{"id":3691,"date":"2025-12-11T08:30:52","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T09:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xinetica.com\/?p=3691"},"modified":"2025-12-11T14:29:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T14:29:29","slug":"westfield-specialty-international-to-launch-into-company-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/xinetica.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/11\/westfield-specialty-international-to-launch-into-company-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Westfield Specialty International to launch into company market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Westfield Specialty International, a specialty insurance provider, has announced plans to expand its business from a Lloyd\u2019s-only vehicle into the company market.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-189065 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Westfield Specialty logo\" width=\"360\" height=\"225\" data-src=\"http:\/\/xinetica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/westfield-specialty-logo.png\">Westfield Specialty intends to launch a Luxembourg subsidiary and use this platform to underwrite risks on company paper alongside its existing capacity within Syndicate 1200 at Lloyd\u2019s, subject to regulatory approval.<\/p>\n<p>In the coming months, the company will announce a Chief Executive Officer appointment to lead the new company market operation, which will be expected to write new business from April.<\/p>\n<p>Jack Kuhn, President of Westfield Specialty, said, \u201cWestfield Specialty\u2019s strategic focus is on long-term, sustainable growth, aided by the build-out of our operation in European markets. As a mutual-owned specialty insurer, we can take a multi-year view on growth and invest for the long term in building a successful addition to our specialty underwriting capacity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ohio Farmers Insurance Company, the ultimate owner of Westfield Specialty has an \u201cA-\u201d financial strength and long-term issuer credit rating from S&amp;P and an \u201cA\u201d financial strength rating from AM Best.<\/p>\n<div class=\"reins-in-every-article\" id=\"reins-267908978\">\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 15px\" class=\"alignnone size-full reins-target\" id=\"reins-551987293\" data-reins-trackid=\"107022\" data-reins-trackbid=\"1\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britinsurance.com\/brit-group\/brit-re?utm_source=eqdisplay&#038;utm_medium=display&#038;utm_campaign=Reinsurance_news&#038;utm_content=BritRe_728x90\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Brit Re - Experienced underwriting backed by strong capital\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"Brit Re - Experienced underwriting backed by strong capital\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/xinetica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/brit-re-in-article-728x90-1.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reinsurancene.ws\/westfield-specialty-international-to-launch-into-company-market\/\">Westfield Specialty International to launch into company market<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reinsurancene.ws\">ReinsuranceNe.ws<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Westfield Specialty International, a specialty insurance provider, has announced plans to expand its business from a Lloyd\u2019s-only vehicle into the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/xinetica.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3691"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/xinetica.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/xinetica.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/xinetica.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/xinetica.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3691"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/xinetica.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3695,"href":"http:\/\/xinetica.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3691\/revisions\/3695"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/xinetica.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/xinetica.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/xinetica.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/xinetica.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}