Southern Insurance Underwriters, Inc. (SIU), based in Alpharetta, Georgia, is a certified Managing General Agency serving independent agents throughout the southeast for over fifty years. On July 1, 1964, W.C. Duesenberg, Sr. purchased the Atlanta branch office of Kurt Hitke & Company and created Southern Insurance Underwriters, Inc. Building on the foundation started by Mr. Hitke, SIU specialized in Non-Standard Auto coverage and other specialty coverages including Commercial Trucking and Senior Drivers. Over fifty years later, the list of coverages has expanded to include: Commercial Property & Casualty, Commercial Transportation, Personal Property, Professional Lines and Standard Lines. SIU offers a broad range of property, casualty, and transportation products and specializes in hard to place, specialty and excess & surplus lines risks. With an experienced staff of underwriters, the scope of risks that can be underwritten ranges from the simplest property risks to highly sophisticated self-insured programs. Today, SIU represents more than 150 admitted and non-admitted specialty companies, Lloyd’s of London, and several standard companies.