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A Look Back at 2025 and What’s Ahead for 2026 – A Letter from Mark Vuono, Environmental Divisional President

As we close the chapter on another year, it's a great time to think back and reflect on the various achievements and accomplishments Great American’s Environmental Division successfully navigated as a team. 2025 was certainly a year unlike no other that I can recall, with many challenges and surprises that arose within our business and industry, our personal lives, and with our country and the world stage, I am very grateful that we were able to meet many of the goals that we set out for ourselves, thanks to our team's dedication, tremendous efforts and unwavering commitment to excellence. By improving our current expansive suite of product offerings to strengthening our relationships with our clients and colleagues, we've made significant strides in maintaining a leadership role in the continually changing and expanding environmental insurance marketplace. 

Looking ahead to 2026, we are planning to continue our positive momentum by searching for new opportunities and delivering exceptional value to our stakeholders. Together, we will face the future with confidence and a shared vision for success.

Some of the highlights achieved in 2025:


Contractors ProProtect: Meeting Contracting Needs Together

Contractors ProProtect also had a notable year, with growth reflecting the market’s confidence in its comprehensive, accessible coverage for contractors of all sizes. Clearer appetite guidance and targeted marketing helped drive these results. In 2026, we’ll keep refining and expanding the product to support your clients even more effectively.


Expanding Our Reach: Mexico PRE Product Offering

This year, we were excited to collaborate with Great American’s División Daños México to introduce a new pollution coverage offering for the Mexican market. This pre-product launch marks our first step in bringing specialized environmental insurance solutions to businesses in Mexico, helping them manage pollution risks with the same confidence and expertise our U.S. clients have come to expect. This initiative reflects our commitment to supporting clients wherever they do business and to growing our presence in key international markets.


GLIDER: Commercial General Liability Insurance and Environmental Protection


The launch of GLIDER in 2025 was driven by your engagement and feedback. This specialized program, combining general liability with robust environmental coverages, has given businesses the confidence and protection they need. We saw strong adoption across manufacturing, distribution, recycling, and other sectors where general liability and pollution risks intersect. Your feedback led to enhancements that made GLIDER even easier to use. Looking ahead, we’re committed to expanding its capabilities to help you deliver even more value to your clients—stay tuned for updates.


Industry Leadership that Benefits You and Your Clients 

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Our team stayed active on the national stage, sharing our experience and insights and elevate everyone's environmental insurance knowledge across the industry.

  • FETTI: Our sessions on emerging risks and claims trends were among the most attended, sparking important conversations. If you’d like to learn more, check out our recent newsletter article!
  • SEIP: We continued to support SEIP’s mission by delivering practical, high-value education for brokers, earning strong engagement and requests for more presentations.
  • EECMA: Our participation at EECMA connected us with claims leaders and helped us stay ahead of evolving environmental exposures and litigation trends


Recognizing Excellence Across Our Division


Several team members received prestigious industry awards this year, highlighting the depth of talent supporting you every day. Their achievements in underwriting, innovation and service reflect our ongoing commitment to delivering exceptional broker and customer experiences. We also welcomed new talent across the division, all focused on enhancing responsiveness, expertise and service. Their contributions are already making a difference and will play a key role in 2026.

Want to learn more?

Read our recent article about the awards our talented colleagues received this year.

Read Here!

Welcoming 2026!

2025 was defined by collaboration and strong execution. We delivered solid financial results, deepened broker relationships, and continued investing in tools and training to help you win more business. Service excellence remained our top priority, and your partnership made that possible.

Our priorities for 2026 are clear:

  • Expand GLIDER's capabilities and further streamline the underwriting process.
  • Launch new Contractor’s Site Environmental (CSE) offering specifically for the Mexican market. This product will deliver tailored solutions for contractors facing complex site-specific environmental risks in Mexico, further strengthening our commitment to innovation and international growth.
  • Advance Contractors ProProtect with new features and clearer guidance.
  • Invest in our people to ensure you receive best-in-class expertise and service
  • Strengthen our presence through thought leadership, broker engagement, and industry recognition.
  • Drive innovation in risk assessment, service delivery, and partner support.
  • Connect at annual division events like our 2026 New Year Kickoff party in New York and industry conferences such as RIMS and WSIA.
  • Keep you informed with the Environmental Insider newsletter—packed with updates, podcasts, and marketing resources. Sign-up to have all 2026 editions sent directly to your inbox!
  • Provide easy access to our regularly updated Broker Toolkit, filled with educational and marketing materials. 2025 was defined by collaboration and strong execution. We delivered solid financial results, deepened our broker relationships, and continued investing in tools and training that help you win more business. Service excellence remained our top priority, and your dedication made that possible. 

Listening to You: Broker Survey Coming This Spring

At Great American Environmental, your feedback is essential to our growth and success. That’s why we’ll be launching our biennial broker survey this spring. We encourage you to keep an eye out for the invitation in your inbox! Your insights and suggestions directly shape our products, services, and the way we support you—helping us serve you and your clients even better each year. Thank you in advance for sharing your thoughts and helping us continue to improve.

Thank you again for your trust and commitment in us delivering exceptional environmental solutions. The success we achieved in 2025—and the promise of 2026—is possible because of you. Here’s to another year of growth, innovation, and shared achievement!

Sincerely,

Mark Vuono

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Mark Vuono

Mark Vuono, Divisional President
Great American Environmental Division

Mark Vuono is Divisional President after holding the position of chief underwriting officer since the start of Great American’s Environmental Division. Along with his extensive experience in the insurance field including business planning, product development, underwriting and training, his background also includes experience as an environmental specialist as well as a health & safety officer. He is based out of our Exton, PA office.