Eric Halter to Lead AF Group's New AF Specialty Unit

AF Group has hired Eric Halter as director of its newly launched brand, AF Specialty, which will provide fronting capacity to insurance carriers, managing general agents, reinsurance intermediaries and captive managers. Halter will partner with entities that are seeking a fronting facility to place property and casualty programs. Fronting is the use of a licensed, admitted insurer to issue an insurance policy on behalf of a self-insured organization or captive insurer, which retains the risk of loss through an indemnity or reinsurance agreement. AF Specialty differs from o...