OUR COMPANY
CRE Insurance Solutions (“CREINS”) is a specialty insurance broker that partners exclusively with a leading global surplus lines insurance company to place insurance coverages related to commercial real estate debt and equity transactions. This unique partnership enables CREINS to provide innovative insurance solutions to address the complex needs of real estate developers, owners, institutional investors/lenders and other market participants. CRE Insurance Solutions™ brokered coverages include: Lease Enhancement Insurance, Residual Value Insurance, Shortfall Insurance and Zoning Non-Conformance Insurance. These coverages are also commonly referred to as casualty insurance, condemnation insurance and gap insurance. Our insurance company partner has been a leading provider of Lease Enhancement, Shortfall and Zoning Non-Conformance insurance for more than 20 years. As an industry leader, they possess the knowledge and expertise to evaluate and underwrite all types of transactions.
CREINS evaluates transactions directly from owners, developers, lenders, investment bankers and other market participants, as well as, other surplus lines insurance brokers. CREINS takes pride in providing a simple, yet straight forward approach. When you receive a quote through CREINS it will only have the proposed premium charged by the insurance company and the required state premium tax and stamping fee amounts. Our compensation is in the form of a commission from the insurance company with no additional fees to our clients. (CREINS does not charge due diligence fees, policy fees or any other fees that are retained by CREINS).
CREINS was formed in 2017 by Loc McNew and Lew Burleigh. Mr. McNew, an investment-industry veteran, and Mr. Burleigh, a legal-industry veteran, have more than 80 years combined experience in credit tenant lease, real estate investment, debt and equity transactions. Their expertise and the team they have assembled enables CREINS to respond to the increasing demands of the marketplace by crafting innovative insurance solutions in a consistent and responsive manner.
OUR TEAM
Our Team
Mr. McNew has more than 35 years of investment, real estate, and managerial experience. He is the founder of CRE Insurance Solutions, a firm he originally launched in 2017. After integrating his team with Ryan Alternative Risk from 2024 to 2026—where he served as Senior Vice President of Real Estate—he and his team returned to operate independently under the CRE Insurance Solutions banner.
Before founding his current firm, Mr. McNew held several executive leadership roles:
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MetroNational Corporation: Served as President and Chief Operating Officer of this multi-billion-dollar, privately held real estate development, investment, and management company based in Houston, Texas.
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AIG Asset Management: Served as Chief Administrative Officer and Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Private Debt Investments for AIG. Private Debt Investments included AIG’s $35 billion global Private Placement portfolio/team and its $15 billion Commercial Real Estate Lending portfolio/team.
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AIG Global Capital Markets Securities: Served concurrently as President of AIG’s in-house broker-dealer.
Mr. McNew originally joined AIG (then American General) in 1989, spending seven years in the commercial real estate group before transitioning to the Fixed Income Group to focus on public/private debt and private equity transactions. During his tenure, he managed all credit tenant loan investments, extensively negotiated lease enhancement and residual value transactions, and pioneered AIG’s entrance into the residual value insurance market. He began his career with the Texas Department of Commerce.
Active in the industry, Mr. McNew was a founding member and the inaugural President of the Private Placement Investors Association, a trade group representing over 40 major institutional investors. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a Master’s degree in Land Economics and Real Estate from Texas A&M University, and holds the FLMI designation.
Mr. Burleigh has more than 50 years of real estate and investment transactional experience. He retired in June 2017 from Dechert LLP, a global law firm. Mr. Burleigh primarily represented institutional lenders and other significant market participants including investment banks, REITs and developers in real estate financings and equity investments. With a specialty in credit tenant leases, he has negotiated, documented and closed more than 1,000 lease financings involving more than 5,000 properties and totaling billions of dollars. Mr. Burleigh holds a bachelor’s degree and Juris Doctor degree from Harvard University.
Mr. Burleigh has represented countless institutional investors in the use of many lease enhancement and residual value products and negotiated the first use of the Lexington RVI policy form on behalf of a major institutional investor.
Lew Burleigh
Bill Morris
Mr. Morris has over 30 years of real estate appraisal and consulting experience that includes a wide range of property types and international markets. Prior to joining CRE Insurance Solutions, Mr. Morris was a Vice President and Compliance Officer with Wells Fargo RETECHS, providing oversight of the bank’s global credit policies regarding real estate secured lending, as well as valuation services and consultations to ensure compliance with federal requirements and bank Policies & Procedures. Prior to joining Wells Fargo in 2009, he was a Regional Chief Appraiser and Vice President at Bank of America leading the Claims and Fraud Investigation team in the residential appraisal division. From 1998 until 2005, Mr. Morris was a senior appraiser in the commercial real estate valuation group for AEGON USA Realty Advisors. Mr. Morris held senior appraisal and management positions for Bank of America from 1992 to 1997. As a practicing appraiser, Mr. Morris has been employed by Cushman & Wakefield, CBRE, and private appraisal firms in Texas and Nevada. Mr. Morris also owned and managed a real estate appraisal and consulting business in Nevada. Mr. Morris earned a BS degree in Business Administration and holds the MAI, CCIM, and MRICS designations.
Miller McNew has more than seven years of commercial real estate, underwriting, and risk management experience. Most recently, he was an Associate Underwriter for Ryan Alternative Risk, focused on lease enhancement, residual value, credit wrap, and first loss insurance coverages. Prior to joining Ryan Alternative Risk, he was a Senior Analyst for CRE Insurance Solutions. He originally joined CRE Insurance Solutions in 2019 where he focused on underwriting real estate finance insurance coverages including valuation analysis, legal risk analysis, and all aspects of underwriting. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Oklahoma State University.
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