Latest Insurance Wholesale Headlines
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H.W. Kaufman, Burns & Wilcox Canada Buy TRU Transportation Risk Underwriters
Mar 8 2019 // H.W. Kaufman Group and Burns & Wilcox Canada announced they have acquired Toronto-based TRU Transportation Risk Underwriters Ltd. (TRU), a Canadian managing general agent (MGA) with expertise in providing risk...
Jordan Named President, CEO of Atlanta-Based Breckenridge Insurance Group
Mar 6 2019 // Breckenridge Insurance Group has appointed David A. Jordan as president and chief executive officer of the wholesale insurance brokerage, programs and financial services company. Jordan succeeds founder and former CEO...
MGA Coalition Covers Firms with Cyber Exposure Under EU’s Data Privacy Law
Mar 4 2019 // Coalition, the San Francisco-based managing general agency that specializes in cyber insurance for small and mid-sized businesses, announced it is broadening coverage to include exposures to violations of the European...
R&Q’s EU Program Manager, Accredited, Forms Partnership with UK MGA Stabilis
Feb 28 2019 // Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd. announced that its wholly owned European subsidiary, Accredited Insurance (Europe) Ltd., has signed a new program underwriting partnership with Stabilis MGA Ltd., a UK...
New Investor Property Insurance Program Webinar to be Held Thursday, February 28
Feb 25 2019 // Atlanta, GA, February 25, 2019 — Jared Mathis, executive vice president and head of the Blue River Underwriters’ specialty property group will be presenting an informational webinar on a new investor property...
MGA Coalition Covers Firms with Cyber Exposure Under EU’s Data Privacy Law
Feb 20 2019 // Coalition, the San Francisco-based managing general agency that specializes in cyber insurance for small and mid-sized businesses, announced it is broadening coverage to include exposures to violations of the European...
Insurtech-Driven MGA, Agile, Appointed as StarStone Partner in Australasia
Feb 15 2019 // Agile Underwriting Services Pty Ltd., the insurtech-driven managing general agency (MGA) and Lloyd’s coverholder, announced it has been appointed as a representative agent for global specialty insurer, StarStone, in...
MGU Lodestar Marine and Aspen Insurance Form Agreement to Provide P&I Cover
Feb 13 2019 // Lodestar Marine, the London-based managing general underwriter, announced an agreement with Aspen Insurance to provide protection & indemnity insurance (P&I) to the owners and managers of small and specialized...
Ryan Specialty to Acquire International Specialty Insurance Services of North Carolina
Feb 13 2019 // Ryan Specialty Group, LLC has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the assets and operations of International Specialty Insurance Services Inc. (ISI), an independently owned managing general underwriter with offices...
Appalachian Underwriters Adds 4 to Missouri Workers’ Comp Unit
Feb 6 2019 // Appalachian Underwriters Inc. (AUI) has hired four workers’ compensation underwriting professionals in its St. Peters, Missouri, office. Tara Regan-Collins, senior underwriter, is a seasoned insurance professional,...
Insurance Tries to Keep Up with Sharing Economy
Feb 4 2019 // As more and more consumers click for services and borrow rather than buy, the sharing economy is benefitting. According to Harvard Business Review, the sharing or on-demand economy is attracting more than 22.4 million...
SIS Wholesale Insurance Services Launches Online Commercial Excess Program
Feb 1 2019 // Safebuilt Insurance Services, Inc. dba SIS Wholesale Insurance Services, a national commercial lines insurance program administrator, has launched an online Commercial Excess Liability program. This program offers follow...
Breckenridge Insurance Services To Hold Investor Property Insurance Webinar for Agents
Feb 1 2019 // Atlanta, GA, February 1, 2019 — Breckenridge Insurance Services will hold a webinar for agents who are working with insureds that have real estate investment portfolios such as property investors, property managers and...
Underwriting Platform elseco Agrees to Buy MGA, Selected Renewal Rights from StarStone
Jan 31 2019 // Specialty underwriting platform elseco has entered into an agreement with global specialty insurer StarStone to acquire its managing general agent, Malakite Underwriting Partners Ltd., and the renewal rights to...
AI-Driven MGA Clearcover Raises $43 Million; American Family Among Backers
Jan 23 2019 // American Family Insurance joined a new $43 million financing round for Clearcover, a managing general agent with an artificial intelligence-driven platform focused on car insurance. The Chicago-based insurtech startup said...
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Jan 21 2019 // John Doyle, president and CEO of global insurance broker Marsh, announced the appointments of key leaders for regional, specialty and placement teams worldwide that will be effective upon closing of the acquisition by...
Vital Insurance Partners Names Kochman Senior VP of Program Placement
Jan 18 2019 // Vital Insurance Partners, an insurance consulting and program intermediary, has named Curtis Kochman senior vice president of Program Placement. Kochman, who will be based in Pittsburgh, Penn., will be responsible for the...
2019 Cyber Insurance Predictions: Strong Drivers for Growth Ahead
Jan 15 2019 // Cyber insurance is trending upward, the industry is growing, and the technology around it is evolving at a very quick pace. While predictions are always hard to make, here are five trends that are likely to catapult the...
Newly-Privatized AmTrust Announces Leadership Changes
Jan 9 2019 // AmTrust Financial Services announced leadership changes as it moves forward now as a private company. Its $2.95 billion privatization plan was finalized on November 28, 2018 after receipt of all approvals, according to the...
R&Q’s EU Program Manager, Accredited, Forms Partnership with UK MGA Kitsune
Jan 8 2019 // Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd. announced that its wholly owned European subsidiary Accredited Insurance (Europe) Ltd. has signed a new program underwriting partnership with Kitsune Ltd., a UK managing...
