Specialty insurer for public entities to launch

Chicago-based Safety National Casualty Corp. said that its new unit, Safety Specialty Insurance Co., will begin operations in March.

Law enforcement liability, public officials liability and educators legal liability coverage will be offered through Safety Specialty, Safety National said in a statement Thursday.

“Not only does the formation of Safety Specialty provide a greater ability to address the needs of our public entity broker partners and clients, as a nonadmitted carrier it also provides greater form and coverage flexibility for new product development,” Mark Wilhelm, CEO of Safety National, said in the statement. “We are working diligently to further expand SSIC’s offerings and add to our suite of specialized insurance solutions.”