Ironshore's US subsidiary, Ironshore Holdings (US), has completed the acquisition of TIG Specialty Insurance, a US-based excess and surplus lines insurance company, from TIG Insurance Co.

Subject to regulatory name change approval, the company will be renamed Ironshore Specialty Insurance Co.

Ironshore Specialty Insurance has approval to write excess and surplus lines in 40 states plus the District of Columbia. In addition, it has licenses in five states.

It will serve as the excess and surplus lines insurance carrier for Ironshore's US operations, which currently consist of the IronPro and IronBuilt divisions.

"Having just recently closed on our admitted shell, Ironshore Indemnity Inc., we are very excited to launch Ironshore Specialty Insurance Company and to increase our available product offerings in the US," said Mike Mitrovic, president of ISIC and president of IronPro Claims.

"We are well poised for US expansion now that both our admitted and excess and surplus lines companies are operational."

With the launch of IronPro in May 2007 and IronBuilt in October 2007, Ironshore has expanded its platform into the Professional Liability and Construction specialty market sectors. Ironshore Insurance Ltd. is rated A- (excellent) by AM Best Co. with a Financial Size Category of Class XI.