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State of Insurance Agency E&O Insurance Market: Managing Rates and Risks

Jan 23 2020 // Agency errors and omissions (E&O) coverage is likely the most important insurance policy an agency purchases. As customer demands rise to an all-time high, having the right E&O coverage and ensuring best practices...

Dean Promoted to Managing Director at Burns & Wilcox in Indianapolis

Jan 22 2020 // Wholesale insurance broker and underwriting manager, Burns & Wilcox, has promoted Andrew Dean to managing director from associate managing director in the company’s Indianapolis, Indiana, office.As managing...

Saxe Doernberger & Vita Names Guertin Managing Partner of Northeast Office

Jan 16 2020 // Saxe Doernberger & Vita, P.C. (SDV) has named Theresa A. Guertin as managing partner of SDV’s Northeast office, effective January 1, 2020.Guertin has an active litigation practice, and she is co-chair of the...

U.K. Broker Tysers Invests in Bermuda-Based MGA, Helix Underwriting Partners

Jan 15 2020 // Tysers, the London-based broker, announced it has taken a minority investment in Bermuda’s newly formed and first independent managing general agent Helix Underwriting Partners Ltd.“As we enter the 200th year...

Lloyd’s Performance Management Director Hancock to Step Down in 2020

Jan 14 2020 // Lloyd’s announced that Jon Hancock has decided to step down as performance management director in 2020.At the same time, Lloyd’s also announced that Julia Tyson has been named chief human resources officer,...

Willis Re Taps Buxton from Allianz as Managing Director, Int’l Customized Reinsurance

Jan 9 2020 // Willis Re, the reinsurance subsidiary of Willis Towers Watson, announced the appointment of Simon Buxton as managing director of its International Customised Reinsurance practice, which focuses on non-traditional...

BGC Insurance’s Aerospace Broker Rebrands as ‘Piiq Risk’ with Spate of Key Hires

Jan 7 2020 // BGC Insurance Group (BGCI), a global broker and division of BGC Partners Inc., announced it has rebranded its global aerospace re/insurance brokerage as Piiq Risk Partners.Since the division was launched during the second...

NFP Makes Canadian Leadership Changes, Including Promotion of Padovani as President

Jan 3 2020 // NFP, the New York City-based insurance broker and consultant, announced leadership changes throughout Canada to support its growth in the region.Greg Padovani will serve as president of NFP in Canada. He joined NFP in 2017...

Specialty Property Program Team of Blue River Underwriters Welcomes James D. Skelton

Dec 20 2019 // Atlanta, GA, December 20, 2019 — Blue River Underwriters, a Breckenridge Insurance Group company, announces the hiring of James D. Skelton, underwriter, to the specialty property program team based in Glen Allen,...

Burns & Wilcox Names Clark Managing Director in Colorado

Dec 16 2019 // Burns & Wilcox has named Michelle Clark a managing director in Denver, Colo. Clark oversees the day-to-day operations of the Denver team and leads the office’s growth strategy. She has more than 25 years of...

Victor Launches Lloyd’s Syndicate 2288; Frances Named Active Underwriter

Dec 10 2019 // Victor Insurance Holdings, managing general underwriter, has received approval from Lloyd’s if London to establish Victor Syndicate 2288 and commence underwriting effective January 1, 2020 with stamp capacity of...

Why ‘Victorian’ HR Policies That Try to Ban Sex Won’t Work-Viewpoint

Dec 10 2019 // Mark Wiseman, who was seen by many as a likely heir to BlackRock Inc. Chief Executive Officer Larry Fink, is now out of a job. The details we have are scant. In a memo, Wiseman explained: “I am leaving BlackRock...

Lisa Ebos Returns to Blue River Underwriters as SVP, Senior Underwriter of Contractors Programs

Dec 9 2019 // Atlanta, GA, December 9, 2019 — Blue River Underwriters, a Breckenridge Insurance Group company, welcomes the return of Lisa Ebos, CRIS, CPL as senior vice president, senior underwriter of the contractors’ programs...

Worldwide Facilities Acquires Risk Management Advisory Group of Florida

Dec 6 2019 // Worldwide Facilities, LLC, a national wholesale insurance brokerage, managing general agency and program manager, has acquired Risk Management Advisory Group (RMAG), a managing wholesale broker based in Miami Lakes, Fla.,...

Wholesale Broker H.W. Kaufman Acquires UK MGA Barbican Protect

Nov 27 2019 // H.W. Kaufman Group, the Farmington Hills, Mich.-based wholesale broker and managing general agent, announced the acquisition of Barbican Protect Ltd., as part of its continued expansion into the UK market, subject to...

Blue River Underwriters Opens New Office in Richmond, Virginia Metro Area and Adds a Senior Specialty Property Underwriter

Nov 22 2019 // Atlanta, GA, November 22, 2019 — The specialty property program team at Blue River Underwriters, a Breckenridge Insurance Group company, welcomed Jamey Schoenhard, underwriter, to the team and opened a new office in Glen...

Pioneer Underwriters Decides to Put Lloyd’s Syndicate 1980 into Run-Off

Nov 15 2019 // Pioneer Underwriters has decided to put its Lloyd’s Syndicate 1980 into run-off after completing an examination of “strategic and capital options for 2020.”Pioneer said it will be working with Asta, the...

Torres, Marquez Join Burns & Wilcox’s Houston Management Team

Nov 14 2019 // Suzette Torres and Gina Marquez have joined the Houston management team of wholesale insurance broker and underwriting manager, Burns & Wilcox. Torres joins as a managing director and Marquez joins as an operations...

Lloyd’s Broker SSL Endeavour to Launch Latin America-Focused MGA in Miami

Nov 14 2019 // Specialist independent Lloyd’s broker and delegated authority expert SSL Endeavour Limited (SSL Endeavour) will launch a managing general agent (MGA) based in Miami, and a trio of senior hires to support growth in...

Ohio’s Norman-Spencer Adds Cox as Managing Director, Transportation

Nov 12 2019 // Norman-Spencer, a Dayton, Ohio-based property/casualty program administrator and wholesale brokerage, has appointed Dave Cox as managing director of the Transportation Division. Cox brings over 30 years of experience...