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AmWINS to Acquire The Flood Insurance Agency

Jan 14 2019 // Specialty insurance broker AmWINS Group has agreed to acquire The Flood Insurance Agency, a Florida-based managing general agency that specializes in private market flood insurance.Scott M. Purviance, chief executive...

Pink Agenda Wins Big When Broker Executive Laces Up for His First Marathon

Dec 17 2018 // While the more than 4,000 employees and leaders of Charlotte, N.C.-based wholesale broker AmWINS are involved in various charitable efforts all year long, this year their efforts to support one nonprofit that targets...

Special Report: The Industry Industry Gives Back

Dec 14 2018 // Safety National proudly supports Variety the Children’s Charity of St. Louis, an organization that has been helping children with physical and developmental disabilities for more than 80 years. In 2018, Safety...

Former AmWINS VP Steinmetz Joins USG in Florida

Dec 4 2018 // USG has hired Kim Steinmetz as producer/broker to its branch in Tampa, Fla.Steinmetz joins the USG team with 16 years of experience in the industry, specializing in large commercial property. She most recently held the...

AmWINS Names Downey Chief Administrative Officer

Sep 27 2018 // Charlotte, N.C.-based AmWINS Group, Inc., a global distributor of specialty insurance products and services, has appointed Kristin L. Downey as chief administrative officer, effective immediately. Downey will be...

Hurricane Florence Hits Close to Home for North Carolina-Based Broker AmWINS

Sep 14 2018 // For North Carolina-headquartered global insurance broker AmWINS Group Inc., Hurricane Florence isn’t just a storm that will affect insureds – many of its own employees and agents are also directly in the...

AmWINS Forms Sentinel Marine Underwriters with Houston Office

Aug 13 2018 // AmWINS Group Inc. (AmWINS) has formed a new managing general agency with a focus on marine risks, Sentinel Marine Underwriters (SMU).Executive vice presidents Mark Bernas and Keith Blair will lead SMU from Houston, Texas,...

AmWINS Targets Marine Insurance with Creation of 2 Specialty MGAs

Aug 13 2018 // Global insurance wholesale brokerage AmWINS Group has formed two specialty managing general agencies focused on the marine industry, AmWINS Specialty Logistics Underwriters (ASLU) and Sentinel Marine Underwriters...

Petrilli Named President of AmWINS Group’s Underwriting Division

Aug 6 2018 // AmWINS Group Inc., the Charlotte, N.C.-based independent wholesale distributor of specialty insurance products, announced that Robert “Bob” Petrilli has been named president of the firm’s underwriting...

Protective Insurance, AmWINS to Offer For-Hire Commercial Trucking Product

Jul 23 2018 // Protective Insurance Co., a property-casualty insurer specializing in trucking and workers’ compensation, has partnered with AmWINS Transportation Underwriters (ATU) to offer a program to support for-hire commercial...

QBE, AmWINS Launch E&O Coverage for Architects, Engineers, Design Businesses

Jul 17 2018 // QBE North America has formed a partnership with AmWINS Program Underwriters (APU) to offer errors and omissions coverage for architects, engineers and design (A&E) businesses.The launch is part of QBE’s...

Furlong Joins AmWINS Brokerage of Georgia

Jun 21 2018 // AmWINS Brokerage of Georgia has added Alex Furlong, an energy and environmental specialist, to its casualty team. He will be based in Atlanta. Prior to joining AmWINS, Furlong spent several years as a casualty producer at...

Amwins’ Davies Tapped to Lead New Property Underwriting Facility for Ryan Specialty Group

Jun 20 2018 // Chicago-based Ryan Specialty Group LLC (RSG) has named Katie Davies as president and CEO of a new, yet-to-be-named property catastrophe managing underwriting facility that will be exclusive to RT Specialty. Company...

Purviance Takes Helm from DeCarlo at AmWINS; Other Management Changes Take Effect

May 1 2018 // Scott M. Purviance has officially succeeded M. Steven DeCarlo as the chief executive officer at specialty wholesale broker AmWINS Group.The Charlotte-based brokerage also announced other that management changes have taken...

AmWINS Completes Acquisition of Seacoast Brokers, Trident Claims Management

Feb 7 2018 // AmWINS Group, Inc., a global distributor of specialty insurance products and services, has completed the previously announced acquisition of Seacoast Brokers, LLC, and Trident Claims Management, LLC.Seacoast is a personal...

Business Moves

Jan 22 2018 // Ryan Specialty Group LLC, Kerwick & Curran Inc.Ryan Specialty Group LLC has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the assets and operations of Kerwick & Curran Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed....

Change at Top at AmWINS: Purviance to Take Over DeCarlo’s CEO Role

Jan 17 2018 // Charlotte-based global wholesale broker AmWINS Group announced that Scott M. Purviance will succeed M. Steven DeCarlo as the company’s chief executive officer, effective May 1, 2018.DeCarlo, who has served as CEO of...

AmWINS Group to Acquire Seacoast Brokers, Trident Claims Management of South Carolina

Jan 4 2018 // AmWINS Group, Inc., a global distributor of specialty insurance products and services, has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Seacoast Brokers, LLC, a South Carolina-based personal lines specialty MGA that designs,...

Business Moves

Nov 20 2017 // AmWINS, Willis Towers WatsonSpecialty insurance broker AmWINS Group reported that it has completed the previously-announced acquisition of 15 insurance programs from Willis Towers Watson. Terms were not disclosed. The...

AmWINS Completes Acquisition of 15 Insurance Programs from Willis Towers Watson

Nov 2 2017 // Specialty insurance broker AmWINS Group reported that it has completed the previously-announced acquisition of 15 insurance programs from Willis Towers Watson. Terms were not disclosed.“The programs, product...