
{"id":125,"date":"2014-10-30T16:16:46","date_gmt":"2014-10-30T16:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"\/?page_id=125"},"modified":"2020-01-20T15:58:48","modified_gmt":"2020-01-20T21:58:48","slug":"message","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"\/?page_id=125","title":{"rendered":"Message from Chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col col-sm-12 grey-page-header\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col col-sm-5 col-md-4 col-md-offset-1\">\n<div class=\"image-border\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/chairman-image.jpg\" alt=\"H. Elder Brown, Jr.\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col col-sm-7 col-md-6 message-title\">\n<h1>A Message<br>\nFrom The Chairman<\/h1>\n<p class=\"lead\"><em>H. Elder Brown, Jr.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col col-md-10 col-md-offset-1 message\">\n<!--\n\n<p class=\"lead text-center\">More than 40 years with a single purpose of providing the right products and service to create long-lasting partnerships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"med\">In 1971, my father, Elder Brown, Sr., started Continental Underwriters in part because of the lack of companies that truly knew how best to insure marine businesses. As the co-founder of Acadian Marine Service, a large international offshore marine transportation company, he knew the very specific and specialized insurance needs of the marine industry, and he set out to start a company that could meet them for Acadian and many other similar companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"med\">Though we&rsquo;ve grown from a small family business into one of the leading marine insurance specialists in the U.S., our approach has remained the same.&nbsp;We use our industry experience to ask the right questions in evaluating a client&rsquo;s risks, and then we provide high quality coverage at a fair price. We don&rsquo;t want to lure clients with unbelievable prices and promises we can&rsquo;t deliver. We want to establish long-lasting partnerships with clients built on respect, honesty and a shared sense of responsibility and purpose. Over the years, we&rsquo;ve been able to do just that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"med\">Now in our fifth decade, we&rsquo;re looking forward to what&rsquo;s next for our company and the industry as a whole. We are constantly expanding our product offerings to meet the needs of marine businesses. We have added cargo, excess marine liabilities and broad inland marine writing capabilities, and we can offer businesses the coverage they need, whether that&rsquo;s on the Gulf Coast, across the country or around the world. No matter what the future brings, our mission will stay the same as it was when my father founded Continental Underwriters&mdash;to provide the highest-quality insurance coverage at a fair price.<\/p>\n\n-->\n<p class=\"lead text-center\">After 50 years of providing the best products and service, we&rsquo;re poised for even greater success.<\/p>\n<p class=\"med\">Continental Underwriters began in 1970, when my father recognized a great need. With firsthand knowledge of the offshore marine transportation industry, he saw that marine businesses deserved an insurance group that truly understood how best to insure their unique requirements. He had a clear vision for a company that served the marine industry with integrity and honesty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"med\"> Fifty years later, that vision remains as strong as ever. When it comes to product knowledge and the ability to perform and to deliver, CU is an industry leader. We establish long-term partnerships with clients built on respect and a shared sense of responsibility and purpose.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"med\"> Now, we stand at a pass. We must prepare for future challenges as the industry continues evolving, but we cannot forget the invaluable lessons of our history.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"med\"> In late 2019, CU completed plans to update our senior management team. In preparation, we invested in some of the finest talent available to ensure that CU remains an industry leader for years to come. <\/p>\n<p class=\"med\"> Our new structure also strikes a critical balance between youth and experience. As chairman, I continue to serve in a support role, along with other members of the Brown family, to preserve CU&rsquo;s institutional knowledge and our corporate culture that has served stakeholders so well. <\/p>\n<p class=\"med\"> What does the future hold for CU? We look forward to continuing sustainable growth, adding more product lines, honing our ability to react quickly to ever-changing market conditions and seizing opportunities. <\/p>\n<p class=\"med\"> One thing will never change, however. We&rsquo;ll never forget our original mission. 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