(The Insurer) – Conifer Insurance Services has secured capacity support from Skyward Specialty Insurance Group for its new non-admitted Cannabis Select program.

The new program complements Conifer’s long-standing Cannabis Essentials offering by providing elevated coverage limits, expanded property protection and advanced risk management solutions.

Whereas the Cannabis Essentials program caters to small and midsize growers and dispensaries, the new Cannabis Select offering is aimed at multistate operators, large cultivators and manufacturers.

Cannabis Essentials is focused on providing buyers with affordable coverage that is both scalable and accessible, while Cannabis Select gives clients access to high limits and sophisticated risk management.

Through the new Cannabis Select program, Conifer’s clients can tap into limits of up to $25 million for property and $5 million for both general and product liability.

Under its Cannabis Essentials offering, property limits were capped at $5 million, with general and product liability limits totalling $1 million each claim and $2 million in the aggregate.

The new offering has been spearheaded by Kathleen Brown-Hurtado, who joined Conifer as president of cannabis specialty programs from Curotech Specialty in November last year.

She has recently been joined by Jason Scheurle, who moved to Conifer from Burns & Wilcox in April as vice president of cannabis specialty programs.

“As the cannabis industry matures, our agency partners have consistently shared the need for higher limits and greater capacity,” said Nick Petcoff, CEO of Conifer Insurance Services.

“Cannabis Select is a direct response to that need, building on our long track record of success while maintaining the service-first, flexible approach that has always defined Conifer,” Petcoff added.

Conifer has provided coverage to the cannabis industry for more than a decade. The Troy, Michigan-based business said since being acquired by RedBird Capital-backed Bishop Street Underwriters last year, significant investments have been made in underwriting talent and AI-driven insights, enabling it to scale solutions for agency partners and cannabis businesses.