All the headlines from our Insurance Wholesale Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 19 2020 // A new managing general agent has taken over the policies of Windhaven Insurance Company subsidiary The Hearth Group and will begin writing new business in Florida and Texas in the near future.EG Insurance Agency, based in...
Mar 5 2020 // Tokio Marine HCC has agreed to snatch up GCube, a managing general agent with a focus on renewable energy risks.The deal is expected to close in the 2020 second quarter, pending the usual regulatory approval process and...
Mar 3 2020 // Atlanta, GA, March 3, 2020 — Breckenridge Insurance Group announced the appointment of Dennis DiCapua as president of its program division, Blue River Underwriters. DiCapua has a demonstrated track record of building...
Mar 2 2020 // The private equity bandwagon continued to roll through the insurance agency and brokerage mergers and acquisitions territory in 2019. As many as two-thirds of all deals involved private equity, according to experts. Most...
Feb 20 2020 // Garnet Underwriting Managers (GUM), the managing general underwriter assigned to manage Garnet Casualty Insurance Corporation, has signed its first managing general agent, Conway E&S of Warrendale, Penn. This is a step...
Feb 14 2020 // Global reinsurer SCOR said it has acquired a majority stake in AgroBrasil, an MGA focused on distributing fruit and grain loss of crop quality and yield insurance protection to Brazilian farmers.Neither side disclosed...
Feb 14 2020 // Atlanta, GA, February 14, 2020 — The Specialty Property team at Blue River Underwriters will host an informative webinar on the real estate investor property insurance market and other commercial excess and surplus...
Feb 12 2020 // H.W. Kaufman Group, the Farmington Hills, Mich.-based wholesale broker and managing general agent, announced the expansion of Node International’s North American presence with the addition of Matthew Lefchik, who...
Feb 11 2020 // Pen Underwriting has announced the appointment of Tom Downey to the role of chief executive officer, subject to regulatory approval.He takes over the leadership of the £500 million (USS$646 million) GWP underwriting...
Feb 10 2020 // Digital Buys Getting Some Attention; Buyers Getting Bigger; Prices Going Higher; Eyes on DigitalThe private equity bandwagon continued to roll through the insurance agency and brokerage mergers and acquisitions territory...
Feb 7 2020 // Bermuda-based global specialty lines underwriter Argo Group International Holdings has agreed to sell its Trident Public Risk Solutions brand and underwriting platform to Paragon Insurance Holdings.Trident Public Risk...
Feb 4 2020 // Atlanta, GA, February 4, 2020 — Breckenridge Insurance Services is pleased to announce the promotion of Emily Gosch to vice president, property and casualty broker from associate broker. Gosch has been with the company...
Jan 30 2020 // Pro Global Holding Ltd., global re/insurance outsourcing and consulting specialists have formed a partnership with VIPR, a software provider that focuses on delegated authorities. This move will see the two combine their...
Jan 27 2020 // A sweeping California gig economy law was the focus of a lot of the talk this year during an annual insurance wholesalers conference.Assembly Bill 5, California’s gig worker law was signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in...
Jan 23 2020 // CFC, the specialist managing general agent, announced it has acquired the London-based insurtech firm, ThreatInformer.Leveraging a combination of artificial intelligence and machine learning, ThreatInformer’s data...
Jan 17 2020 // Castel Underwriting Agencies Ltd., the managing general agent and club-style MGA formation platform, has announced the appointment of Raoul Carlos as head of Specialty as it structures its underwriting cells and MGAs into...
Jan 15 2020 // A sweeping California gig economy law was the focus of a lot of the talk this year during an annual insurance wholesalers conference.Assembly Bill 5, California’s gig worker law was signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in...
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...
Jan 14 2020 // BPB UW Management Ltd (BPBUW) has launched an underwriting agency focused on nurturing individual MGA businesses.Its executive team is led by Chairman Jonathan Palmer-Brown, CEO John Holm, COO Margaret Ryan and Executive...
Jan 13 2020 // MS Amlin, the London-based re/insurer, announced the launch of David Ashby Underwriting Ltd (DAU), a specialist equine MGA.MS Amlin will serve as lead underwriter for the MGA and provide 50% of capacity for DAU through a...