Agency Establishes Structural Movers Underwriting Unit
Maguire Agency, an independent insurance agency offering property/casualty, employee benefits, and personal insurance lines, announced today that it has been named a managing general agent for structural movers’ insurance policies for Travelers. Maguire is one of the leading agencies nationally for insuring house and structural movers with about 275 clients in the industry. The managing general agent status gives Maguire the authority to underwrite Travelers’ policies for structural movers.
“Travelers recognizes that our agency has built considerable expertise and a noteworthy reputation in the structural moving industry,” said Matthew J. Clysdale, CPCU, CIC, president of Maguire Agency. “As a managing general agent, we have responsibilities for underwriting policies for our clients as well as those of insurance agencies around the country. The designation furthers our expertise and authority in this niche market. ”
Structural Movers Underwriting Unit
With this new capacity, Maguire has established a Structural Movers Underwriting Unit within its Commercial Lines business. Client services manager, Rita Rubbelke, CPCU, CIC, will have expanded duties overseeing the unit; Donna Como has been hired as an account executive.
Rubbelke has been with Maguire since 2004 and has 20 years of experience in the insurance industry. As client services manager, she provides clients with value-added services in claims management, workers compensation mod analysis and implementation of Internet-based service and risk management tools.
With over 20 years in commercial lines insurance, Como comes to Maguire Agency from Auto-Owners Insurance Company, where she was a senior commercial underwriter. Prior to Auto-Owners, she worked as an account manager for Chubb Group of Insurance Companies and Travelers. She is a member of Insurance Professionals of Greater Minneapolis.
“We know what is important to contractors,” said Matt Sundeen, AAI, CIC, Maguire Agency producer. “Our staff and dedication to the industry separates us from a local agent or other national agencies. The new managing general agent designation sets us apart even more.”
Maguire Agency wrote its first policy for a structural mover in the mid-1970s by designing a care, custody and control policy specific to the needs of structural movers. It covers companies from the first minute at a site to setting the building down. The policy has minimal exclusions, covering Acts of God, vandalism, movers’ error, fire, arson, auto accidents, etc.
Maguire Agency works closely with the International Structural Movers Association to develop industry safety programs, materials, and educational workshops. Maguire also sponsors many high profile industry events and publications. The association, which represents structural movers in the U.S. and Canada, has endorsed Maguire since 1996.
An agency of the year as chosen by the Minnesota Independent Insurance Agents Association, Maguire Agency offers property/casualty insurance, employee benefits, and personal insurance lines from a wide range of highly rated, financially stable insurance companies.