Tuesday, January 6, 2009

HCC Insurance Holdings Purchases VMGU

HCC Insurance Holdings Inc. has acquired VMGU Insurance Agency, an underwriter of the lumber, building materials, forest products and woodworking industries. The acquisition, along with recently announced transactions in the Public Risk insurance sector, will further extend HCC's reach in the specialty commercial package insurance market.

Based in Waltham, Massachusetts, VMGU is a lumber and wood products underwriter that operates on a national basis in all 50 states. VMGU is headed by President Richard Hayes, who will remain with the operation. VMGU, which is expected to write approximately $20 million in gross written premium in 2009, will become part of HCC's Professional Indemnity Agency subsidiary.

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