Hylant Environmental Risk Practice Selected as Insurance Broker for Sayreville New Jersey Brownfield Redevelopment

SAYREVILLE, New Jersey - April 4, 2006 - Hylant Group, the nation’s seventh largest privately held commercial insurance brokerage, has been named to provide environmental insurance brokerage services related to the economic redevelopment of a former industrial site in Sayreville, New Jersey.

Last month, the Sayreville Economic Redevelopment Agency announced a team headed by LNR Northeast Investment of Quincy, Mass., to redevelop the 400-acre former National Lead site. The redevelopment will include extensive cleanup of various environmental contaminants.

Hylant Environmental Risk Management practice will consult LNR on cost-of-risk strategies associated with the cleanup and provide brokerage services for a variety of environmental insurance products.

The Hylant Environmental Risk Management team has extensive technical experience and qualification in the remediation of environmental contaminants and environmental construction. Hylant is an industry leader for the design and placement of complex environmental insurance instruments for Brownfield redevelopment and large-scale environmental remediation.

Hylant Group is a 70-year old, privately held insurance agency serving businesses and individuals around the world. In addition to the corporate headquarters in Toledo, Ohio, the firm has offices in Cincinnati, Columbus and Cleveland, Ohio; Troy and Ann Arbor, Michigan; as well as Indianapolis, Bloomington and Fort Wayne, Indiana. Hylant is a member of the Worldwide Broker Network and is currently ranked by the Hales Report as the seventh largest privately held broker in the nation.