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Bouler Promoted in Burns & Wilcox’s Houston Office

Mar 7 2008 // Burns & Wilcox announced that Marcus Bouler has been promoted to commercial lines underwriter at its Houston office. Most recently, Bouler was an assistant and renewal underwriter. He joined Burns & Wilcox in...

Burns & Wilcox Adds Commercial Lines Producer in Cleveland

Feb 19 2008 // Burns & Wilcox recently announced that Karen Sutera has joined the company’s Cleveland office as a commercial lines producer. Sutera has more than 10 years experience in the insurance industry and has an...

People

Feb 10 2008 // Former Ace Ltd. CEO and Chairman Brian Duperreault has stepped down from the Bermuda-based insurer to assume to role of president and CEO of Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. Duperreault replaces Michael Cherkasky, who...

Burns & Wilcox Names Underwriting Manager at Fla. Office

Feb 7 2008 // Michigan-based Burns & Wilcox promoted Angela Bruce to underwriting manager at its Tampa, Fla., office. Bruce joined the company in 2006 as a commercial underwriter and has more than 25 years of underwriting...

Rebueno Joins Burns & Wilcox’s Houston Office as Underwriter

Feb 5 2008 // Burns & Wilcox announced that Honesto Rebueno has joined the company’s Houston office as an underwriter. Rebueno has more than 30 years’ experience in writing property and casualty coverage, particularly...

Burns & Wilcox Adds Staff to Office in Daytona Beach, Fla.

Jan 29 2008 // Burns & Wilcox appointed Sandra Pigott and Maria Pugliese to underwriting positions at the company’s Daytona Beach, Fla., office. Pigott joined Burns & Wilcox as a senior underwriter. Previously, she was a...

To Thrive and Survive

Jan 27 2008 // E&S brokers seek new ways to grow, prosper in today’s changing market For excess and surplus lines brokers, identifying available insurance markets not sought by the standard market may be the key to surviving...

Burns & Wilcox Add Broker to Michigan Office

Jan 17 2008 // Burns & Wilcox recently announced that Jeffrey Brown has joined the company’s Farmington, Mich. office as a broker. Brown will be responsible for placing business for large complex risks, including large...

Kaufman Financial Group, Burns & Wilcox Add 5 New Vice Presidents

Nov 14 2007 // H.W. Kaufman Financial Group/Burns & Wilcox recently announced the promotions of five executives to the position of vice president to support its strategy of growing the company’s national reach. The...

Burns & Wilcox Names New National Managers

Oct 26 2007 // Famington Hills, Mich.-based Burns & Wilcox announced the promotions of five individuals to management positions. Michael Ehrhardt has been to manager of the company’s St. Louis and Kansas City, Kan., offices....

Burns & Wilcox Appoint Liverance Director of Talent Acquisition

Oct 23 2007 // Farmington Hills, Mich.-based Burns & Wilcox recently announced that Steve Liverance has joined the company as director of talent acquisition. Liverance is responsible for developing and implementing a company-wide...

Burns & Wilcox Promotes Two to Underwriting Positions in Nevada

Sep 13 2007 // Farmington Hills, Mich.-based Burns & Wilcox has appointed Micki Jordan and Kristen Monroy to positions at each of the company’s Nevada locations. Jordan, formerly an underwriting manager in the Denver office,...

Burns & Wilcox Appoints Supervisor in Albuquerque

Aug 28 2007 // Burn & Wilcox has appointed Travis Stuart to supervisor of its Albuquerque, N.M., service center operation. In his new role, Stuart will be responsible for all commercial and personal lines underwriting at the service...

People and Places

Jul 23 2007 // Less than six months after being promoted to the job, Joseph J. Beneducci tendered his resignation as CEO of Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. Chuck Kavitsky, president of Allianz of America and the former Fireman’s...

Business Moves

Jul 23 2007 // Republic, Southern States General Agency Dallas-based Republic Companies Inc. (Republic) acquired Southern States General Agency Inc. (SSGA) from Unitrin Inc., effective July 9. SSGA President Mickey Slaughter and his team...

People

Jul 23 2007 // Less than six months after being promoted to the job, Joseph J. Beneducci tendered his resignation as CEO of Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. Chuck Kavitsky, president of Allianz of America and the former Fireman’s...

Burns & Wilcox Staff Elected to Local Insurance Assn. of Metropolitan Detroit

Jul 10 2007 // Burns & Wilcox announced today that three employees have been elected to Insurance Association of Metropolitan Detroit, Inc. (IAMD) positions. IAMD is a local affiliate of the National Association of Insurance Women...

Burns & Wilcox named Broker of the Year by Ark. Agents Group

Jul 9 2007 // Burns & Wilcox announced it received the 2007 Broker of the Year award from the Independent Insurance Agents of Arkansas (IIAA) at their 106th annual convention held in early June. Broker of the Year is awarded to a...

Burns & Wilcox Offers Medical Professions Coverage Nationwide

Jul 2 2007 // Specialty insurance broker Burns & Wilcox announced it has access to specified medical professions products offered by Shand Morahan & Co. Inc. and Colony Insurance Co. The markets can be written with combined...

People

Jul 2 2007 // Gregg Effner has joined Main Street America Group as assistant vice president of distribution management. Effner, who has 30 years of property/casualty industry experience, will be based at the company’s corporate...