When Expertise Matters

Our experienced staff entertains unique and complex exposures and hard-to-place accounts, providing our broker partners a single resource to place a multitude of exposures.

Manufacturing & Products

Vela recognizes the importance of transparent and comprehensive forms and our seasoned underwriting team can proactively craft solutions for unique and unusual risks. We have in-depth expertise in providing coverages for manufacturing industries that utilize cutting-edge technology, start-up operations, and product importers. We excel in structuring coverage for discontinued products and completed operations, IBNR (Incurred But Not Reported), blemished or hard-to-place risks, and conversion from Claims Made to Occurrence (NOSE coverage).

Service-Oriented

Vela’s Specialty Casualty market segment provides coverage for service-oriented businesses. Our focus is on those businesses that provide services or perform specialized work, such as installation, repair, maintenance, calibration, testing or monitoring. While this is a very broad and diverse sector, our targeted classes are those service providers that cater to specialty clients with more unique needs. This business falls into categories that include:

  • Installation, Calibration, Maintenance, Service or Repair 

  • Logistics and Transportation Services 

  • Equipment Rental (without operators) 

  • Miscellaneous Services

Vela’s Specialty Casualty Insurance Solutions

Coverage Capabilities

  • Qualifying size of risk- in excess of $2m receipts 

  • Territory- all US states and worldwide product coverage; Canadian exposures considered upon eligibility 

  • Primary Limits- $1,000,000/$2,000,000 or $2,000,000/$4,000,000 

  • Excess Limits- up to $5,000,000

Industry Opportunities

Manufacturers / Products

  • Consumer Products 
  • Automotive Products 
  • Electrical Equipment 
  • Food Products 
  • Machinery 
  • Metal Goods 
  • Plastic and Rubber Goods 
  • Sporting Goods 
  • Pools 
  • Valves

Service-Oriented

  • Industrial Machinery and Equipment 
  • Vehicle Repairs 
  • Truckers 
  • Warehousing and Storage 
  • Machinery and Equipment Rental 
  • Durable Medical Equipment Rental 
  • Vacant Land and Idle Plants 
  • Solar Farms and Alternative Energy Systems and Providers 
  • Refrigeration and Cold Storage Facilities 
  • X-Ray, CT Scan, and MRI Service and Installation

Specialty Casualty Recent Wins

  • Manufacturer Of Electric Commercial Trucks, $200,000.00 - MI
  • Supplier Of Bulletproof Film That Is Installed Over Glass - Includes Excess, $143,766.00 - AZ
  • Sales Of Kubota Tractors, Mowers, Construction Equipment Etc. Including Service And Repair, $85,008.00 - CA
  • Assembly And Distribution Of Height Adjustable Mounts For Interactive Touchpanels, $77,700.00 - GA
  • Importer And Distributor Of Wheels And Tires - Includes Excess, $60,000.00 - TX
  • Manufacturer Aftermarket Auto Parts For Suspension And Steering Parts, $56,090.00 - NV
  • Golf Cart Distributor, $53,000.00 - FL
  • Freight Forwarding; Rail Car Switching; And Mobile Repair Services, $38,749.00 - WY
  • Wholesale Distributor Of Tires For Passenger Cars & High Performance Vehicles, $38,020.00 - TX
  • Manufacturer Of High Performance Automotive Components, $37,700.00 -IL
  • Auto Part Mfg, $33,191.00 - PA
  • Grain Elevator Operations And Farm Store Selling Chemicals, Fertilizers And Feed, $32,776 - MT
  • Manufacturer Of Survival Shelters, $30,000.00 - TX
  • Wholesale/Distributor Of Firearms & Ammunition, $20,000.00 - MI
  • Discontinued Products - Farm Tool Supply, $20,000.00 - NY

Specialty Casualty Team

ROB DETTMER

ROB DETTMER

Vice President, Specialty Casualty Executive

Anom Lane

Anom Lane, ACAS

Executive Underwriter

DEAN HUNTZINGER

DEAN HUNTZINGER, CRIS

Assistant Vice President

FRANK E. CAPACCIO

FRANK E. CAPACCIO, ASLI, AIS, CRIS

Assistant Vice President

JIM FALEY

JIM FALEY

Vice President

JOAN KAMHOLZ

JOAN KAMHOLZ, CRIS

Executive Underwriter

John Contreras

JOHN CONTRERAS

Executive Underwriter

KATHIE M. OLSON

KATHIE M. OLSON, CPCU, CRIS, ERIS

Executive Underwriter

MICHAEL MCGIRR

MICHAEL MCGIRR, CRIS

Underwriter

SARAH ALEXANDER

Associate Underwriter

TODD L. STOTZ

TODD L. STOTZ, CPCU

Vice President

WILLIAM J. SCHNEIDER

WILLIAM J. SCHNEIDER, ARM

Vice President

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