The new resource under the direction of the experienced industry expert Alex Rosas will provide brokers additional punch for logistics and shipping customers.
Rick Christofer, President and Chief Commercial Officer from United Risk, has the foundation of a new division called Applied Logistics Underwriters (AppliedLU.com) announced, which will offer insurance services in the areas of critical logistics, transport and seafaring with modernized and technology-based underwriting procedures. The division has started work in the offices in Miramar, Florida.
According to Mr. Alejandro “Alex” Rosas-Salgado, President of Applied Logistics Underwriters (“ALU”), the department will initially operate US customers and then expand into important global markets for logistics and related product transactions to expand the first point of contact for freight forwarders/sea freight, warehouses all-going insurance, legal liability of Frachtführer, legal liability of freight forwarders (all means of transport), errors and omissions of freight forwarders as well as the liability of warehouses and other emerging focus areas: “The markets in the United States and worldwide offer a great potential due to our technological innovations and our experienced employees in all areas of the specific coverage areas. Through a culture of optimized services, support from our employees Product knowledge and our unrestricted engagement for partnerships in our niche and general insurance areas have started to win the loyalty of brokers and their customers. Transform inefficient divisions. “
According to Mr. Christofer, Alu emerged from the obvious lack of excellence in the transaction methods of the industry in conjunction with the application of proven approaches to the challenges that result from the risks in this important sector: “From the simplification of the complex reporting obligations in this sector to the development of solutions in the many associated niche markets, we shift the underwriting paradigm from one to 100 % At the experience of the underwriter, the knowledge and experience of the underwriter are underpinned by solid historical data, which has not yet been introduced in the logistics industry. “
Mr. Rosas literally comes from an insurance family with a tradition of over 155 and began his career at the age of 16 as a trainee in the field of leisure lake insurance. Since then he has had a remarkable track record in the industry and has extensive experience in the areas of sea freight, Kasko, P&I, general liability for shipping, leisure boats, inland navigation and logistics. He works as an underwriter for internal and sea shipping- as one of about a dozen such hybrid logistics underwriter in the USA. Since 2002 he has held various important positions, initially at the Integrand Assurance Company in San Juan, Puerto Rico (2002–2007), then as a member of the team that the US Blue Waters Insurers Corp. Building, where he was responsible for all sea insurance areas for over 10 years. He then moved to Smpo International (2014–2017), where he expanded the company’s logistics portfolio in Japan, Mexico and the USA before he came to Amwins in 2018, where he built and directed the Specialty Logistics Underwriting Division.
Information on United Risk Global (www.unitedrisk.global)
United Risk Global is an international platform for the drawing and distribution of property and liability insurance, which is conducted independently of their practice partners and is operational and through their common, strong brand identity with applied underwriters. United Risk’s main office is located on 50 Rockefeller Plaza in New York.
Information on Applied Underwriters (www.auw.com)
Applied Underwriters® is a global risk management company that supports the company and private individuals with their services, insurance and reinsurance solutions to cope with uncertainties. As a company, Applied Underwriters is characterized by its innovative approaches in customer care and its strong financial strength. Applied underwriters is widespread in the United States, Great Britain, the European Union and the Middle East. Her operational headquarters are located in Omaha, Nebraska.
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