We are a partnership-oriented program underwriter that respects the needs and demands of our partners,” begins Andy O’Brien, the CEO and president of Trean Corporation. As a company dedicated to providing quality insurance management, fronting relationships, consulting, reinsurance placement, program partnerships, and claims services, that statement may seem par for the course. So how does Trean Corporation manage to provide the breadth of options and expertise that can only be found in a large corporation? The secret sauce is very simple, as O’Brien puts it— “We truly listen to our partners.”

Trean Corporation formed in 1996, and the purchase of Benchmark Insurance Company in 2003, followed by American Liberty Insurance Company, allowed Trean to become what it is today: a full-service, insurance management company. With a seasoned and creative group of insurance, reinsurance, claims, and regulatory professionals, Trean Corporation and their affiliate insurance services related companies have a wide range of customizable products on hand for those entities searching for real solutions. That’s where O’Brien’s team comes in: “We consult on all aspects of insurance operations.” This extensive experience means several independent experts work together on behalf of clients. Through disciplined, hands-on underwriting, claims and loss control expertise, unbiased advice, and analytical expertise, O’Brien’s team gives clients efficient and innovative services to make long-lasting and successful partnerships. “Our program partners have been with us for an average of 12 years,” O’Brien states, “Our combined loss ratio over the last five years has been between 74% and 75.6%.” And in May of this year, A.M. Best rewarded Benchmark Insurance Company for years of hard work by upgrading them to an “A” Stable rating.

Trean, through Benchmark and American Liberty, have strived to establish quality, long-term, equally beneficial partnerships with MGAs, MGUs, insurance companies, and captives, who are seeking to grow their businesses and expand into territories in which they are not currently licensed, and/ or they need a risk-sharing partner.