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Aspen’s Bonds Joins CRC as Chief Officer for Property Programs

Feb 23 2021 // National wholesale broker CRC Group announced that Alex Bonds has joined the company as chief officer for Property Programs to lead CRC’s exclusive Insurisk brand’s property facility development. Bonds joins...

CRC Group Acquires Assets of Washington D.C.’s Federal Employee Defense Services

Feb 2 2021 // CRC Group, a national wholesale distributor of specialty insurance products, has acquired the assets of Washington D.C.-based Federal Employee Defense Services (FEDS), a niche managing general underwriter specializing in...

CRC Names Brown in Washington Transportation Unit Director

Jan 14 2021 // CRC Group has promoted Stewart Brown to regional director of the company’s transportation binding division for a newly created region that includes Texas and California. Brown is based in CRC’s Seattle, Wash.,...

CRC Group Appoints Koehn and Tredway as Co-Presidents of Brokerage Division

Dec 11 2020 // Nationwide wholesale insurance broker CRC Group reported that Garrett Koehn and Brent Tredway will be appointed co-presidents of the company’s Brokerage Division effective January 1, 2021.The company said Koehn and...

CRC Group Acquiring Assets of Louisiana’s Continental Underwriters

Dec 4 2020 // CRC Group, a nationwide wholesale distributor of specialty insurance products, has agreed to acquire the assets of Continental Underwriters. Headquartered in Covington, La., Continental provides primary marine, excess...

Business Moves

Nov 16 2020 // Griffin Owens Insurance Specialists, Leavitt GroupGriffin Owens Insurance Specialists has affiliated with Leavitt Group. Agents and staff will continue to work with clients from their current location following the...

CRC Group Acquires W. Brown & Associates in California

Nov 3 2020 // CRC Group has completed its acquisition of W. Brown & Associates Property & Casualty, an Irvine, Calif. -based surplus lines broker and MGA. Brown & Associates will be part of CRC Group’s Commercial...

CRC Group Funds National Alliance High School Program at Duncanville ISD

Oct 26 2020 // Austin, TX, October 26, 2020 – The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research announces the launch of the CISR High School Program at Duncanville ISD in Texas. Over one hundred 11th and 12th grade...

CRC Group Sets New Leadership Roles for Brennan, Kessler As Helveston to Retire

Oct 19 2020 // National wholesaler insurance broker CRC Group announced changes to the company’s senior leadership team effective January 1, 2021.Ron Helveston currently CEO, Commercial Solutions, is retiring and will be succeeded...

10 Things to Know About Habitational Properties

Oct 19 2020 // After years of losses in the multifamily habitational market, insurers have become far more cautious for both property and casualty coverages, cutting back capacity or even leaving the market altogether. Rates and...

AmWINS, CRC and Heffernan Create Technology Alliance for Specialty Business

Oct 13 2020 // Wholesaler insurance brokers AmWINS and CRC, along with independent agency Heffernan Insurance Brokers, are the charter members of a new alliance to accelerate technology improvements in the brokerage, wholesale and...

People & Places

Oct 5 2020 // Venture Insurance Programs, a West Chester, Pa.-based national insurance program administrator, has launched Community Care, a new insurance program for community and social services, including nonprofits and for-profits....

CRC Group Acquires Specialty Risk Associates in Louisiana

Oct 1 2020 // CRC Group has acquired Specialty Risk Associates Inc. in Shreveport, La.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The addition of Specialty Risk expands CRC Group’s binding, transportation binding and personal lines...

CRC’s Johnston Joins RT Specialty to Establish Alabama Office

Sep 3 2020 // R-T Specialty, LLC has hired senior property broker J. Mason Johnston to establish the wholesale broker’s Birmingham, Ala., office, where he will serve as president. Johnston is a property and builder’s risk...

CRC Group Names Maucere to Lead New Indianapolis Office

Aug 10 2020 // CRC Group has opened a new Indianapolis, Ind., office and has named Mark Maucere office president. Maucere is responsible for leading the team and growing the CRC footprint in the territory. Maucere has more than 25 years...

CRC Group Promotes Willis to National Personal Lines Practice Leader

Aug 5 2020 // CRC Group has promoted Mississippi-based Claire Willis to CRC Group’s national Personal Lines Practice leader. The move comes as part of the company’s increased focus on the personal lines market place,...

People & Places

Jan 27 2020 // Philadelphia Insurance Companies, a commercial property/casualty and professional liability insurer, has promoted Michael Cundiff from vice president to senior vice president of Surety. Cundiff will succeed Ed Titus, who...

CRC Group Hires Watson to Open CRC Office in Charlotte, North Carolina

Oct 14 2019 // CRC Group has hired Greg Watson as Office President for a new CRC office opening in Charlotte, North Carolina.Watson comes to CRC with more than 10 years of industry experience, where he began his career as a personal...

Business Moves

May 20 2019 // Ryan Specialty Group, Atlantic Specialty LinesRyan Specialty Group has agreed to acquire the assets and operations of Atlantic Specialty Lines, Inc. (ASL), a privately owned wholesale insurance brokerage headquartered in...

CRC Group Acquires Arkansas MGA, Argenia

May 2 2019 // Parsippany, New Jersey-based CRC Group, a nationwide wholesale distributor of specialty insurance products, has acquired Argenia LLC, a Little Rock, Arkansas-based managing general agent (MGA) and surplus lines...