
Founded in 1972, ShelterPoint Life has grown into New York’s largest Statutory Short-Term Disability (DBL) insurance carrier. Providing NY DBL for over 45 years as our core product, has helped us build deep expertise in statutory insurance coverages – both in, and outside of New York State.

As a result, more than 184,000 New York employers trust us to help them strike the right balance between compliance, coverage, and cost to complete their DBL/PFL equation. 

Ranked #1 in New York in statutory short-term disability premiums1
Ranked #6 nationwide by NAIC in total short-term disability lives covered2

In 2014, ShelterPoint Life acquired ShelterPoint Insurance Company (f/k/a JM Insurance Company, a FL-domiciled carrier).  Together, as the ShelterPoint Family of Companies, we:

- Are licensed in 50 jurisdictions  
- Insure more than 1.9 million members.  
- Offer a broad portfolio of group benefits such as Dental, Vision, Hospital Cash, Medical Gap, etc.       
Stand by a distribution model exclusively through independent agents and brokers.
  
¹State of New York Workers' Compensation Board, form DB-680, 2016 – applies to statutory disability premiums under ShelterPoint Life Insurance Company only.

²NAIC, 2013 Market Share Reports – applies to ShelterPoint Life Insurance Company only.

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Tim Stellato

Sanford Herman (Sandy)

Lyndsay Harlin-Csapo

Annemarie Bershad

Kimberly Wilson

David Epstein

Brian Dunham

Shailesh Modi (Sonny)

Katrin Atienza

The Leadership Team at ShelterPoint Life is responsible for setting the strategic direction and overseeing the overall operations of the company. This dynamic group collaborates to ensure the delivery of high-quality statutory insurance products while fostering compliance, innovation, and financial stability. With diverse expertise spanning IT, finance, underwriting, and marketing, they drive initiatives to enhance the customer experience and maintain ShelterPoint’s position as a leader in the insurance industry.

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