Latest Burns & Wilcox Headlines

Burns & Wilcox Names Corman as Marketing Director

Apr 28 2009 // Burns & Wilcox reported that Kendra Corman has joined the company as its new marketing director. Corman is responsible for managing the company’s advertising and marketing initiatives, which includes overseeing...

People

Jan 11 2009 // Markel Corp. has promoted Henry Lopez to executive vice president for the Markel Midwest region. Lopez has been with Markel since 1995 and most recently was the vice president, director of business development for...

Hamlin Joins Burns & Wilcox as Professional Lines Broker

Dec 15 2008 // Farmington Hills, Mich.-based Burns & Wilcox announces that Christian T. Hamlin has joined the company as a professional lines broker. He is based in the company’s Los Angeles office. Hamlin has more than 10...

Kaufman Financial/Burns & Wilcox Names Muldowney New CFO

Dec 11 2008 // Farmington Hills, Mich.-based H.W. Kaufman Financial Group/Burns & Wilcox has named Daniel Muldowney as chief financial officer. The announcement was made by Alan Jay Kaufman, chairman, president and CEO. Previously,...

Kaufman Financial/Burns & Wilcox Promotes Zoidis to Vice President

Dec 9 2008 // Farmington Hills, Mich.-based H.W. Kaufman Financial Group/Burns & Wilcox recently promoted Christopher Zoidis to the position of company vice president. Zoidis joined the company in January 2007 and has 15 years of...

Burns & Wilcox Announces Promotions in Michigan Office

Dec 3 2008 // Burns & Wilcox announces that it has promoted two individuals at its Farmington Hills, Mich. office. Laura Colbert was named director of sales and marketing. She is responsible for developing initiatives that will...

Burns & Wilcox Promotes Cugini to Manager of Houston Office

Dec 1 2008 // National managing general agent Burns & Wilcox has promoted Anthony Cugini to manager of the company’s Houston office. He is responsible for increasing sales across all product lines, including professional...

Burns & Wilcox Adds Derigiotis as Professional Lines Underwriter

Dec 1 2008 // Burns & Wilcox recently added David Derigiotis as a professional lines underwriter in its Special Risk Division (SRD). SRD is the company’s internal brokerage division located in Farmington Hills,...

Burns & Wilcox Names New Vice President of Product Development

Sep 3 2008 // Farmington Hills, Mich.-based Burns & Wilcox, recently announced that Marla Donovan has joined the company as vice president of product development. Donovan has more than 25 years of insurance industry experience....

Burns & Wilcox Launches Green Impact Products

Jun 3 2008 // Farmington HIlls, Mich.-based managing general agency Burns & Wilcox recently introduced a new product series– Green Impact– that targets environment-friendly home and business risks. The Green Impact...

Burns & Wilcox Appoints New Senior Underwriter

May 1 2008 // Farmington, Mich.-based Burns & Wilcox recently announced that Kerri Senger has rejoined the company’s St. Louis office as a senior underwriter. Senger will be responsible for contract and brokerage...

Business Moves

Apr 21 2008 // Hull & Co., Big Sky Underwriters, Powers & Co. Hull & Co. Inc. acquired substantially all of the assets of Missoula, Mont.-based Big Sky Underwriters Inc. “The people of Big Sky are well respected in...

Kaufman/Burns & Wilcox Expands in London; Joins with C.J. Coleman

Apr 9 2008 // Alan Jay Kaufman is bucking the business tide in Michigan. While many companies are retrenching their business, Kaufman is going global. Kaufman, chairman, president and CEO of the national specialty insurance wholesaler...

Burns & Wilcox Appoints Rose as Commercial Underwriting Manager

Apr 3 2008 // Burns & Wilcox announces that Hariett Rose has rejoined the company as a commercial underwriting manager at its Cleveland, Ohio office. Rose first started at Burns & Wilcox in 1997 as a senior underwriter. Most...

Burns & Wilcox Adds Broker in San Francisco

Apr 2 2008 // Burns & Wilcox has named Denise DiPietro vice president/California brokerage in the company’s San Francisco office. Her specialty is general liability and contractors coverage, but she will be responsible for...

Mar 24 2008 // People Wisconsin-based Wausau Insurance recently announced that Michael Parker has been appointed executive vice president — Field Operations. Parker will have oversight responsibility for all Wausau field sales and...

Burns & Wilcox Names Underwriter in Salt Lake City

Mar 24 2008 // Burns & Wilcox announced that Michael Bain has joined the company’s Salt Lake City office as a commercial underwriter. Bains brings seven years of industry experience. Most recently, he worked at Colonial...

Westra Joins Burns & Wilcox as Personal Lines Underwriter

Mar 19 2008 // Burns & Wilcox named Emily Westra as a personal lines underwriter in the company’s Denver office. Westra will be responsible for developing and expanding the office’s personal lines business both locally...

Burns & Wilcox Promotes Hardy to Personal Lines Underwriter

Mar 14 2008 // Burns & Wilcox has promoted Kathryn Hardy promoted to personal lines underwriter at its Sacramento, Calif., office. She joined the company in 2002 as an assistant underwriter. Hardy will be responsible for growing the...

Burns & Wilcox Names Treppa New Technology Director

Mar 11 2008 // Farmington Hills, Mich.-based Burns & Wilcox recently announced that it has appointed Steve Treppa as its director of information technology. In his new position, he will be responsible for setting and implementing...