Mark LeBlanc to Head Crisis Management for Crum & Forster

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Sep 05, 2012, 07:40 ET

MORRISTOWN, N.J., Sept. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Crum & Forster (C&F) announced that Mark LeBlanc has joined the company as Vice President, Crisis Management. Crum & Forster's crisis management product, recallPROTECT+, provides traditional insurance with consulting services on a pre-incident and response basis. recallPROTECT+ is marketed through CoverXSpecialty, the company's Excess & Surplus Lines casualty division, with offices across the country. LeBlanc will be based in San Francisco, California.

Mr. LeBlanc has over ten years combined experience in Crisis Management products. Prior to joining C&F, he was a Senior Underwriter at Starr Indemnity & Liability Co. While at Starr, Mark helped establish and build a book of Product Contamination, Recall and Kidnap and Ransom insurance through producer relationships across the United States. Prior to that, he was Vice President of Kidnap and Ransom, for Hiscox USA's Western Region. Mark graduated from the University of California/Berkeley with a B.A. in Architecture.

Ted Camp, Executive Vice President & Chief Underwriting Officer in the Excess & Surplus Lines division, commented: "Mark brings a broad background of underwriting and marketing expertise in Crisis Management and related coverages, and his proven track record of growing a book of business through solid underwriting and strong producer relationships will help us further accelerate the growth of this specialty area."

Crum & Forster offers four unique products which can be customized for the specific needs of the insured. recallPROTECT+ for Consumable Products, Consumer Goods, or Component Parts; and restaurantPROTECT+ for restaurant chains. "I am excited to head up Crum & Forster's Crisis Management department," said Mr. LeBlanc. "The company has a superior product portfolio with the ability to tailor products to meet each customer's special needs. I look forward to creating additional opportunities to expand these offerings and cross market with other Crum & Forster specialty divisions."

For more information, contact Mark LeBlanc at [email protected] or 415-541-3285, or visit the company's dedicated Crisis Management website at www.recallprotectplus.com.

Crum & Forster is a national insurance group that is part of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited. Crum & Forster is a registered trademark of United States Fire Insurance Company. CoverXSpecialty, a brand established in 2011 by the integration of Crum & Forster's Wholesale Casualty Division and First Mercury's CoverX Corporation, provides broad product and service offerings in the specialty niche and excess & surplus lines markets.

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