Midwest Employers Casualty Celebrates 40 Years of Making a Difference

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CHESTERFIELD, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar 3, 2026--

Midwest Employers Casualty (MEC), a leading provider of excess workers’ compensation and captive solutions, is celebrating its 40th anniversary, marking four decades of innovation, strong industry relationships, and a deep commitment to improving outcomes for employers and injured workers nationwide. Throughout its history, MEC has maintained a customer‑centric focus, ensuring that the needs of agents, insureds, and their injured employees remain at the center of every decision.

Founded in 1986, MEC set out with a clear mission: deliver specialized expertise, service excellence, and results‑driven support to self‑insured employers and groups navigating complex catastrophic workers’ compensation claims. From the beginning, the business distinguished itself through technical depth, trusted collaboration with agents, insureds and third-party administrators, and a philosophy that doing the right thing leads to better results for all stakeholders.

“MEC was founded with a bold vision to carve out a niche in the self‑insured market and deliver superior outcomes through knowledge, integrity, and innovation,” said MEC President Scott McDonough. “Our journey has been defined by our competitive advantage known as The MEC Difference.”

In 1995, MEC joined W. R. Berkley Corporation, one of the nation’s premier commercial property and casualty insurance providers. This strengthened MEC’s financial foundation, expanded its capabilities, and supported long‑term growth while maintaining its specialty focus and customer‑centric approach.

Over the past four decades, MEC has evolved into a nationally recognized leader in excess of loss workers’ compensation products and services, known for advanced analytics, innovative risk‑management tools, industry‑leading claims expertise, and captive solutions. Today, MEC continues to invest in technology, data‑driven insights, and service enhancements that help employers reduce their total cost of risk and improve outcomes for injured workers.

About Midwest Employers Casualty

Midwest Employers Casualty is one of the 60 (re)insurance businesses worldwide that comprise the Berkley brand. Berkley is one of America’s largest commercial lines property casualty insurance providers, operating worldwide within two segments of the P&C insurance business: Insurance and Reinsurance & Monoline Excess. Each business offers expertise within an industry, product, or region.

Midwest Employers Casualty is a member of W. R. Berkley Corporation, a Fortune 500 company that is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is part of the S&P 500. W. R. Berkley Corporation’s insurance company subsidiaries are rated A+ (Superior), Financial Size Category XV by A.M. Best Company and AA- (Very Strong) by Standard & Poor’s.

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CONTACT: Midwest Employers Casualty

Renée Lunceford

P: 636-449-7022

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