and reinsurance roles with CRC Group, Aon Benfield, Gen Re, General Star, and Genesis Underwriting Management Co. His background includes facultative and treaty reinsurance, alternative risk underwriting, casualty facilities, and public entity program work. He holds the CPCU, RPLU, ARe, ASLI, ARM, ARM-P, AU, AU-S, and AIS designations and earned a B.A. in economics from University of Michigan. Outside of work, he coaches youth travel baseball and serves on the board of New Canaan Youth Football.
