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The Once and Future C&F - C&F Now
Golden Age of Surplus Lines. At the same time, S&S developed an innovative niche to address the insurance needs of the dynamic gig economy, which supercharged their business. You don’t get more New York than Marc Wolin and Seneca. Like the original North River Insurance Company, Seneca stuck to its knitting for a long time. When Marc took over as CEO in 2013 (he started at the company in 1989), Seneca started pushing for ways to improve at the margins. By the time Seneca’s main market (New York City property) opened up, Marc and the team were ready. In 2024, Seneca will write $700 million of very
profitable gross premium. Marc reinvigorated and reinvented a company that was relatively set in its ways — and is now taking Seneca to new heights. C&F has always straddled the line between the specialty and standard lines worlds. Our Commercial Lines and Executive Risk Division can trace its lineage far back into C&F history, so it is not one of the more recently planted acorns. However, John Binder and his team have breathed new life into some of the long-time C&F product lines — and added a few exciting new ones along the way. They will write $800 million of profitable gross premium in 2024.
From left: Marc Wolin, Steve Fomchenko, Gary McGeddy, John Binder, and Tom Bredahl.
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