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American Wholesale Insurance Group Acquires Seaboard Underwriters Inc.

May 2 2003 // American Wholesale Insurance Group (www.amwins.com) has completed the acquisition of Seaboard Underwriters, Inc., a provider of insurance solutions for the transportation industry. Seaboard operates as a managing general...

Brown & Brown Acquires MGAs

Mar 21 2003 // Brown & Brown Inc. of Daytona Beach and Tampa, Fla., announced it has acquired managing general agencies in Georgia and North Carolina in transactions effective March 1.Saville & Associates Inc. of Norcross, Ga.,...

Additional Benefits Company’s WebApp Upload Expands

Mar 19 2003 // Additional Benefits Company (www.getabc.com), developers of WebApp (www.webapp.net) , an integrated web-based application upload and point-of-sale system, announced the addition of its newest client, Med James, Inc., a...

The ABCs of MGAs

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The ABCs of MGAs

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SoftNet Systems Purchases Insurance Holding Company, Changes Name to American Independence Corp.

Nov 14 2002 // SoftNet Systems, Inc. has acquired the stock of Independence American Holdings Corp. (“IAHC”) from Independence Holding Company (“IHC”) and SoftNet has changed its name to American Independence...

Reinsurance through an MGA: A Retail Agent’s Guide

Oct 28 2002 // Retail agents know where to turn when they have a specialized need, a difficult coverage to place, or any kind of excess or surplus line of business: the managing general agent. Due to the broad range of coverage options...

Reinsurance through an MGA: A Retail Agent’s Guide

Oct 28 2002 // Retail agents know where to turn when they have a specialized need, a difficult coverage to place, or any kind of excess or surplus line of business: the managing general agent. Due to the broad range of coverage options...

Tight Reinsurance Capacity Puts the Squeeze on Program Market

Oct 14 2002 // As more and more reinsurers become increasingly timorous in a hard market yet to peak, one of the most acutely affected business lines have been programs. Reinsurance capacity for many standard commercial lines has dropped...

Tight Reinsurance Capacity Puts the Squeeze on Program Market

Oct 14 2002 // As more and more reinsurers become increasingly timorous in a hard market yet to peak, one of the most acutely affected business lines has been programs. Reinsurance capacity for many standard commercial lines has dropped...

Trumbull to Provide Admin. Services to Cypress Point

Sep 25 2002 // Trumbull Services L.L.C., a Windsor, Conn.-based provider of outsourcing and technology services to P/C insurers, announced it has agreet to provide commercial lines administrative services to Cypress Point Insurance...

Morris, Manning & Martin Forms Legal Practice Group For MGA’s

Sep 10 2002 // Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP has formed a new practice group to serve the needs of independent Managing General Agents (MGAs).The new group will provide focused services involving: * Contracts with insurance carriers...

MGA’s Stay a Step Ahead with the Internet

Aug 19 2002 // In efforts to not only stay a step ahead of the competition but also reduce costs in the long run, many managing general agencies are utilizing the Internet at greater lengths these days.As the nation as a whole spends...

All Aboard the Technology Train

Aug 19 2002 // The technology train arrived years ago and those that chose not to purchase a ticket are finding out that they very well may be left behind at the station.In a day and age when hits, HTML, links, and software are part of...

E-Commerce Capabilities Becoming Critical Industry Tool

Aug 19 2002 // As wholesalers and managing general agents (MGA’s), we often serve our insurance retailers by offering contract programs where we have been “given the pen” and are allowed to underwrite and bind business...

MGA’s Stay a Step Ahead with the Internet

Aug 19 2002 // In efforts to not only stay a step ahead of the competition but also reduce costs in the long run, many managing general agencies are utilizing the Internet at greater lengths these days.As the nation as a whole spends...

All Aboard the Technology Train

Aug 19 2002 // The technology train arrived years ago and those that chose not to purchase a ticket are finding out that they very well may be left behind at the station.In a day and age when hits, HTML, links, and software are part of...

E-Commerce Capabilities Becoming Critical Industry Tool

Aug 19 2002 // As wholesalers and managing general agents (MGA’s), we often serve our insurance retailers by offering contract programs where we have been “given the pen” and are allowed to underwrite and bind business...

Programs, Beacons of Stability in Tumultuous Markets

Aug 5 2002 // Now that the hard market has firmly set, it’s no secret that more and more standard property and casualty insurance carriers are seeking to stem losses by restricting coverage and revamping underwriting habits. As in...

Programs, Beacons of Stability in Tumultuous Markets

Aug 5 2002 // Now that the hard market has firmly set, it’s no secret that more and more standard property and casualty insurance carriers are seeking to stem losses by restricting coverage and revamping underwriting habits. As in...