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Media Guarantors Welcomes Marina Lejsek, SVP Legal and Business Affairs

LOS ANGELES — Media Guarantors, leading provider of completion guarantees serving productions worldwide, has appointed Marina Lejsek as SVP of Legal and Business Affairs. She will report directly to Erica Fishkin, Media Guarantors’ Chief Legal and Business Affairs Officer... READ MORE

Press Release, May 2022

SpottedRisk shares Coda success and readies for European and D&O growth

Fresh from sharing in Coda’s success at the Oscars after its Media Guarantors platform wrote a completion bond for the film, MGA SpottedRisk is set to enter the UK and EU markets in addition to readying a D&O and E&O play, CEO Janet Comenos has told The Insurer… READ MORE

The Insurer, March 2022

Independent producers still struggling even as pandemic recedes

Los Angeles Times, July 2021

Fred Milstein has been going to the Cannes Film Festival for decades to meet with existing and prospective clients. But like many of his film industry colleagues, he is skipping this year’s delayed gala and instead will track Saturday’s premiere of his latest project, “Flag Day,” from his home in Los Angeles.

Sean Penn’s coming-of-age indie drama, released by MGM, is one the few features that Milstein’s West Hollywood bonding company, Media Guarantors, completed last year… READ MORE

Film & TV Completion Bond Firm Media Guarantors Sold To SpottedRisk

Media Guarantors, the Fred Milstein-led completion bond firm that has helped launch dozens of domestic and international productions, is being sold by parent Cast & Crew to Boston-based SpottedRisk, a four-year-old insurer that specializes in niche entertainment products…READ MORE

Deadline, August 2020

Fred Milstein, Scott Nicolaides To Lead Completion Bond Firm Media Guarantors

Payroll, accounting and production management outfit Cast & Crew has launched Media Guarantors Insurance Solutions. Led by principals and industry vets Fred Milstein and Scott Nicolaides, the completion bond company will run as a separate entity and is looking to innovate amid a changing landscape… READ MORE

Deadline, April 2018