Berkley Re Solutions partners with Barton Mutual Insurance Company
Berkley Re Solutions announced a partnership with Barton Mutual Insurance Company to introduce a first-of-its-kind coverage for individuals and families who experience traumatic events. This new coverage is designed to be broad-ranging and address the potentially life-altering impacts on victims of a violent event, and was created with feedback and guidance from carriers across the nation.
Barton Mutual Insurance Company, which provides property and casualty insurance throughout Missouri, will be the first company in the nation to offer this type of coverage to their personal lines policyholders as an endorsement to their homeowner’s coverage forms.
The Violent Events coverage addresses the following in the case of such an event occurring:
- Lost wages
- Travel expenses
- Pet care
- Child care
- In-home care, provided when the insured can no longer provide care to someone due to injury
- Mental health counselling
- Alarm/lock installation
- Funeral/burial costs
“This dynamic and innovative product offers peace of mind to individuals in today’s trying times, and we are pleased to work with Berkley Re Solutions in delivering it to market. We are honored to bring this impactful solution to our agents and policyholders. It’s one more way to support customers if they are devastated by such a terrible event.” – Barton Mutual Insurance Company president, Brian King.
“Barton Mutual’s leadership on this evolutionary coverage is inspiring; we commend Brian, his leadership team and the Barton Mutual Board of Directors for their vision. People and their families sadly now find themselves in situations where they have to navigate a society where random, violent events are increasingly common, so the need for consumer insurance which provides assistance to them in case the unthinkable ever occurs is essential.” – Greg Douglas, president of Berkley Re Solutions.