CHICAGO, Aug. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Agency Specialty Product Network (ASPN) today announced it has formed an alliance with Midwest Employers Casualty Company (MECC), based in Chesterfield, Missouri, to offer large deductible workers' compensation programs (single and multi-state, where such products are not prohibited or restricted by state law) and services to clients of independent agents and brokers in specific Midwestern states, including Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.

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Patrick Rastiello, president and CEO of ASPN said, "Our alliance with Midwest Employers Casualty Company allows us to offer a unique large deductible workers' compensation product to independent agents and brokers in certain Midwestern states. MECC is a quality company that provides excellent service and superior technical capabilities. As part of the W.R. Berkley Group-one of the nation's premier insurance groups and a "Fortune 500" company-MECC offers financial stability and a solid "A" rating from A.M. Best. We expect this to be a successful relationship between our two companies."

Midwest Employers Casualty Company's single-market focus on workers' compensation, coupled with its depth of industry knowledge and experience, has resulted in the creation of comprehensive services that help clients manage and monitor workers' compensation losses. These services include:

  -- A Management View Report (MVR) that provides clients with a strategy to
     create a "best practice" workers' compensation program, including
     improved financial results, a healthier workforce, greater productivity,
     enhanced employee morale and a sustainable competitive advantage.

  -- Claims consulting to assist clients and their TPAs with minimizing the
     cost of the client's most expensive, complex claims.  Our claim
     analysts are the best in the business and act as a resource for clients
     to develop a "best practice" approach to claims management.

  -- Access to MECC's online safety management tools that help clients
     manage workers' absences and implement optimal safety programs.

Donna Knowling, MECC senior vice president, said, "Workers' compensation is all we do, so we bring much experience and expertise to the table. Where we really stand out is our commitment to service and working with clients to improve their workers' compensation programs and reduce their total cost of risk."

About Midwest Employers Casualty Company (MECC)

For more than 20 years, MECC has provided workers' compensation excess insurance products-including self-insured excess, large deductible and reinsurance programs-to individual employers and groups across the country. MECC is committed to helping clients achieve best practice results in their workers' compensation programs.

MECC has an A.M. Best rating of A (Superior) in the Financial Size Category: XV ($2 billion or more). For an overview of services offered by MECC, go to http://www.mwecc.com/ or call 1.877.975.2667.

About ASPN

Agency Specialty Product Network Insurance Services, Inc. (ASPN) is a unit of Aon Corporation (NYSE:AOC) and operates as a marketing arm for more than 30 provider companies, including insurance carriers, wholesalers, managing general underwriting (MGUs) and specialty operations. ASPN's goal is to help independent agents and brokers grow, prosper and more effectively meet their clients' needs. Through ASPN, agents can access a wide array of more than 450 superior insurance products, programs and services. To access this wide range of products and services, call ASPN at 1.877.ASK.ASPN ( 1.877.275.2776) or visit the website at http://www.askaspn.com/.

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