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Burns & Wilcox Expands Footprint in Pennsylvania, Plans More Hires

Jun 29 2017 // Burns & Wilcox, a wholesale insurance broker and underwriting manager, has increased its footprint in Pennsylvania with an office move and expansion for its Pittsburgh office to accommodate its growing team and...

Kaufman Financial Group CEO Joins St. John’s University Risk Management Board

Jun 15 2017 // Alan Jay Kaufman, chairman, president and CEO of Detroit/Farmington Hills, Michigan-based H.W. Kaufman Financial Group, has joined the School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science board of overseers at the...

H.W. Kaufman Financial Group Acquires Michigan’s Chlystek & White Services

Jun 6 2017 // H.W. Kaufman Financial Group has acquired Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Chlystek & White Services (CWS) Inc. – a regional insurance premium audit services company. CWS will become part of Afirm, Kaufman’s...

Burns & Wilcox Names Posner Director of High Net Worth in California

May 11 2017 // Burns & Wilcox has added Heather Posner as an associate vice president and director of its high net worth practice in Los Angeles, Calif. Posner will specifically be focused on expanding the firm’s high net worth...

Partners Specialty’s Waite Goes to Burns & Wilcox as Vice President in California

May 3 2017 // Burns & Wilcox Brokerage has named Susanne M. Waite vice president and senior broker in its San Francisco, Calif. office. Waite has more than 30 years of experience in insurance, with 14 years in wholesale. Waite...

US-Reports and Canadian Reports Merger Creates Colorado Risk Solutions Firm

Feb 22 2017 // H.W. Kaufman Financial Group has combined US-Reports and Canadian Reports, rebranding both companies under the name Afirm, which is based in Fort Collins, Colo. The merger will continue their global presence and allow a...

H.W. Kaufman, Burns & Wilcox Canada Buy XN Canada Private Client Services

Jan 31 2017 // H.W. Kaufman Financial Group and Burns & Wilcox Canada announced they have acquired the high-value homeowner’s insurance practice from Quebec-based XN Financial Services Inc. (XN). A managing general agent and...

H.W. Kaufman Acquires Essential Insurance Services in Colorado

Jan 26 2017 // H.W. Kaufman Financial Group has acquired Colorado-based Essential Insurance Services Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Essential Insurance Services will become part of US-Reports, Kaufman’s national...

H.W. Kaufman/Burns & Wilcox Promotes Paulin, Bates, Manuelidis, Shipley, 14 Others

Dec 1 2016 // Michael S. Paulin has been named chief information offer and vice president of H.W. Kaufman Financial Group and Burns & Wilcox. Paulin joined Michigan-based Kaufman in 2014. He Joined Burns & Wilcox from...

Burns & Wilcox Names CRC’s Fuhrman to Retail Agency National Relationship Post

Sep 22 2016 // H.W. Kaufman Financial Group and Burns & Wilcox announced that Marc Fuhrman will join the firm in a new role as national relationship manager. Fuhrman, based in Los Angeles, formerly served as senior vice president of...

Burns & Wilcox Chicago Hires Former Willis Towers Watson VP, Mullen

Jun 16 2016 // Wholesale insurance broker, Burns & Wilcox, has added Mary Mullen as manager, Personal Insurance, in its Chicago office. Mullen, who most recently served as vice president, regional operations officer at Willis Towers...

Burns & Wilcox Brokerage Expands Chicago Team

May 13 2016 // Burns & Wilcox Brokerage has appointed industry veteran Adrian Smith and a team of three specialty insurance brokers to enhance its brokerage capabilities in Chicago. Smith joins the Chicago office as senior vice...

Burns & Wilcox Opens New Office in Orlando, Siegel to Lead

Mar 18 2016 // Burns & Wilcox has opened a new office in Orlando, Fla., extending the company’s footprint to three locations in Florida, which also include Daytona Beach and Tampa. Burns & Wilcox has operated in Florida for...

H.W. Kaufman Financial Group Acquires New Orleans Site for Burns & Wilcox Center

Mar 10 2016 // The Michigan-based specialty insurance organization, H.W. Kaufman Financial Group, has acquired the Cox Communications Building located in the greater New Orleans area. As part of the acquisition, the building will be...

People – West

Jan 11 2016 // H.W. Kaufman Financial Group, headquartered in Detroit/Farmington Hills, Mich., named Wayne Bates president of Atain Insurance Cos. and corporate senior vice president of Kaufman Financial Group. Bates joins Atain...

Nationwide Private Client, Burns & Wilcox Donate $50K to Detroit Charities

Dec 30 2015 // Property/casualty insurance organizations Nationwide Private Client and Burns & Wilcox together have donated nearly $50,000 to Detroit-area charitable organizations. Living Arts and City Year Detroit each received a...

Bates Joins Burns & Wilcox Special Risk Division

Dec 18 2015 // Laura Bates has rejoined Burns & Wilcox as associate vice president, Special Risk Division. Bates, former vice president, Underwriting of Canopius U.S., assumes responsibility for several of the organization’s...

Burns & Wilcox Brokerage Names Parks Vice President in Arizona

Nov 9 2015 // Burns & Wilcox Brokerage has named Susie Parks vice president and senior broker in the firm’s Scottsdale, Ariz. office. Parks will focus on real estate, hospitality, products and product recall coverage. Parks...

Burns & Wilcox Brokerage Opens Office in North Carolina

Sep 29 2015 // Burns & Wilcox Brokerage has opened a new full service brokerage office in Charlotte, North Carolina. This latest location is the third the company has opened in just nine months. According to Denis Brady, president of...

Burns & Wilcox Brokerage Hires Moskie as VP in New York

Aug 5 2015 // Burns & Wilcox Brokerage hired Philip Moskie as vice president of Property Brokerage for its New York City office. Moskie brings nearly two decades of wholesale brokerage experience to the role. He most recently...