Allied World North America Adds Excess D&O to Its ForceField® Product Suite in Canada

Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG announced today that it has added Excess D&O coverage to its existing management liability product suite in the Canadian market. The Excess D&O product joins Allied World’s ForceField® that offers five distinct coverage components including: Primary Directors & Officers Liability, Employment Practices Liability, Fiduciary Liability, Crime Coverage and Kidnap & Ransom/Extortion Coverage. The new Excess D&O product will be available for public companies as well as for private and not-for profit companies.

Kent Paisley, Senior Vice President, Head of Specialty Lines, Canada commented, “We remain committed to building a comprehensive suite of specialty products tailored for the Canadian market. The addition of the Excess D&O product helps to fill a void in the current marketplace. The ForceField product suite, which allows clients the flexibility to customize their primary coverage, has been well received thus far. We will continue to work with our dedicated claims specialists and broker partners to provide our mutual clients with the exemplary service they have come to expect from Allied World.”

For more information on Allied World’s new Excess D&O product in Canada, please contact Kent Paisley direct at kent.paisley@awac.com or Michael Shore, Vice President, Professional Lines at michael.shore@awac.com.

About Allied World

Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG, through its subsidiaries and brand known as Allied World, is a global provider of innovative property, casualty and specialty insurance and reinsurance solutions. Allied World offers superior client service through a global network of offices and branches. All of Allied World's rated insurance and reinsurance subsidiaries are rated A by A.M. Best Company, A by Standard & Poor's, and A2 by Moody's, and our Lloyd's Syndicate 2232 is rated A+ by Standard & Poor's and Fitch.

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