Latest Insurance Wholesale Headlines

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People

Jan 11 2009 // National managing general agent Burns & Wilcox has promoted Anthony Cugini to manager of the company’s Houston office. He is responsible for increasing sales across all product lines, including professional...

Lloyd’s, FSA Approve New MGA for ‘Sportscover’ Syndicate

Jan 6 2009 // The Financial Services Authority and Lloyd’s have given approval for a new managing agency to assume the management of the Sportscover syndicate, 3334 SCS. The new managing agency, Sportscover Underwriting Limited...

Retail, Wholesale Insurance Brokers Working on Electronic Transactions

Dec 19 2008 // Retail insurance agents and wholesale brokers are working on a plan to streamline how they do business together including improving electronic applications, electronic interfaces between the parties, and general agent Web...

AXIS Capital to Acquire Managing General Agent Dexta

Dec 10 2008 // Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings Limited announced that it has agreed to acquire the business and operations of Australian managing general agent Dexta Corporation Pty Ltd. from its shareholders, Ironbridge Capital,...

Central Texas-Based MGA Adds Great American Markets

Dec 3 2008 // TAGA, an independent privately-owned managing general agency based in the Austin, Texas, area, announced it is now managing general agent for Great American Insurance Group to offer admitted property and inland marine...

Retail Agents Left Wondering About Austin Surplus Lines

Nov 16 2008 // Austin Surplus Lines, a managing general agency with offices in the Austin, Dallas and Houston areas, apparently has ceased conducting some or all of its contracted business, to the surprise of at least some of its...

Retail Agents Left Wondering About Austin Surplus Lines

Nov 11 2008 // Austin Surplus Lines, a managing general agency with offices in the Austin, Dallas and Houston areas, apparently has ceased conducting some or all of its contracted business, to the surprise of at least some of its...

ProLawyer Insurance, LLC Announces New MGA Appointment for an Admitted Lawyers Professional Liability Product

Oct 22 2008 // Newtown, PA – ProLawyer Insurance, LLC is pleased to announce its Managing General Agent appointment with ProAssurance Group companies. ProAssurance Group is rated “A-” (Excellent) by A.M. Best and...

Surplus Lines: A Market in Transition

Oct 20 2008 // For surplus lines insurance providers the economic turmoil and soft insurance market means a double-hit on profitability. Some industry experts predict the unstable conditions brought on by the economy and the global...

Industry Innovators Give Agents Alternative Solutions

Oct 20 2008 // Recent estimates show that about one third of all commercial risks in the United States are placed in an “alternative market.” As producers already know, many general accounts no longer can be placed through...

York Insurance Services Group, Inc. Acquires Site Inspections LLC, Now Offering Nationwide Loss Control Services

Oct 10 2008 // PARSIPPANY, N.J., (October 10, 2008) – York Insurance Services Group, Inc., a premier national provider of insurance services, including claims handling, specialized loss adjusting, managed care, insurance pool...

Sullivan Group Forms Sullivan Brokers Wholesale Insurance Solutions

Oct 6 2008 // The Los Angeles-based Sullivan Group has announced the formation of Sullivan Brokers, Wholesale Insurance Solutions Inc., a national wholesale brokerage firm with an emphasis on professional, management and health care...

Introducing Sullivan Brokers, Wholesale Insurance Solutions, Inc.

Oct 1 2008 // Los Angeles, CA, October 1, 2008 – The Sullivan Group has announced the formation of Sullivan Brokers Wholesale Insurance Solutions, Inc. Combining the strengths of professional broking practices from Sullivan...

People

Sep 22 2008 // Jacksonville, Florida-based Harden & Associates, an insurance brokerage company, promoted Dustin Theilacker to chief information officer.As CIO, Theilacker will continue to provide technology vision and leadership for...

Wholesaler CRC Insurance Acquires Competitor Southern Risk of S.C.

Sep 3 2008 // CRC Insurance Services Inc., the wholesale insurance subsidiary of BB&T Corp., reports it has completed a purchase of Southern Risk Operations LLC.Sumter, S.C.-based Southern Risk is an excess and surplus (E&S)...

People

Sep 1 2008 // Community Financial Insurance Center, Monroe, La., hired Jeanette F. Credo as senior vice president for its new Financial Institutions Division for the states of Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi.Credo will establish and...

Lloyd’s in the 21st Century

Sep 1 2008 // Any institution — and there aren’t many — that survives and thrives for 320 years must find ways to adapt to changing conditions. Lloyd’s of London’s transformation offers some insights as to how such...

A Winning Culture

Sep 1 2008 // Insurance Journal Top 100 Agency ProfileRANKING: No. 12 Headquarters: Denver, Colo. and Wichita, Kan. Year Founded: 1973 Additional Locations: Topeka, Kan., Dallas, Texas, Kansas City, Kan. 2007 Total Property/Casualty...

Cindy Downs

Aug 21 2008 // Dallas-based wholesale insurance broker and managing general agent Towerstone Inc. has added four new members to its team.Cindy Downs was added as a senior underwriter in the firm’s MGA unit. Downs formerly was a...

MyNewMarkets.com Announces Two More Exchange Conferences

Aug 8 2008 // Due to the success of it’s inaugural Exchange conference, MyNewMarkets.com, has scheduled two additional conferences in San Diego on Sept. 4, 2008. and Dallas on Sept. 30, 2008.MyNewMarkets.com Exchange conferences...