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IFG Companies Announces Sophia J. Decouto Joins as Vice President - PropertyIFG Companies (www.ifgcompanies.com) has announced that Sophia J. DeCouto ([email protected]) has joined as Vice President and Head of the Primary Property Unit within its Brokerage Property Division. Sophia comes to IFG Companies with a wealth of excess and surplus lines property underwriting experience spanning primary property, shared and layered property and national accounts property. Sophia, who is based in IFG Companies' Atlanta office, will be looking to strengthen and expand IFG Companies' Primary Property Unit with a highly disciplined underwriting approach centered upon profitable growth. "Sophie brings to IFG Companies a strong combination of profit-focused underwriting and a client-focused approach to production. We are extremely pleased to have Sophie joinIFG to lead the Primary Property Unit of the Brokerage Property Division," said Bob Linton, Chairman of IFG Companies. Prior to joining IFG, Sophia was a Vice President - Property with Axis (News - Alert) Insurance Company. Before that, she served in increasingly senior property underwriting positions over almost a decade with Allied World Assurance Company. Sophia began her career in insurance as an Insurance Brokering Assistant with Freisenbruch-Meyer Insurance Services Limited in Bermuda. Sophia holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Nova Scotia. About IFG Founded in 1985, IFG Companies is one of the largest privately held insurance groups in the United States. IFG Companies provides property-casualty insurance on both a non-admitted basis and an admitted basis. IFG Companies has two principal underwriting groups, Commercial Accounts and Specialty Accounts. Commercial Accounts includes the Bind Division which provides general liability and property coverages through select contracted producers and the Commercial Underwriting Division which provides liability and property coverages on a brokerage basis for smaller accounts. The Specialty Accounts Group focuses primarily on mid-sized or more complex accounts and includes the Specialty General Liability Division, the Excess/Umbrella Liability Division and the Brokerage Property Division which includes the Primary Policy Unit, the Layered and Shared Unit and the Inland Marine Unit. Coverages are underwritten by IFG's affiliated insurers: The Burlington Insurance Company, First Financial Insurance Company, Alamance Insurance Company and Guilford Insurance Company. All hold an A (Excellent) IX rating from A. M. Best Company.
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