WORCESTER, Mass., Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Hanover Insurance
Group, Inc. (NYSE: THG), a leading super regional property and casualty
company, today introduced the Marine Underwriting Advantage Team, reinforcing
its commitment to offering agent partners a total account solution for
commercial lines.
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The Marine Underwriting Advantage Team is one element of The Hanover's
unique approach to delivering marine solutions tailored to meet the needs of
all its agent partners. Specifically, this team of specialists provides marine
solutions for agent partners who place small volumes of inland marine business
and would not normally have access to a carrier's marine specialists.
For commercial lines agents who place large volumes of marine business
with the company and marine specialty agents, The Hanover also offers
dedicated marine underwriters who deliver customized solutions for
sophisticated risks.
"Our goal is to offer all of our winning agent partners access to a total
account solution for their commercial lines customers," said Sophia Phillips,
Vice President of Inland and Ocean Marine and Marine Niche Program. "With that
in mind, we developed the Marine Underwriting Advantage Team as a way to offer
agent partners access to highly-specialized marine underwriters on business
that may be overlooked by another carrier. This is yet one more example of our
dedication to helping our agents to grow their businesses."
The Hanover offers insurance programs that provide comprehensive solutions
for a broad spectrum of complex and unique challenges, one of which is marine.
The company's wide range of products for both inland and ocean marine
include: Builder's Risk (home and commercial), Contractor's Equipment,
Communication and Transportation related exposures (such as broadcasting, cell
towers, bridges and pipelines), Motor Truck Cargo, Shipper's Transportation,
Warehouse Legal Liability, Ocean Cargo, Equipment Dealers, Fine Arts and Fine
Art Dealers, Museums, Musical Instruments, Orchestras, Musical Instrument
Dealers, Marinas, Jewelers and Furriers.
For independent agents who always seek to provide customers with a total
account solution, The Hanover's marine products are a part of a robust
commercial lines product suite, which include Avenues(TM) business owners'
policy, Avenues commercial package policy, Avenues commercial auto, umbrella,
bonds and workers' compensation. For more information on
Agents looking for more information about The Marine Advantage Team,
please call Mike Compos at (630) 521-8443 or Emma Carney at (630) 521-8458.
About The Hanover
The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (NYSE: THG), based in Worcester, Mass.,
is the holding company for a group of insurers that includes The Hanover
Insurance Company, also based in Worcester; Citizens Insurance Company of
America, headquartered in Howell, Mich., and their affiliates. The Hanover
offers a wide range of property and casualty products and services to
individuals, families and businesses through an extensive network of
independent agents, and has been meeting its obligations to its agent partners
and their customers for more than 150 years. Taken as a group, The Hanover
ranks among the top 35 property and casualty insurers in the United States.
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(508) 855-3457 (508) 855-4486
SOURCE Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.
Contact: Investor, Sujata Mutalik, +1-508-855-3457, smutalik@hanover.com, or Media, Amy Lynn Banek, +1-508-855-4486, abanek@hanover.com, both of Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.