“We are pleased to officially welcome RIck Girden, Kaileigh Bowe and the entire Highland team to Intact,” said T. Michael Miller, CEO of global specialty lines at Intact. “Highland is a strategically aligned acquisition for Intact Global Specialty Lines – it expands our specialty offering and supports our growth, distribution and outperformance objectives. With the closing of the transaction, we shift our focus to onboarding the Highland platform to Intact, supporting the team and leveraging their expertise to grow the business and outperform.”

Highland will operate as a standalone managing general agent, available to its clients and broker partners through its current select markets and now also through Intact.

Highland is a specialty MGA focusing on the wood-frame builders risk segment of the construction market.