Palomar Holdings has appointed Brian Pushic as Vice President, Casualty Underwriting, and Head of Environmental effective immediately.
Pushic’s remit in the role will include being responsible for launching the Company’s Environmental practice, allowing Palomar to further extend its growing Casualty franchise.
Mac Armstrong, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Palomar, commented, “I am thrilled to welcome Brian to the Palomar team. Brian brings tremendous industry experience in the Environmental sector and his expertise allows Palomar to enter another niche casualty market.
“Brian and the Environmental practice will prove a meaningful contributor to our Palomar 2X strategic plan. We are fortunate to have such an experienced and talented professional in Brian leading our foray into the Environmental sector.”
Pushic is a market veteran with more than 15 years of industry experience with expertise in Environmental insurance. Prior to this appointment, he was at CapSpecialty where he served as the Head of Environmental and managed an underwriting division focused on Environmental Casualty and Monoline Pollution business. Before CapSpecialty, he held positions at Aon and AIG.
“I am very enthusiastic about joining the Palomar team as we work to build the Environmental practice. Palomar’s existing infrastructure, advanced data and analytics and reinsurance expertise will enable our team to build this new business segment and go to market quickly,” Pushic concluded.
