All the headlines from our Insurance Wholesale Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 16 2014 // It’s summertime, and that means millions of active people are outside enjoying their recreational vehicle of choice. Virtually all RVs require some form of insurance protection, whether it’s for the vehicle...
Jun 12 2014 // UK-based club-style MGA formation platform Castel Underwriting Agencies announced the appointment of Mark Posner as its chief operating officer. He will report to CEO, Mark Birrell, and lead the continued development of...
Jun 5 2014 // Members of the UK’s Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) are “prioritizing the development of new business lines and products to drive organic growth over the next three years according to the...
May 28 2014 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. said it has acquired MGA Insurance Group of Lakewood Ranch, Florida. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1989, MGA Insurance Group (MGA) is a national program...
May 19 2014 // Matthew Letson, incoming president of the American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA), found the insurance industry like most do – by accident.After college, he landed a job at Markel doing marketing research...
Apr 29 2014 // Insential Inc., a full service property and casualty insurance wholesale brokerage, appointed Stephen Mileski as senior vice president in its program division in Illinois.He will be responsible for developing P/C program...
Apr 21 2014 // Lloyd’s has published a more detailed strategy for 2014-2016, setting out how it will work towards achieving its goals, embodied in its “Vision 2025” Plan, which details “how the Corporation will...
Apr 15 2014 // The London-based Nexus Group, a Managing General Agency (MGA) announced the formation of a new specialist product line covering a wide range of accident, sickness and travel insurance, written on a direct and facultative...
Mar 6 2014 // Specialist Lloyd’s underwriter Marketform announced that it is the first Lloyd’s Managing Agency to secure a coverholder in Lithuania, one of the fast-emerging countries in the Baltic region.“Initially...
Feb 27 2014 // Great Lakes regional insurance wholesaler, Grand General Agency in Grandville, Mich., has promoted John Salzwedel to the position of chief executive officer. Salzwedel has been with Grand General since 1997 and has...
Feb 25 2014 // The Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) announced the election of Darren Doherty of Pioneer, Jeff Turner of Miramar and Catherine Bell of inet3 to its board at its annual general meeting.They join existing...
Feb 11 2014 // Representatives of over 75 percent of the UK’s Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) member organizations gathered yesterday to hear Peter Montanaro, Head of Delegated Authorities at Lloyd’s, set...
Feb 5 2014 // Jonathan Bobbs and Aaron Hoefle have joined independent insurance wholesaler, All Risks Ltd., in Dallas. Bobbs, a brokerage underwriter at All Risks, has expertise in property business. Bobbs previously was a national...
Feb 3 2014 // Grandville, Mich.-based Grand General Agency, a Great Lakes regional wholesaler, has welcomed Jamie Fisher to its team. Fisher will be serving the independent agents of Wisconsin and Minnesota as Grand General’s...
Jan 30 2014 // Lyle Ashley, decorated Navy veteran, insurance agency founder, and well-known professional in Texas insurance circles, passed away Jan. 24, 2014.Ashley, 69, received The Vietnam Service Medal with two bronze stars for his...
Jan 23 2014 // Castel Underwriting Agencies Limited, a member of the Barbican Insurance Group, announced that Altitude Risk Partners has become the first underwriting cell to utilize its “club-style” MGA platform to create a...
Jan 14 2014 // Orlando, Fla. (Jan. 14, 2014) – Insurance Programs of America, a nationwide MGA and wholesale brokerage firm, announced a new addition to their hotel underwriting division. Lynn Vogel will be joining IPOA as an...
Jan 13 2014 // Huntington, West Virginia-based managing general agent Bloss & Dillard Inc. announced it has acquired and now operates Agents Insurance Markets Inc., a managing general agent in Richmond, Virginia. The new acquisition...
Jan 8 2014 // The Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) announced from its London headquarters that it has begun its board election process and has called for nominations from members.The results of the election will be...
Nov 7 2013 // Dovetail Insurance, a supplier of cloud-based insurance product delivery services, is expanding its distribution of NetBOP in seven states, including Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin....