All the headlines from our Insurance Wholesale Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 31 2019 // Fueled by efficiencies introduced by insurtechs and underwriters’ interest in niche classes, the insurance program business has experienced impressive growth the last few years.But heavy interest is also forcing...
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,...
Dec 17 2019 // A national group offering risk management advice to the cannabis industry says it is creating a casualty insurance program to provide its members with insurance.The National Cannabis Risk Management Association (NCRMA)...
Dec 11 2019 // Managing General Underwriter Victor is now offering Guy Carpenter clients who are members of U.S. public entity insurance pools a range of property and casualty insurance products not traditionally offered by the...
Dec 10 2019 // Brown & Brown Programs Inc. has agreed to acquire the assets of the British Columbia, Canada-based managing general agency Special Risk Insurance Managers (SRIM). The transaction is expected to close effective January...
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...
Dec 5 2019 // Atlanta, GA, December 5, 2019 — Breckenridge Insurance Services is pleased to announce the addition of Christina Mertens as vice president, property and casualty broker. Mertens has twenty years of insurance industry...
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...
Nov 26 2019 // C-Quence, the digital managing general agent (MGA), and Cytora, the insurtech startup that operates an artificial intelligence-powered platform, are joining forces to “turbocharge innovation” in commercial...
Nov 25 2019 // Atlanta, GA, November 25, 2019 — Breckenridge Insurance Services is pleased to announce the addition of two vice presidents/brokers with the recent hiring of John J. Hayes, M.S. and Lisa P. Maize. Hayes is a nearly...
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...
Nov 15 2019 // Jennifer Mier, executive vice president with AmWINS Group in Dallas, has been elected president of the Texas Surplus Lines Association.Other officers elected at the group’s 64th Annual Meeting on Nov. 11 in Austin...
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...
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...
Nov 13 2019 // In an era of insurance transformation, where process simplification and flawless customer service are expected, innovation in policy and product is a must—especially when it comes to the non-traditional coverage aspects...
Nov 6 2019 // Gary Kitchen has been promoted to president, MGA Division, at Worldwide Facilities LLC, a national wholesale insurance broker, managing general agent and program underwriter.Kitchen’s insurance industry career spans...
Nov 5 2019 // London-based managing general agent Nexus Group announces the rebranding of Equinox Global Inc. in the U.S. as Nexus Specialty Inc.Nexus said the move will enhance the company’s aim to build both through acquisition...
Nov 4 2019 // Fidelis Insurance, the Bermuda-headquartered re/insurer, announced it has taken an equity stake in a new managing general agent (MGA) Perigon Product Recall Ltd., and will be providing underwriting capacity.Perigon’s...
Oct 21 2019 // When it comes to innovation and utilization of emerging technologies in the insurance industry, reinsurance companies once led the way as early adopters of technology. But recently, the primary insurance sector has...
Oct 17 2019 // Castel Specialty, the London-based division of club-style MGA formation platform Castel Underwriting Agencies Ltd., has entered the construction and engineering market, primarily focused on the UK, North America,...