SIAA News

People Moves: Senior Hires at Everest Wholesale Division; Zoidis New Atain CEO; Bohac Joins SIAA; B&B Adds 5 to Analytics Team

Everest Insurance Division Announces Key Leadership Appointments Everest Insurance, the Insurance division of Everest Re Group, Ltd., has announced key appointments in its U.S. Wholesale division. Casey Hartley has been named senior vice president and head of U.S. wholesale casualty. …

Markets/Coverages: Openly’s New Homeowners Carrier; Neptune Flood, SIAA Partnership; MiKargo247 Launches for Per-Load Freight

Openly Starts Openly Insurance Company, a Licensed Homeowners Insurance Carrier Openly announced the launch of the Openly Insurance Company, a homeowners insurance carrier licensed in 17 states. Openly had formerly operating solely as a MGA. The announcement was made only …

New E-Book, Online Guide Aims to Help Insurance Agencies Deal with Disruptions

A new e-book and online resource guide created by a trio of insurance agency executives, including Tony Caldwell, CEO of the Oklahoma-based agency network One Agents Alliance, aims to provide independent insurance agents across the country with steps and actions …

Manteca in Northern California Joins SIIAS

Manteca Insurance and Financial Services has joined Strategic Independent Insurance Agency Solutions, an SIAA regional network of independent agencies in Northern California. Manteca Insurance is an insurance agency based in San Joaquin County, Calif. that specializes in commercial, personal and …

SIAA Hires Smith as Director of Enterprise Applications in New Hampshire

SIAA (Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance) has hired Dan Smith as director of enterprise applications, a new position at its Hampton, N.H., location. SIAA is a national alliance of more than 6,750 signed independent insurance agency members. Enterprise systems technology in …

Junction West Insurance Solutions in California Joins SIAA

Junction West Insurance Solutions in Roseville, Calif., has joined Strategic Independent Insurance Agency Solutions. SIIAS is regional network of independent agencies spanning 28 counties in Northern California. Rick Hoem, owner of Junction West, has been in the insurance industry for …

SIAA Helping Smaller Agents Become ‘Instantly Big’

SIAA (Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance) announced in March that it has reached a milestone — its members recorded $6 billion of in-force written premium in 2015. This was achieved as SIAA celebrated its 20th year. During 2015, for the seventh …

SIAA Grew Premium to $5.7B, Signed 410 New Member Agencies in 2014

SIAA (Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance) said it grew premium by $901 million in 2014 to $5.7 billion, with 80 percent of its growth coming from existing member agencies. Premium growth with SIAA’s strategic partner companies was up more than $576 …

Tague Alliance Names McLaren Vice President in Southern California

Tague Alliance has named John McLaren vice president of business development. Tague Alliance is an SIAA master agency, and McLaren’s focus is to expand growth of the SIAA and Tague Alliance brand in the Orange County and Inland Empire areas …

SIAA Adds 204 Member Agencies in First 6 Months 2014

The Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance, or SIAA, signed 204 new member agencies in the first six months of 2014, including its 5,000th member agency since its inception in 1995. SIAA also reached $5 billion in in-force premium during this six-month …