K&B OPENS FOR BUSINESS IN VA.:

Retail insurance agents have a new brokerage resource: K&B Underwriters LLC, of Fairfax, Va. Founded by insurance veteran Bryan Baird, K&B is a wholesale brokerage. K&B’s initial focus will be the eldercare industry, including nursing homes, assisted living facilities, home health care agencies, independent living facilities, and group homes. For the past several years, Baird was president and part owner of another national wholesale. But earlier this year, he detected a softening in the eldercare insurance market and decided to launch his own firm.