Torus, a specialty insurer, has released its Excess Casualty Portal Entry platform ESCAPE, designed for select brokers involved in selling umbrella and high excess liability policies to small businesses, and streamline the quote to bind process for producers.

ESCAPE online portal is expected to assist property & casualty marketplace brokers serving more than 20 million US small businesses.

The value-add features of the ESCAPE include Quick Quote whcih provides preliminary policy details; immediate policy issuance; multiple limit options at quote and a live chat with an underwriter.

Torus senior vice president, head of US casualty Linc Trimble said that the company believe that ESCAPE will prove to be a tool that changes the insurance purchasing experience.