All the headlines from our Insurance Wholesale Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 8 2019 // Salus Workers’ Compensation LLC (Salus), a managing general agent (MGA) and third-party administrator (TPA), has completed its acquisition of Method LLC d/b/a Method Insurance Services (Method), a full-service...
Sep 30 2019 // H.W. Kaufman Group, the Farmington Hills, Mich.-based wholesale broker and managing general agent, announced the acquisition of Node International, a U.K. managing general agent that specializes in cyber risk and...
Sep 18 2019 // Atlanta, GA, September 18, 2019 — Breckenridge Insurance Services is pleased to announce the hiring of Aaron Patterson, vice president, broker. Patterson brings a well-rounded commercial insurance sales and underwriting...
Sep 9 2019 // Atlanta, GA, September 9, 2019 — Bob Leonhart and Cricket Thomas, CRIS, both executive vice presidents and program directors at Blue River Underwriters, will host an informative webinar on the Fire Sprinkler Elite...
Sep 4 2019 // Ryan Specialty Group Europe announced that its London-based transactional risk managing general underwriter, Hunter George & Partners, is changing its name to RSG Transactional Risks Europe. The dedicated transactional...
Aug 26 2019 // One General Agency (OGA) has acquired the renewal rights to the book of business previously owned by Oklahoma City-based Acton Inc. (Acton).Acton President Eric Acton will be joining the OGA staff. One General Agency...
Aug 19 2019 // Arch Insurance North America has agreed to acquire Ventus Risk Management, a technology and analytics-driven managing general underwriter that specializes in providing coastal commercial property insurance solutions to...
Aug 15 2019 // Atlanta, GA, August 15, 2019 — Breckenridge Insurance Services is pleased to announce the hiring of George Boldarini, RPLU, AU, vice president, broker, professional liability. Boldarini has nearly 20 years of insurance...
Aug 9 2019 // Two key executives involved in the acquisition of Topa Insurance Group by Altamont Capital Partners who spoke about the deal were emphatic about one thing: wholesalers will continue to be the center of the company’s...
Aug 8 2019 // EmergIn Risk, part of the Ryan Specialty Group family and a division of RSG Underwriting Managers, has expanded its insurance agents and brokers professional liability program, [In]fuse to include new coverage and less...
Aug 7 2019 // Atlanta, GA, August 7, 2019 — Stephen Manahan has joined the Specialty Property Program team of Blue River Underwriters, part of Breckenridge Insurance Group, as vice president, underwriting. Manahan brings more than 25...
Aug 5 2019 // Dallas-based property/casualty insurance wholesaler and managing general agent (MGA), U.S. Risk LLC, has acquired U.S. E&O Brokers (U.S. E&O), a wholesale broker and MGA.U.S. E&O is headquartered in Houston,...
Aug 5 2019 // The Vertafore technology users network, NetVU, has named Linda Dodson as executive director. Dodson’s career has included work in an insurance agency and with agency carriers. She began her insurance career with Rand...
Jul 29 2019 // AXA XL’s U.S. marine insurance business and Vindati, an insurtech managing general underwriter (MGU) offering specialty products and an integrated shopping experience for brokers and agents, have partnered to offer...
Jul 29 2019 // Independent specialty managing general agent Nexus Group has acquired Plus Risk Ltd. (PRL), a London-based financial and professional lines MGA, providing management liability and niche professional indemnity...
Jul 25 2019 // MGAguard, a new technology-enabled platform funded by Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. and its affiliates and funds managed by TCW Asset Management Co., has launched with a focus on offering specialty insurance...
Jul 25 2019 // HDI Global Specialty SE has strengthened its position in Sweden with the acquisition of alternative specialty lines managing general agent, Svedea AB.Svedea is one of the three largest insurers of yachts, motorcycles and...
Jul 24 2019 // Ensurance, the specialist MGA and Lloyd’s of London Coverholder, has launched a new terrorism and sabotage insurance offering for the U.S. market. The product will support the U.S. property market and is backed by an...
Jul 10 2019 // Texas-based managing general agency and surplus lines broker, LP Risk, has acquired the assets and operations of Houston Surplus Lines, an independently owned wholesale insurance brokerage. Houston Surplus Lines team will...
Jun 17 2019 // Pioneer Underwriters, the underwriting group within Minova Insurance Holdings, has appointed Nick Greggains CEO of Pioneer’s U.S. operation, effective March 25. Greggains succeeds previous U.S. CEO Gene Hinman, who...