Signet Star Re, LLC

Our Mission

Signet Star is committed to providing realistic solutions to our client’s risk management problems. Operating from a sound financial platform with technical expertise, we seek to establish relationships of mutual benefit that will endure the challenges of all market cycles.

Company Description

We are a specialty reinsurance underwriter with an emphasis providing solutions for insurance companies, or units within an insurance company, that havce a succesful busienss model built upons specialization in the products they underwrite. That unique expertise provides them their competitive advantage.

Lines of business include, but are not limited to: general and products liability, professional, medical malpractice, automobile, workers’ compensation, umbrella and excess liability, and selected property per risk treaties entertained in support of other profitable reinsurance business.

We have exceptional continuity and experience across all functional areas, which is highly appreciated by our valued production sources, our reinsurance brokers. We look for the best opportunities to allocate capital, capacity and resources in this challenging time of the market.

How Signet Star is Different

Berkley Insurance Company’s (BIC) balance sheet is one of the strongest in the broker reinsurance market. Signet Star has thirty-three years of uninterrupted service. We operate only in areas where we have sufficent expertise to adequately assess the risk involved. Our strategy is to avoid natural catastrophe exposures due to the inherent volatility associated with the segment. We have limited asbestos and environmental liabilities. Our solid financial stability, underwriting expertise and market knowledge put us in an optimal position to capitalize on market opportunities and maintain our position as one of the best performers in the broker reinsurance market.

About W. R. Berkley Corporation

W. R. Berkley Corporation, founded in 1967, is one of the nation's premier commercial lines property casualty insurance providers. Each of the operating units in the Berkley group participates in a niche market requiring specialized knowledge about a territory or product. Our competitive advantage lies in our long-term strategy of decentralized operations, allowing each of our units to identify and respond quickly and effectively to changing market conditions and local customer needs. This decentralized structure provides financial accountability and incentives to local management and enables us to attract and retain the highest caliber professionals. We have the expertise and resources to utilize our strengths in the present environment, and the flexibility to anticipate, innovate and respond to whatever opportunities and challenges the future may hold.

Contact Information

Signet Star Re, LLC
475 Steamboat Road
P.O. Box 2519
Greenwich, CT 06836
Tel: (203) 542-3200
Fax: (203) 542-3290
www.signetstar.com

Key Contacts

Tom N. Kellogg, CPCU
Chairman
Tel: (203) 542-3301
tkellogg@signetstar.co

Jon A. Schriber
President & Chief Executive Officer
Tel: (203) 542-3213
jschriber@signetstar.com

General Casualty
Stephen Horvath, Senior VP
Tel: (203) 542-3226
shorvath@signetstar.com

Joe Walsh, Senior VP
Tel: (203) 542-3225
jwalsh@signetstar.com

Gordon Olver, Senior VP
Tel: (203) 542-3229
golver@signetstar.com

Actuarial – Pricing
Julie Halper, ACAS, MAAA
VP & Chief Actuary
Tel: (203) 542-3261
jhalper@signetstar.com

Medical Malpractice
Richard Agatstein, Senior VP
Tel: (203) 542-3302
ragatstein@signetstar.com

Professional Liability &
Public Entity Specialty
Tim McCoy, Senior VP
Tel: (203) 542-3228
tmccoy@signetstar.com

Corporate Underwriting
John Myers, Senior VP
Tel: (203) 542-3251
jmyers@signetstar.com

Claims
Kevin Shea, Senior VP
Tel: (203) 542-3271
kshea@signetstar.com