Primary casualty

From start-ups to Fortune 500 companies, with both admitted and non-admitted capabilities, Markel primary casualty offers flexible insurance solutions and experience to help meet your needs.

  • We have the products, tools, and underwriting acumen to target hard-to-place risks.
  • Our team of specialists has extensive knowledge and experience in the construction, products, and life sciences segments of the insurance marketplace.
  • Our risk engineering team provides insights and support to product lines by identifying emerging hazards, analyzing risk trends, and providing solutions to policyholders in order to prevent and mitigate loss.

Target Industries

Construction

Markel provides coverage for commercial, industrial, and residential trade and general contractors. Available coverage options include practice, project-specific, owners interest, OCP, and general liability wraps.

Life sciences

Markel can provide primary or excess products and services liability, errors or omissions liability, and general liability coverage for the life sciences industry. Operations span the life cycle of a product to include research and development, clinical trials, and sold products in the medical device, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and biotechnology space.

Products

Coverage available for a wide variety of products from automotive, clothing, cosmetics, food and beverage, dietary supplements, industrial machinery, metal goods, toys, sporting goods, and many more.

Other target classes

Coverage is also available in the hospitality, commercial real estate, retail/wholesale distributors, and the food service industries.

Coverages

Commercial general liability

General liability insurance for a variety of our niche markets

Discontinued products and operations

Liability insurance that provides insurance protection for your company in the event of an incident when your business is no longer operating

Life sciences

Products and services (including human clinical trials) liability, errors or omissions liability, and general liability on a primary or excess basis

Products liability

Occurrence and claims-made coverage options

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Every business has different coverage needs.

We meet challenges head on to find creative coverage solutions, reduce risk, or help recover from a loss.

Risk Solution Services

We guide you through the maze of risks with customized solutions designed specifically for your needs.

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Claims expertise

Our dedicated and empathetic claims professionals have specialized knowledge within their unique product lines to guide you through the claims process.

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