Venture Insurance Programs Acquires Tidal Solutions

Venture will rebrand and integrate Tidal Solutions specialty commercial marine products into its portfolio of industry leading programs.

Venture Insurance Programs, a national insurance program administrator, today announced it has acquired Tidal Solutions, LLC, a Charlotte, NC-based managing general underwriter serving the North American specialty commercial marine market.

Venture will integrate the Tidal Solutions marine products into its portfolio of industry specific insurance programs. The products, which include Hull & Machinery, Protection & Indemnity, General Liability and Maritime Employer’s Liability coverage, will be marketed nationwide by Venture under the brand TIDAL MARINE through Venture’s agent and broker network.  Venture intends to integrate and broaden Tidal’s commercial marine offerings.

“The extensive experience of Tidal Solutions’ management team in the marine and energy space, along with their established platform and exclusive supply provides a great value proposition,” said Philip J. Harvey, president of Venture Insurance Programs. “This opportunity further enhances our goal of providing superior offerings as a strong advocate for our agents and brokers.”

Tidal Solutions’ current management will be retained to service and grow the marine program, with David Pearlstein, the current CEO of Tidal Solutions, assuming the role of Executive Vice President on Venture’s management team. Damon Vaughan has been named Senior Vice President, Marine Program Management/Development. Keith Lovatt will lead marine sales as Senior Vice President and Keith Warncken will act as the Senior Vice President in charge of Marine Underwriting. 

The team will be responsible for expanding the marine program nationwide, along with day-to-day management and research & development to ensure the products and service remain best in class.

“Venture, as a well-respected program administrator that has created very successful national insurance programs, is a perfect fit for our specialty marine team to bring our expertise to brokers on a national basis, and we’re excited to become key members of their team,” said David Pearlstein.

The acquisition also expands Venture’s current network of servicing offices from West Chester, PA and Jupiter, FL to include Charlotte, NC, Walnut Creek, CA and Berkley Heights, NJ.

About Venture Insurance Programs
Venture Insurance Programs (www.ventureprograms.com) is a leading program administrator that designs, underwrites and distributes industry-specific insurance packages. Based in West Chester, Pa., Venture has underwriting alliances with the world’s leading carrier groups, including Chubb, Allied World, RSUI, USLI, Zurich North America, ACE, Monitor and Lloyd’s of London. Founded in 1993, Venture provides specialty insurance packages for select vertical industries—including golf and country clubs, golf destination resorts, hotels, resorts, hunting and fishing lodges and city and social clubs.