Tara Hill Insurance Services

About Us

Tara Hill is a Program Administrator focused on underwriting Management and Professional Liability exposures for non-public organizations. We use our decades of underwriting expertise to tailor non-admitted solutions to the unique risks that our wholesale partners provide.

What We Offer

Management Liability

Private companies and not-for-profit organizations encounter a multitude of Directors & Officers exposures from a variety of sources, including employees, customers, vendors, partners, investors, and competitors. Tara Hill's policy form is designed to help protect private companies' directors, officers, members of the management team, and the entity itself, against possible claims.

Key Features:

Up to $5 million in limits
Standalone or packaged coverage for Directors & Officers Liability, Employment Practices Liability, and Fiduciary
Ability to consider unique and complex risks on both a primary and an excess basis
Capacity provided by carrier rated A- (Excellent) by AM Best with a Financial Size Category of XV

Miscellaneous Professional Liability

Professional service providers face a variety of uncertainties and can benefit from having Errors and Omissions coverage to protect them from those risks. Tara Hill offers Miscellaneous Professional Liability coverage to protect a wide range of professionals.

Key Features:

Up to $5 million in limits
Ability to consider unique and complex risks on both a primary and an excess basis
Capacity provided by carrier rated A- (Excellent) by AM Best with a Financial Size Category of XV

Team

Peter McKeegan, CEO

Peter McKeegan is a seasoned insurance professional dedicated to providing solutions to companies with unique management and professional liability exposures. With nearly 40 years of experience in the insurance industry, Peter has built a reputation for his creativity and commitment to his wholesale distribution partners. Prior to forming Tara Hill, Peter held management liability leadership roles at Hallmark Financial, Ironshore, American Safety, Arch Insurance, and AIG, in addition to starting new MGAs focused on the wholesale channel at ANV Global Services and Axcelera Specialty Risk.

Brian McKeegan, Senior Underwriter

Brian McKeegan is an experienced management liability underwriting professional who joined Tara Hill in July 2024. Prior to Tara Hill, Brian was an underwriter at Berkley Professional Liability for nearly four years. A graduate of Emory Law School, Brian previously was an attorney at Genova Burns in New Jersey.

Max Shimkus, Underwriting Manager

Max Shimkus is an experienced underwriter of Management Liability and Miscellaneous Professional Liability who joined Tara Hill in 2025. He previously worked at Aon Re as a Professional Liability Facultative Reinsurance Broker. He started his career at Hallmark Financial and transitioned to Core Specialty when it acquired Hallmark's E&S operations in 2022.

General Information

Tara Hill is part of Octave Partners, the insurance distribution division of Octave Specialty Group, Inc. (NYSE:OSG). Capacity and claims handling oversight are provided by SiriusPoint, a global specialty insurer and reinsurer with a financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) from AM Best, S&P and Fitch, and A3 from Moody's.