About

Built to build your success

 

Established in March of 1990, GLN Worldwide LTD. has grown to one of the premier wholesale insurance agencies in New York. With over 40 years industry experience CEO Norman Portnoy laid the groundwork for GLN Worldwide to become a top performer in the wholesale insurance industry. We pride ourselves at delivering smart, skillfull, and fast solutions to virtually any risk problem that we encounter. For over a decade brokers have been relying on us to provide them with the products that they need to stay competitive in any market condition. No matter what risk we are up against we will always out perform our competition in every way.

01. Best Insurance Value

We are committed to offer you the best insurance value and service available while maintaining the highest ethical standards.

02. Broad Range of Products

As a premier wholesale insurance agency in NY we offer many Commercial & Personal products for hard-to-place insurance requirements.

03. Top Notch Carriers

We’ve aligned ourselves with some of the finest carriers to deliver the best insurance value to you and your clients.

Consultants

A Team Of Professionals

GREG PORTNOY

President

914-683-1110 Ext. 1012

ANDREW PORTNOY

Executive Vice-President

914-683-1110 Ext. 1022

ELI ABEMAYOR

Executive Vice-President

914-683-1110 Ext. 1014

KIM HERMAN

Manager / Finance

914-683-1110 Ext. 1011

KRYSTINA WEISBLATT

CSR

914-683-1110 Ext. 1010

DONNA TIWARI

Personal Lines Underwriter / CSR

914-683-1110 Ext. 1018

JOEL HIRSCH

Commercial Lines Underwriter

914-683-1110 Ext. 1013

LAWRENCE BLOCK

Commercial Lines Underwriter

914-683-1110 Ext. 1019

Presenting

Our Companies

ACE / WESTCHESTER FIRE / ILLINOIS UNION

  • Monoline General Liability – (Including Commercial Contractors)
  • Umbrella / Excess Liability
  • Property – Rehabs / Renos / Large Values

AIG Companies

  • Bop
  • Excess
  • Professional Liability

AIX Specialty

  • Packages
  • Mono-line GL – Products
  • XS Liability / Umbrella

Aspen Specialty/ Aspen American

  • Monoline GL – Real Estate, Products, Niche Products
  • Monoline Property – Real Estate

Associated Industries Insurance Company

  • General Casualty – Real Estate, Products, Manufacturers, Distributors

AWAC

  • Monoline GL – Products, Distributors, Contractors – $75K Min Premium
  • Inland Marine – Builders Risk, Renovations

Chubb

  • Personal Lines : Homeowners / Valuable Articles / Umbrella
  • Auto
  • All Commercial Lines
  • Inland Marine – Contractors Equipment, Builders Risk

Clear Blue Specialty (CORE)

  • Competitve Real Estate Program – LRO Packages
  • NY Construction Risks – MP $100k

Colony / Argonaut Specialty

  • General Liability – (Real Estate, Contractors, Products)
  • Excess Liability
  • Buffer Limits for Contractors

CNA

  • Competitive BOP Market
  • Inland Marine
  • Healthcare Products
  • Commercial Auto
  • Workers Comp
  • Professional
  • Cyber Liability

CV Starr

  • Large Mono-line Workers Comp for all classes including Contractors and Nursing Homes
  • Mono-line General Liability including Contractors
  • Packages

Endurance Specialty / Endurance American

  • Products
  • Habitational Real Estate
  • Various GL Classes

First Mercury

  • Monoline General Liability
  • Excess Liability
  • Owners Interest

Great American

  • Builders Risk
  • Inland Marine
  • Monoline Property

Hanover

  • Competitive Builders Risk
  • Inland Marine
  • Competitive Bop Market
  • Commercial Auto

Hartford Insurance Company

  • Inland Marine
  • Large Value Builders Risk
  • Commercial Auto
  • Workers Comp

Hudson XS

  • Trade Contractors
  • Project Specific
  • Owners Interest
  • Excess Casualty

KBIC

  • Small Commercial BOP and Packages

Lexington

  • Monoline Property
  • Monoline General Liability
  • Professional

Lloyds of London

  • Mono-Line Property
  • Wind buyback
  • Builders Risk
  • Construction – General Contrators / Projects
  • Owners Interest

Markel Group

  • Mono-Line GL – Products & Misc GL
  • Excess Liability – Contractors

Midvale Indemnity

  • Competitive Real Estate / LRO Packages
  • Including Lead & Mold
  • Very Competitive

Navigators Specialty

  • Monoline Liability
  • Contractors
  • Project Specific Jobs
  • Products
  • XS Liability

Nat Gen

  • High Worth Homeowners
  • Commercial Auto

Prime Specialty / United Specialty / Clear Blue

  • Monoline Liability
  • Contractors – General Contractors / Projects / Trades

Seneca

  • Packages ( Real Estate, Shopping Malls, Merc w/ Habitational )
  • Cooperatives & Condos
  • Warehouses
  • Mono-line Property
  • Inland Marine

Starstone National Insurance Company

  • Excess Liability – Contractors
  • General Contractors
  • Trade Contractors
  • Project Policies

Tokio Marine

  • Monoline Liability
  • Products\Environmental – including lead & mold
  • XS Construction

Travelers

  • Competitive BOP for
    – Retail
    – Wholesale 
    – Office
  • Workers Comp
  • Professional
  • Cyber Liability
  • Technology

Union Mutual Fire

  • Small habitational business
  • 1-10 unit hab unit packages – with or without merc

United States Liability / US Underwriters / Devon Park

  • Monline Liability
  • Packages
    – Vacant Buildings
    – Professional
    – Liquor
    – EPLI, E&O

Utica First

  • Artisan Contractors
  • Restaurants
  • Packages

Wesco / AM Trust

  • Packages (Real Estate, Retail, Habitational, LRO)
  • Contractors
  • Workers Comp
  • Non-Profit Program (Yeshiva, Synagogue, Church Program)