The group's principal activity is to provide specialty property and casualty insurance. The group writes specialty insurance products that are designed to meet the specific needs of targeted niche insurance markets. The products that the group writes for these markets include property and casualty insurance for social service agencies, insurance for equine mortality risks and insurance for vacant property risks. The operations are carried on in three segments e and s segment, specialty admitted and reinsurance. The e and s and specialty admitted segment offers specific specialty insurance, umbrella and excess insurance, property and general liability insurance and non-medical professional liability insurance. Reinsurance segment includes assumed business written in support of a select group of direct writing reinsurers. On 5-09-2003, the group acquired wind river investment corporation.