Who we are

Fairmount Specialty are a premier Managing General Underwriter based in London and New York serving brokers and agents in the wholesale marketplace in the USA. We specialize in providing flexible underwriting solutions for large homes in hard to place areas across the USA. We can consider all types of occupancy from owner occupied primary homes to homes under construction with a focus on single family dwellings and condominiums. Verdant offer solutions for individuals, trusts and corporations owning or occupying such dwellings and condominiums.

Meet the Team

  • Adam M. Pauska

    Adam is an insurance expert and risk manager who partners with the ultra affluent and their other advisors to build and maintain their personal insurance portfolios, human-to-human. After spending a decade working in insurance for entrepreneurs, private families, and foundations, Adam is experienced in navigating the ever changing insurance marketplace to deliver consistently measurable results for his clients.

    Adam has landed coverage in print and broadcast outlets around the world, including the Today Show, Wall Street Journal, Mashable, BBC, NPR and CNN. His own articles have been featured in The Muse, Forbes, Inc., Mashable, DailyWorth and Newsweek. In addition to his extensive insurance experience, Adam is also a leading marketer and culture awareness advocate within the industry.

  • George T. Papanier

    George has been applying his entrepreneurial and legal background to craft outside-the-box wealth transfer and risk management solutions in the high net worth client space both as an attorney and as an advisor. His clients include real estate developers, private equity firms, manufacturers, lenders, public entities, executives and entrepreneurs of various closely held businesses. George received a JD from Rutgers School of Law, a MBA from Rutgers School of Business, and a BS in Finance from Monmouth University.

Why Us

Fairmount Specialty provides value beyond the placement of a risk. Operating using a proprietary online portal, streamlining the quote to bind process, working with Verdant is highly efficient.

Verdant takes pride in offering white glove claims service and offers the latest loss mitigation advice to provide your clients with comfort during unfortunate times as well as constructive advice to reduce their chance of loss or damage to their home.

Verdant also offers catastrophe response advice, highlighting efforts to prepare property incase of wildfire or hurricane. Verdant utilizes a variety of wildfire and hurricane models along with other risk analysis to provide competitive and fair pricing.