AmTrust buys workers' comp specialist AmeriHealth for $90mn

AmTrust is acquiring AmeriHealth Casualty Insurance Company from
Independence Health Group for about $90mn in cash, the New
York-listed company said today.
AmeriHealth Casualty provides fully insured workers'
compensation coverage primarily in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Barry Zyskind, AmTrust's chairman, president and chief
executive, said the acquisition would make his company one of the
largest workers' compensation carriers in the two states.
"AmeriHealth Casualty will bring a strong leader