Latest EPIC Insurance Headlines
All the headlines from our EPIC Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
People
Mar 19 2018 // Nicholas “Nick” Lorusso has been appointed chief deputy of the Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) and Denise Dunckel has been named deputy commissioner of Public Affairs. Lorusso will manage LDI operations...
EPIC Adds Edwards, Palmer to Risk Management Team in Houston
Feb 26 2018 // San Francisco-based EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has added veteran Maurice (Moe) Edwards and Walter Palmer to its team of risk assurance and asset protection professionals in Houston. This new national practice...
From Marsh, Osterhage Joins EPIC’s Architects and Engineers Unit in St. Louis
Feb 2 2018 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has added Lorrie Osterhage has joined the firm’s Architects and Engineers Practice, Greyling, in St. Louis, Missouri, as a vice president. Osterhage joins from Marsh Inc. where...
Paragon in Connecticut Announces Equity Investment from EPIC and Oak Hill
Jan 30 2018 // Avon, Conn.-based Paragon Insurance Holdings LLC announced that Edgewood Partners Insurance Center and Oak Hill Capital Partners have taken an equity stake in the firm. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The investment...
EPIC Adds Westphal in California Healthcare Practice
Jan 23 2018 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has added Philip Westphal to its commercial property/casualty team in Sacramento, Calif., as a risk advisor/broker in the healthcare practice. Westphal will report to Tom McCready,...
People
Jan 8 2018 // Oklahoma City-based independent insurance agency, INSURICA, has named Mark Bridges to lead its Texas operations as regional president. Bridges is currently the president of INSURICA DFB Insurance Services Inc. (formerly...
EPIC Adds Elliott as Executive VP in Austin
Dec 1 2017 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, the retail property/casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consulting subsidiary of EPIC Holdings, has added insurance brokerage industry veteran Sam Elliott in Austin,...
EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants Hires Hays to New Pittsburgh Location
Dec 1 2017 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property and casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, has hired Eric Hays as regional director of employee benefits. Hays will be based in EPIC’s...
Business Moves
Nov 20 2017 // AmWINS, Willis Towers Watson Specialty insurance broker AmWINS Group reported that it has completed the previously-announced acquisition of 15 insurance programs from Willis Towers Watson. Terms were not disclosed. The...
New York’s Frenkel & Company Joins Forces with EPIC
Oct 26 2017 // Frenkel & Company, a New York, N.Y.-headquartered, full-service independent insurance broker, and EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants, a national retail insurance brokerage and employee benefits consulting firm,...
EPIC Adds New Brokerage Team in Pittsburgh
Oct 20 2017 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property and casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, has opened operations in Pittsburgh, Penn., with the hiring of Sean Andreas, Al Dragotto, Kurt...
EPIC Names House Broker/Producer in California
Oct 6 2017 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has named Tim House a property/casualty insurance broker/producer in the Fresno, Calif. office. House will be responsible for new business development and the design and management of...
Oak Hill Capital Partners to Acquire Controlling Position in California-based EPIC
Jul 28 2017 // Private equity firm Oak Hill Capital Partners has agreed to acquire all of The Carlyle Group’s stake in EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants, giving Oak Hill a controlling equity position in EPIC. Oak...
EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants Acquires Connecticut’s After Inc.
Jun 20 2017 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property and casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, has acquired After Inc., a product warranty analytics firm based in Norwalk, Conn. The...
Startup Decisely: Insurtech ‘For Brokers, By Brokers’ Targets Small Business Benefits
Jun 16 2017 // Some see insurtech as the enemy. Others see it as a sign of things to come. Then there’s EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants, which is clearly embracing the insurtech craze while soliciting brokers to join...
EPIC’s Dutra Heads to Stone Creek in California
Jun 1 2017 // Lafayette, Calif.-based Stone Creek Insurance Agency has named Samantha Dutra a commercial account manager. Dutra will work to build Stone Creek’s commercial department and assist in retention and client...
Paul Hanson’s Pedisich Heads to EPIC as Producer in California
May 24 2017 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has added Nick Pedisich as an insurance broker/producer. Pedisich will be based in EPIC’s Concord, Calif. office and report to Curt Perata, president of EPIC’s Pacific...
People – Southeast
May 1 2017 // Scott Gunter has been appointed senior vice president, Chubb Group, and division president, North America Commercial Insurance. In his new role, Gunter will have executive operating responsibility for the retail commercial...
Business Moves
Apr 17 2017 // EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants, The Capacity Group EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants has acquired The Capacity Group of Companies in Mahwah, N.J. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The firm will now...
Business Moves
Apr 3 2017 // KKR, Canadian Pension Fund, USI Insurance Services, Carolina First Associates Private equity firm KKR and Canadian pension fund Caisse de depôt et placement du Quebec (CDPQ) have agreed to buy USI Insurance Services from...
