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Union Mutual of Vermont Companies has hired Geoffrey J. Smith as the director of commercial lines underwriting. He is based in Montpelier, Vermont.

Smith has over 27 years of experience underwriting and managing liability accounts, portfolios and specialty lines programs.

He was most recently employed by Ironshore Insurance Company in Boston, as an executive vice president. Prior to that he was with IronStarr Excess Agency Ltd. in Bermuda, as the chief executive officer and chief underwriting officer and with ÌìÃÀÍøÕ¾´«Ã½´«Ã½ Cat Excess Liability, in New York, as president.

Union Mutual of Vermont Companies, founded in 1874, is a property/casualty insurance group consisting of: Union Mutual Fire Insurance and New England Guaranty Insurance Company Inc., both based in Montpelier, Vermont; Eastern Mutual Insurance Company, based in Greenville, New York; and Community Mutual Insurance Company, based in East Schodack, New York. The four companies write a total of $130 million in direct premium annually through independent agents throughout New England and New York.

Topics Commercial Lines Underwriting Business Insurance