Corporate Profile

Markel Southwest, an underwriting manager for the Evanston Insurance Company, was founded in 2000 after Markel purchased the renewal rights to a book of property and casualty business formerly produced by Acceptance Insurance Company's Scottsdale operations. We are owned by the Markel Corporation. Based in Richmond, Virginia, Markel markets and underwrites specialty insurance products and programs to a variety of niche markets. Markel's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the call letters MKL.

Our Mission

We are a premier underwriting manager for commercial property and casualty insurance products. We distribute our products through a network of wholesale insurance intermediaries that have contractual authority to bind business on risks meeting our underwriting guidelines.