OREANDA-NEWS. April 08, 2016. Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG (NYSE:AWH) announced today that its Product Recall insurance products are available in Canada and the United States, as part of the Global Crisis Management Division. The Product Recall insurance offers both First Party and Third Party coverage and it allows clients to mitigate the risk of recall expenses, adverse publicity and damage to brand reputation, business interruption costs and insureds’ defense costs.

Todd Germano, Executive Vice President, Allied World Global Crisis Management Division, commented, “We’re delighted to bring this important coverage to the North American market. Our specialized underwriting approach allows us to provide product recall coverage solutions to meet clients’ needs.”

Tom Mangan, Vice President, Product Recall, is an industry veteran with over 30 years of insurance experience. He will lead the product recall underwriting team and serve Canada and the United States from Allied World’s New York office. Tom added, “We have great bench strength on our team and clients can reach out directly to myself or Sean O’Dea, Underwriter, Product Recall, to learn more about how these products can help provide financial protection for their business.”

For more information on Allied World’s product recall offerings, please contact Tom Mangan at Thomas.Mangan@awac.com or Sean O’Dea at Sean.ODea@awac.com.

About Allied World

Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG, through its subsidiaries and brand known as Allied World, is a global provider of innovative property, casualty and specialty insurance and reinsurance solutions. Allied World offers superior client service through a global network of offices and branches. All of Allied World's rated insurance and reinsurance subsidiaries are rated A by A.M. Best Company, A by Standard & Poor's, and A2 by Moody's, and our Lloyd's Syndicate 2232 is rated A+ by Standard & Poor's and AA- by Fitch.

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