Octave Specialty Group, Inc.
A specialty property-and-casualty insurer, it pairs a distribution arm that places premiums across niche insurance lines with Everspan, a program carrier that works with managing general agents and is rated A- by A.M. Best. It began in 1971 as the American Municipal Bond Assurance Corporation (Ambac), a bond insurer that survived the 2008 crisis, then rebranded as Octave in 2025 after selling its legacy financial guarantee business. Its name borrows the musical octave, chosen to suggest distinct businesses working together in harmony.
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| Insider | Stake change | Holds now | Granted / vested | Bought | Sold |
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| LeBlanc ClaudeChief Executive Officer, Director · 51 transactions | +239.4% | 1.05M | 652.5K | 142.5K | — |
| Trick DavidExec VP, CFO & Treasurer · 41 transactions | +143.6% | 260.6K | 138.9K | 6.7K | — |
| Ksenak Stephen MichaelSr. MD & General Counsel · 33 transactions | +214.1% | 248.8K | 82.0K | 5.0K | — |
| Stein Jeffrey ScottDirector · 4 transactions | +2078.1% | 217.8K | — | 40.0K | — |
| Price Michael DDirector · 6 transactions | — | 205.5K | — | 166.3K | — |
| Smith R SharonExec VP & Group COO · 39 transactions | +260.3% | 149.2K | 78.1K | 2.1K | — |
| Haft Ian DavidDirector · 1 transaction | — | 131.9K | — | — | — |
| Barranco DavidSenior Managing Director · 30 transactions | +132.6% | 128.6Kas of Mar 2025 | 141.7K | — | — |
| Lammtennant Joan MDirector · 1 transaction | — | 107.0K | — | — | — |
| Iglesias Lisa GDirector · 3 transactions | — | 82.3K | — | 14.6K | — |
| Eisman Robert BryanSr. MD & CAO · 30 transactions | +38.6% | 70.8Kas of Mar 2025 | 41.5K | — | — |
| Prieur C JamesDirector · 15 transactions | +266.7% | 55.0Kas of May 2022 | — | 50.0K | — |
| McGinnis DanielSr. MD & COO · 20 transactions | — | 48.3K | 31.8K | — | — |
| Matus Kristi AnnDirector · 3 transactions | — | 48.2K | — | 9.0K | — |
| Ahn Cristina E.Chief Accounting Officer · 2 transactions | — | 632 | 835 | — | — |
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Net open-market activity over the last 5 years: +436.2K shares. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are excluded — they are compensation mechanics, not decisions to buy or sell.