Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. is expanding into commercial risk-pool insurance for budget-strapped municipal agencies, and recruited public-risk specialist Susan Daigle Bencher from crosstown rival Travelers Cos. to run it.
Bencher reports David Carter, senior vice president of middle market commercial insurance at the Hartford insurer.
The Hartford insurer said Bencher will manage underwriting, sales and marketing to the public entity sector, with an initial focus on municipalities, schools, housing authorities, and special districts, such as water, sewer, parks and recreation, and transit authorities.
Bencher brings more than 25 years of insurance expertise, including nearly two decades of experience structuring insurance programs for public entities, Carter said.
She began her career as a corporate reinsurance property treaty buyer and served most recently as a leader in Travelers’ national property division.
