The Navigators Group has announced that its principal underwriting agency subsidiary, Navigators Management Co., has opened a new office in Pittsburgh, Pa.

The office will serve western Pennsylvania, western Maryland, Ohio, and West Virginia and will initially be staffed with underwriters handling directors & officers liability, excess casualty, and middle market property-casualty products. The office will also coordinate with underwriters in other Navigator offices to access products including environmental casualty, marine insurance, onshore energy, life sciences and other specialty products.

Robin Betza will head the Pittsburgh office as regional vice president of the Three Rivers Region. Betza most recently held the same position at AIG/AIU Holdings, where she spent 21 years with the company.

Headquartered in New York, N.Y., The Navigators Group is a specialty insurance holding company with insurance operations, underwriting management companies and operations at Lloyd’s of London.