Our expertise –your partnership

The E&S Brokerage team at Nationwide specializes in opportunity — opportunity to grow your business, fuel your ambition and get ahead in the market.

With Nationwide, you get:

  • A dynamic mix of financial strength, stability and leadership
  • Excellent products, solid relationships, strong numbers and an open and inspired approach to underwriting

Whether we're writing new products or finding creative solutions in this dynamic market, we continually explore new avenues to better serve your needs.

Partnering for growth

Each opportunity we pursue is a true avenue for growth and profitability. Our experienced, dedicated team understands the complexity of brokerage risks and has valuable expertise in niche markets. Our primary focus is to work with you to meet your unique risk requirements with fast and efficient service.

Specializing in unique risks

We specialize in complex and hard-to-place commercial risks with underwriting solutions not readily available in the standard market. Our Brokerage division has earned a reputation for its talented underwriters, lightning-fast service and strong relationships with our entrepreneurial and performance-driven business partners.

News and insights

Stay up-to-date with the latest news and insights
The excess and surplus market continues to play an important role in addressing specialized and complex risks. David Nelson, Executive Vice President, E&S Wholesale, said disciplined underwriting, smarter data and technology are key to navigating complexity and capturing opportunity in E&S.
Excess casualty has moved beyond traditional hard and soft market cycles. Dawn Brost, SVP of Excess Casualty, shares how clients, brokers and risk managers can navigate a more complex landscape defined by severity, specialization and structural change.
As construction casualty capacity becomes more selective, brokers need a clearer view of what drives underwriting decisions. Kelly Adams, senior vice president of Brokerage Construction at Nationwide, explores the market reset and the risk characteristics, safety practices, subcontractor controls and pricing discipline that can help attract meaningful capacity.