Craft Specialty is an independent retail insurance agency focused on insuring the niche markets that we understand deeply.
We only build programs for markets we genuinely understand. Deep expertise means better product design, smarter carrier conversations, and real credibility with clients who can tell the difference between a specialist and a generalist with a new website. We provide unique risk management tools and resources for every class of business that streamlines safety operations while reducing exposures for our clients.
AI and automation handle the operational overhead that buries most agencies — intake, submissions, documentation, follow-up. We've eliminated the legacy systems and manual processes that slow traditional distribution down. Our team isn't doing paperwork. We're talking to people.
Every client has direct access to the principals. Every carrier partner works with people who understand the market. We are not a faceless technology solution — we're an agency that uses technology to show up better for every relationship that matters.
We find clients before they find us — through targeted search, digital marketing, and genuine presence in the communities we serve. Online and in the field. In search results and in the room.
Each program under Craft Specialty operates as a standalone brand with its own market focus, carrier relationships, client experience, risk management tools, and targeted digital marketing — all backed by the same operational infrastructure, compliance framework, and principal oversight.
Purpose-built for youth sports tournament organizers, club teams, and athletic facilities. We understand this market — the coverage gaps in governing body programs, the compliance burden on organizers, and the exposures that generalist agents routinely miss.
Professional liability for architects and design professionals — tailored coverage backed by a genuine understanding of how design-build relationships, project contracts, and professional liability exposures actually interact.
In DevelopmentCraft Specialty was built on a simple premise — that deep market knowledge, genuine relationships, and the right technology infrastructure produce better outcomes for clients than a generalist approach ever could. We didn't replicate the traditional agency model. We built something different on purpose.
20+ years of insurance experience spanning the MGA, carrier, wholesaler, and retail sides of the industry. Tim began his career at Gillingham & Associates, an MGA specializing in outdoor recreation and hospitality — an early foundation in niche program insurance that has shaped everything since. From there he moved to Philadelphia Insurance Companies as a Senior Marketing Representative, developing deep insight into how carriers evaluate program business, build distribution relationships, and think about appetite and risk. He subsequently built a successful regional independent agency in Aspen, CO before founding Craft Specialty — a return to the program model where his career started, built this time with the carrier knowledge, retail experience, and technology infrastructure to do it differently.
Tim leads sales, carrier and MGA relationships, program development, and business strategy across all Craft Specialty verticals.
Carriers, MGAs, wholesalers, referral partners, associations, or prospective clients — we're always open to the right conversation. Every inquiry goes directly to a principal.