$175M General Contractor in California

Insured Profile
- General contractor focused on heavy highway and civil projects
- Headquartered in California
- Operations in California and Colorado
Placement
- Contractor practice program
- $7.5M p/o $15M x $5M x P follow-form excess liability policy
Working with Shepherd
Shepherd was sent a renewal submission with a request for a prompt turnaround. Within one business day, we communicated our initial indication of appetite and provided a pricing indication the next day. We collaborated closely with the broker team to pinpoint our target layer and turnaround our proposal with revisions quickly to meet the client’s needs.

Why We Won
Shepherd was excited about this opportunity from the start and eager to partner with this broker team. Our responsiveness and collaboration were key to understanding the risk and targeting our layer in the tower. We worked closely with the broker team to provide the most competitive pricing and meet the target timeline, which was crucial in securing this deal.

Meet the underwriter

Costas Hadjipateras
Head of Underwriting
Costas has 11 years of underwriting and management experience in the casualty space. Costas started his career with Chubb's primary Construction Group in Los Angeles, and eventually managing the Foreign Casualty unit for Chubb's Pacific Region. Before joining Shepherd he was most recently with the Hartford, where we has an Executive Underwriter in their Northern California Middle Market Division.
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