H.U. Dove & Company, Inc.

Specialties

Insurance

–Non-​profits, social services, schools and charter schools

–Cyber liability (data breach) insurance

–Captive insurance arrangements

–Marine insurance

–Transportation, trucking, and warehousing

–Builders risk

–Personal Homeowners and Auto

History

Established in 1845.

H.U. Dove & Company traces its founding in 1845 to Mr. J.G. Proud. Housed originally and until 1984 in the Chamber of Commerce Building on Gay Street, the firm is now located in the Inner Harbor’s Scarlett Place.

We’ve has been a part of the commercial history of Baltimore for the past 169-​plus years. Although its offices were destroyed by the Great Baltimore Fire of 1904, the firm survived to assist its clients, owners of both residential and commercial properties, who also suffered loss at that time.

Originally established as J.G. Proud & Company, the firm’s name became Charles Kraft Fire Insurance in 1875, re-​named by the new owner as was the custom of the time. In 1917, Mr. Herbert U. Dove acquired ownership and the name remained H.U. Dove & Company until 1974 when Mr. D. Edward Lauterbach Jr. incorporated as H.U. Dove & Company, Inc. The present owner, Albert E. Lietzau IV, with his father, the late Albert E. Lietzau III, purchased the firm in 1991