Latest Insurance Wholesale Headlines

All the headlines from our Insurance Wholesale Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Declarations

Sep 25 2006 // Gambling man “Our investigation determined that Mr. Bowen created an elaborate scheme that diverted the premiums of dozens of customers into his personal bank accounts to fund gambling and other personal activities....

Aon freed to accept contingent pay when serving as managing general agents

Sep 25 2006 // Aon Corporation said it has obtained agreement from five agencies in three states to amend its settlement agreements so that it can accept contingent compensation from an insurer for which Aon is acting as a general agent...

MGAs Urge Congress to Pass Surplus Lines Reform Bill

Sep 22 2006 // The American Association of Managing General Agents is asking Congressman John A. Boehner, R-Ohio, and Congressman John Conyers, D-Mich., to place the Non-Admitted & Reinsurance Reform Act of 2006, HR 5637, on the...

NetRate Systems, Inc., QualCorp, Inc. and VRC Insurance Systems Announce Three-way Systems Integration

Sep 13 2006 // NetRate Systems, Inc. (Okemos, MI), QualCorp, Inc (Valencia, CA) and VRC Insurance Systems (Westlake Village, CA) are jointly announcing plans to provide coordinated Rating, Policy Issuance, and Policy Administration...

Aon Freed to Accept Contingent Pay When Serving as MGA

Sep 7 2006 // Aon Corporation said it has obtained agreement from five agencies in three states to amend its settlement agreements so that it can accept contingent compensation from an insurer for which Aon is acting as a general agent...

Rates are softening

Sep 4 2006 // As the surplus lines world turns to another year of soft market conditions, specialists and innovators may be the ones to survive as increasing competition intensifies, according to excess and surplus lines brokers,...

Also, Phillip Hill was elected chief financial officer and vice president of operations. Hill has been part of Ogilvy-Hi

Sep 4 2006 // PeopleOgilvy-Hill Insurance elected Mark Shipp president and CEO. Shipp has been with Ogilvy Hill for 11 years. In addition to his new role as president/CEO he will continue to build new relationships in the field. The...

Marsh to accept contingent pay as MGA

Sep 4 2006 // In a departure from their $850 million agreement prohibiting all contingent payments, New York officials have agreed to let Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. (MMC) accept contingent commissions from an insurer for which...

Willis Joins Marsh in Getting OK for Contingency Pay for MGA Services

Sep 1 2006 // Global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings has signed an agreement with the New York Attorney General and the Insurance Department of New York amending the previous agreement banning receipt of all contingent...

Marsh Given OK to Accept Contingent Pay When Serving as MGA

Aug 25 2006 // In a departure from their $850 million agreement prohibiting all contingent payments, New York officials have agreed to let Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. (MMC) accept contingent commissions from an insurer for which...

Target Markets leaders see now as good time to shop proven programs

Aug 7 2006 // TMPAA’s Thompson, Siefert discuss today’s program business opportunities and program administrators’ evolutionDespite soft market conditions, program carriers are less than enthusiastic about jumping at...

Target Markets leaders see now as good time to shop proven programs

Aug 7 2006 // Despite soft market conditions, program carriers are less than enthusiastic about jumping at the chance to start a new program, according to two industry experts. But times may be ripe for a program manager who is less...

Why surplus lines reform makes sense in 2006

Jul 24 2006 // The AAMGA is an international trade association comprised of 503 member agents, brokers, insurance, captive and reinsurance companies, Lloyd’s of London syndicates and underwriters, state stamping and surplus line...

Why surplus lines reform makes sense in 2006

Jul 24 2006 // The American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA) commends efforts to modernize commercial insurance markets while maintaining the state-based system of insurance regulation and the surplus lines market’s...

Why surplus lines reform makes sense in 2006

Jul 24 2006 // The AAMGA is an international trade association comprised of 503 member agents, brokers, insurance, captive and reinsurance companies, Lloyd’s of London syndicates and underwriters, state stamping and surplus line...

Why surplus lines reform makes sense in 2006

Jul 24 2006 // The American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA) commends efforts to modernize commercial insurance markets while maintaining the state-based system of insurance regulation and the surplus lines market’s...

NetRate Systems Enables Commerce West Insurance Company to Implement Straight-Through Processing.

Jul 18 2006 // OKEMOS, MI – NetRate Systems has successfully partnered with Commerce West Insurance Company to enable Commerce West to implement rate/ quote/ issue of Personal Auto policies.The process utilizes a NetRate Systems...

Pacific Wholesale Insurance Opens Chicago Office

Jul 11 2006 // Atlanta-based Pacific Wholesale Insurance Brokers, LLC (PWIB) has opened a new branch office in Chicago. According to the release issued by the company, the Chicago office will operate as a wholesale insurance broker...

Mercator Risk Adds Assistant Vice President in Midwest

Jul 7 2006 // New York-based Mercator Risk Services, a specialty wholesale insurance broker, has added Julie Courcelle Lewin to its expanding Midwest Casualty Practice as an assistant vice president.Prior to joining Mercator, Lewin...

Target Markets Mid-Year Meeting

Jul 4 2006 // Steve Way Has Built Giant HCC Holdings Via Acquisitions and He’s Not Done YetManaging general agents and program administrators have an admirer with deep pockets in Steven Way. Getting some of that money might be one...