Empire Underwriters Offering Comp in N.Y., Pa., N.J. and Conn.

Empire Underwriters said Thursday that it is expanding its workers' compensation offering to New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut. Empire, a program manager, excess lines broker and managing general agent based in Tampa, Florida, said its workers' compensation coverage will be available to property and casualty brokers for preferred, standard and hard-to-place accounts. “We are excited with the expansion into the New York market. Our New York producers have been telling us for some time that they had a lack of viable options when it came to finding workers' co...