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

  • 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

  Recent Wins                                                                                       State            Premium

Rifle Parts Mfg. - Includes Excess

DE

$153,700

Specialty Chemical Manufacturer

TX

$135,480

Adult Products Distributor

KY

$79,888

Home Heating Oil Delivery - Includes Excess

MA

$36,886

Component Repackaging/ Flour Blending Operation 

 - Includes Excess

WA

$52,500

Residential Oil Delivery And Service Provider - Includes Excess

RI

$37,576

Sales, Service and Installation of ATD Gunfire Sensors

  - Includes Excess

OR

$25,000

Develops, Manufactures, Operates Industrial Cleaning Equipment

AK

$23,153

Distributing/Leasing Pizza Making Robot - Includes Excess

OH

$17,475

Import/Distribution Of Wear Parts For Mining And Recycling Industry

AZ

$17,200

Scrap Metal Dealer - Includes Excess

CT

$15,245

Dude Ranch/Cattle

TN

$15,000

Motorcoach Repair

IL

$15,000

Distributor Of De-Icing Chemicals, Acid, Bleach And Sodium Bisulfite

AK

$12,750

Wholesale Distributor Of Fresh Produce

CA

$12,000

Manufacturer Of Dimensional Inspection Systems, 

Precision Grinding Machinery, Process Optimization

KS

$12,000

Sand & Gravel Mining

OK

$11,500

Mfg. Wireless Communication Devices/Two Way Systems

CA

$8,500

 Beam Control Systems And Component Manufacturer

NM

$7,750

 

 

 

Specialty Casualty Team

  • Rob Dettmer

    Vice President, Specialty Casualty Segment Executive

  • Sarah Alexander

    Underwriter I

  • Bobbie Barnes

    Associate Underwriter

  • Frank E. Capaccio, ASLI, AIS, CRIS

    Vice President

  • John Contreras

    John Contreras

    Executive Underwriter

  • Jim Faley

    Vice President

  • Dean Huntzinger, CRIS

    Assistant Vice President

  • Joan Kamholz, CRIS

    Executive Underwriter

  • Anom Lane, ACAS

    Executive Underwriter

  • Michael McGirr, CRIS

    Underwriter

  • Kathie M. Olson, CPCU, CRIS, ERIS

    AVP & Team Lead

  • William J. Schneider

    Vice President

  • Todd L. Stotz

    Vice President

  • CHOUA MAY VANG

    Choua May Vang

    Associate Underwriter

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