Latest NFP Headlines

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

NFP Focusing on Organic Growth in Central Texas Expansion

Mar 5 2018 // Employee benefits and property/casualty insurance broker and consultant NFP traditionally has grown through acquisitions but as the global organization targets Central Texas for expansion it plans to use another strategy...

Everest Specialty Expands Private Company Financial Lines Team

Feb 21 2018 // Everest Insurance has expanded the financial lines division of Everest Specialty Underwriters (ESU ), naming five professionals to its new Private Company/Not-For-Profit unit.The Private/NFP team is targeting small, middle...

People

Feb 5 2018 // CAL Insurance & Associates Inc. has added Elian Boukhalil as an account manager.Boukhalil will work within CAL’s affluent families division. She was previously an intern with Publiscreen Online. Before that she...

NFP Names Wadsworth Vice President for Corporate Benefits in Utah

Jan 22 2018 // NFP has named Clint Wadsworth vice president for corporate benefits. Wadsworth has been assigned to oversee and help lead the corporate benefits strategy within NFP’s existing large employer segment. Wadsworth will...

After the Storms: The Insurance Industry to the Rescue

Dec 18 2017 // When disaster strikes, the insurance industry plays a critical role in helping affected individuals, businesses and communities get back on their feet. After all, an insurance policy is a promise to pay when tragedy and...

Brown Joins NFP as Managing Director for Central Texas

Nov 3 2017 // Insurance broker and consultant, NFP Corp., has hired Kevin Brown as a managing director in its Austin, Texas, office. He will lead NFP’s retail sales and distribution operation, serving the Central Texas market, and...

NFP Acquires Beacon Insurance Group of South Carolina

Sep 7 2017 // NFP, an insurance broker and consultant that provides employee benefits, property & casualty (P&C), retirement and individual private client products, has acquired Beacon Insurance Group, Inc., of South...

101 Sales, Marketing & Agency Management Ideas

Aug 21 2017 // 1. Dare to Break the Mold. We tend to hit a sweet spot of what works for us in agency management and stay there, focusing on the “sexier” sales side of the business. It’s fine to keep what works, but...

NFP Acquires International Insurance Group in Arizona

Jun 28 2017 // NFP Corp. has acquired Flagstaff, Ariz.-based International Insurance Group Inc. Nate Watson, chief operating officer of IIG, will join as managing director of NFP’s property/casualty business and report directly to...

NFP’s Ryan Joins Cal Insurance as Director in Employee Benefits

Jun 6 2017 // San Francisco-based CAL Insurance & Associates Inc. has named John M. Ryan director of employee benefits advisory. Ryan has experience working with middle-market businesses to design employee benefits program...

NFP Acquires Oklahoma’s Bigbie, Hensley & Janway Insurance

May 30 2017 // Insurance broker and consultant NFP has acquired Oklahoma City-based Bigbie, Hensley & Janway Insurance Agency Inc.(BHJ). The transaction closed on May 1, 2017. BHJ provides benefits products and services with an...

Business Moves

May 15 2017 // Validus Holdings Ltd. has completed its acquisition of Crop Risk Services business (CRS), a primary crop insurance managing general agent, from Archer Daniels Midland Co.In the deal that was announced in January, ADM...

NFP’s Beatty Joins CAL Insurance as Managing Director

May 8 2017 // CAL Insurance & Associates Inc. has named Diane Beatty as a managing director if private client services. Beatty has experience working in the high-net-worth area. She previously was a regional vice president at...

NFP Acquires Hole-in-One in Nevada

May 2 2017 // NFP Corp. has acquired Reno, Nev.-based Hole-in-One U.S.A. HIO is a provider of hole-in-one coverage for golf events throughout the U.S. David Nelson, principal of the firm, will join NFP as a director and report to Terry...

NFP Acquires Arkansas’ Thomas Insurance Agency

Apr 10 2017 // National insurance broker and consultant, NFP, has acquired The Thomas Insurance Agency of Benton Inc. in Benton, Ark. Thomas Insurance Agency is a property/casualty insurance broker that provides commercial and personal...

NFP Acquires Mattecheck & Associates in Oregon

Feb 7 2017 // NFP Corp. has acquired Portland, Ore.-based Mattecheck & Associates Inc.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Bill Mattecheck, principal of the firm, will become a senior director of NFP and report to John Hohman,...

NFP Acquires City Securities Insurance in Indiana

Jan 18 2017 // New York-based insurance broker and consultant, NFP, has acquired City Securities Insurance LLC in Indianapolis.The transaction closed on Dec. 30, 2016. City Securities Insurance is a full service property/casualty and...

People – South Central

Dec 19 2016 // State Auto’s Western Region added Bob McCarty as underwriting manager for the Central/South Texas area. He is based in Austin.McCarty has 30 years of insurance and management experience. He began his career in...

Spradley, Cannon Promoted in NFP’s Austin Office

Dec 6 2016 // Insurance broker and consultant NFP has appointed Suzanne Spradley senior vice president, associate general counsel and chief compliance officer, and Chase Cannon vice president, deputy chief compliance officer of benefits...

Business Moves

Jul 11 2016 // Rogers & Gray, Albert Brock Co.Cape Cod, Mass.-based Rogers & Gray Insurance has acquired the independent insurance agency, Albert G. Brock Co., located on Nantucket Island, Mass. The newly formed entity will...