Ray Harkins joins Safety National as head of Assumed Reinsurance

ST. LOUIS--(Business Wire)--
Safety National announced today that Raymond Harkins, Jr. has joined Safety
National as Senior Vice President and will lead the company`s Assumed
Reinsurance efforts.

A 30-year insurance industry veteran, Mr. Harkins joins Safety National from his
most recent position as Vice President of Casualty Underwriting at Endurance
Specialty Insurance, LTD., in Bermuda. In that position he was a key participant
in the development of Endurance`s casualty reinsurance portfolio from the
startup Bermuda platform.

Mr. Harkins has also held treaty underwriting positions with Scor Reinsurance,
Everest Reinsurance and Munich American Reinsurance. He also directed ceded
reinsurance operations for the Crum and Forster Group.

Safety National (A.M. Best Rating "A" (Excellent), Financial Size Category X) is
a versatile alternative market insurance provider that offers a broad range of
alternative risk funding products through independent insurance agents and
brokers. Founded in 1942, Safety National is the leading provider of excess
workers` compensation coverage to self-insured employers and groups nationwide
and has provided that type of coverage longer than any other company in the U.S.
In addition, Safety National offers Large Casualty Programs (Large Deductible
and Auto and General Liability), assumed workers` compensation reinsurance, Loss
Portfolio Transfers (LPT), Texas non-subscriber coverage, self-insurance bonds
and other alternative risk programs. The company is licensed to provide workers`
compensation insurance in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Canada.
Safety National is a wholly owned subsidiary of Delphi Financial Group, Inc.
(NYSE: DFG), a $6 billion insurance holding company.

For more information, please visit www.safetynational.com.

Safety National
Ryan McClure, 314-692-9548
ryan.mcclure@safetynational.com

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