Crump Insurance Services of Houston Inc. announced the opening of a new branch office in Austin, Texas. Crump Austin will provide specialized insurance programs for high hazard businesses nationwide.
The Austin team, Patrick Shea, Scott Hermesmeyer, Delia Phillips and Karie Brewer, bring a combined 50 years of expertise in this area. In addition to the programs, they will be developing a property/casualty brokerage unit.
Patrick Shea has more than twenty years in the insurance industry, including retail agency, carrier and national program experience. He is a graduate of Southwestern University and attended the University of Texas Petroleum School.
Scott Hermesmeyer has more than ten years experience with a major retail brokerage firm and national program industry. He is a graduate of Angelo State University.
The Crump Austin office has specialized expertise in the following industries: Steel erection and fabrication; elevated construction exposures; commercial fishing fleets; commercial meat processing; and hazardous transportation.
The Austin team can be reached at: Crump Austin 4201 Bee Caves Rd. A-101 Austin, Texas 78746; 800-420-2079.
Carrie “Cackie” Marquart joins Crump of Texas as a broker/underwriter in the Property and Casualty department in Dallas. Marquart comes to Crump from McClelland & Hine Inc. where she was an underwriter and top producer in the Commercial Property and Casualty.
Marquart may reached via e-mail, cackie.marquart@crumpins.com; or phone, 214-265-2664.
Topics Texas Property Casualty
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