All the headlines from our Insurance Wholesale Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Jul 23 2008 // Westbrook, Connecticut-based Maritime General Agency has hired Sylvia Beckerman as chief operating officer. Beckerman’s responsibilities include daily oversight of all operational segments of MGA’s various...
Jul 7 2008 // PeopleMcQueary Henry Bowles Troy LLP (MHBT) added Jim Anderson as senior vice president in the Dallas-based firm’s property/casualty group. Anderson will oversee the production and account management of...
Jun 17 2008 // San Diego based Coronado Insurance Wholesale Services has added online features to its admitted general liability program, Freedom. Freedom online features include online quoting, underwriting, and policy issuance, ISO 12...
Jun 2 2008 // The program market continues to grow and will continue to grow in 2008, as insurance companies focus on core concerns of new business production, premium writing and rate profitability. However, several new trends emerged...
Jun 2 2008 // Editor’s Note: The following is part two of a discussion of the risk retention options available to managing general agents, the variables which may affect their execution, and the means and modes of analysis. The...
May 21 2008 // The program market continues to grow and will continue to grow in 2008, as insurance companies focus on core concerns of new business production, premium writing and rate profitability, according to a new industry survey...
May 5 2008 // Smart program administrators know that aligning themselves with financially-strong insurance carriers can help attract good clients to their program. While the process of evaluating a program relationship takes more time...
May 5 2008 // Like the love-lorn users of match.com, independent agents hunting for business partners among surplus lines wholesalers and managing general agents are thinking long-term, not short.They are looking for partners who will...