WQIS Appoints Gail Lange as Chief Underwriting Officer
WQIS is pleased and proud to announce the promotion of Gail Lange to the position of Chief Underwriting Officer, SVP for the Water Quality Insurance Syndicate.
“Ms. Lange has been a member of the Water Quality Insurance Syndicate team since 2005, having most recently served as Senior Underwriter. In that time, she has handled thousands of pollution accounts.” Justin A, Mongello, President says of Gail, “Gail has earned a fantastic reputation for her in-depth product knowledge of and focus on client service, embodying the values we hold at WQIS. All our stakeholders will certainly benefit from her expertise as she leads the underwriting team.”
About WQIS
The Water Quality Insurance Syndicate (WQIS) is the largest, longest-running underwriter of vessel pollution liability insurance for vessels in the United States, offering the most comprehensive insurance products in the market. We insure all types of commercial and private marine risk and we will work with our customers to ensure we can provide best-in-class coverage for their specific risk.
We provide water pollution liability insurance from the smallest to the largest fleets for vessel operators worldwide, providing coverage for more than thirty thousand (30,000) vessels, pollution guarantees for over three thousand five hundred (3,500) vessels, and have cleaned up over five thousand (5,000) spills in our history. WQIS offers insurance on behalf of ten (10) subscribing insurance companies in the Marine Insurance Market (see Subscribers for details).
As the leader in the marine pollution insurance industry for nearly 50 years, and in representing many of the world’s largest insurance providers, we offer unparalleled collective strength in underwriting, claims, and spill management and response. In the past five decades, WQIS has been involved in more vessel pollution events than any other marine pollution provider. Having the right team available to assist in the event of a loss and throughout the entire spill response is crucial for mitigating damages to the environment, supporting an efficient response, and also assists assureds in quickly returning to operational status. Our team is made up of an extensive network of trusted professionals that provide support from the moment a spill occurs until the spill is cleaned up.