Latest Insurance Wholesale Headlines
All the headlines from our Insurance Wholesale Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Insurance Programs of America Adds Lynn Vogel to Hotel Underwriting Division
Jan 14 2014 // Orlando, Fla. (Jan. 14, 2014) – Insurance Programs of America, a nationwide MGA and wholesale brokerage firm, announced a new addition to their hotel underwriting division. Lynn Vogel will be joining IPOA as an...
Bloss & Dillard Acquires Agents Insurance Markets in Virginia
Jan 13 2014 // Huntington, West Virginia-based managing general agent Bloss & Dillard Inc. announced it has acquired and now operates Agents Insurance Markets Inc., a managing general agent in Richmond, Virginia. The new acquisition...
MGAA Sets February 24 as Date for Board Elections
Jan 8 2014 // The Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) announced from its London headquarters that it has begun its board election process and has called for nominations from members. The results of the election will be...
Dovetail Insurance Expands Distribution of BOP Product in Midwest
Nov 7 2013 // Dovetail Insurance, a supplier of cloud-based insurance product delivery services, is expanding its distribution of NetBOP in seven states, including Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin....
Hyperion Insurance Head David Howden on U.S. Expansion by MGA DUAL
Oct 31 2013 // David Howden, the chief executive of the London-based Hyperion Insurance Group, founded the company in 1994, “as a business to take on wholesale products in the international market,” he explained in a...
UK’s Castel Underwriting Launches New ‘Club Style’ MGA Formation
Oct 28 2013 // UK-based Castel Underwriting announced the launch of a “new club style MGA formation platform that provides experienced and entrepreneurial underwriters with stable capacity and a fast-track route to creating their...
MGAA Appoints Staddon as First Managing Director
Oct 11 2013 // The London-based Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) announced the appointment of Peter Staddon as its first managing director, effective from the 1st of November 2013. “Staddon will drive the...
Wholesale: More Special Than Ever
Sep 23 2013 // Savvy wholesalers are meeting the demand for specialized knowledge Everyone loves the wholesale insurance business these days, or so it seems. “We’ve seen the entrance of a lot of other people coming into the...
Changing Realities of the Wholesale Market
Sep 23 2013 // Throughout our history, the American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA) has retained its mission and identity while adapting to changes in the insurance industry. We began in 1926 as the Association of Fire...
UK MGA’s Welcome Increased Insurer Support for Capacity Exchange
Sep 18 2013 // “A nearly 40 percent increase in the number of insurers, market participants and suppliers attending this year’s Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) capacity exchange, demonstrates the increasing...
UK MGA Pioneer Names Carson to Head New ‘Pioneer Cat’ Division
Sep 4 2013 // Specialist Managing General Agency (MGA) Pioneer Underwriting Limited announced the appointment of David Carson to spearhead its new division ‘Pioneer Cat,’ incorporating property catastrophe reinsurance...
AAMGA Expands Membership to Include All Wholesale Professionals
Aug 28 2013 // The American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA) has decided to expand its membership to include all wholesale insurance professionals, while keeping its original name. Membership will now be open not only to...
USG Expands Workers’ Comp Division in Little Rock, Arkansas
Aug 22 2013 // USG Insurance Services Inc., a national wholesaler and MGA, announced the expansion of Allied American Underwriters (AAU) operations with the addition of Nathan Jackson as a new associate producer/broker specializing in...
Former PIA Mgmt. CEO Bessette Joins Managing General Underwriter CED 1976
Aug 20 2013 // CED 1976 LLC, a N.J.-based managing general underwriter for the Jewelers unBLOCKed brand that focuses on providing coverage to the jewelry industry, announced that Ken Bessette has joined its management team as strategic...
Across the Pond: Managing General Agents in the UK
Jul 1 2013 // The past two years have seen interesting developments unfold on both sides of the Atlantic with regard to managing general agents and their representation, albeit electing to move in slightly different directions. In May,...
Survey: Specialty Carriers Look to Grow Through Program Business in 2013
Jun 20 2013 // Guy Carpenter & Co., LLC, a global risk and reinsurance specialist and member of Marsh & McLennan Cos., has released the findings of its eighth annual Specialty Insurance Program Issuing Carrier Survey. The survey,...
UK MGA Nexus Group Concludes Financial Lines Coverage Pact with PartnerRe
Jun 12 2013 // Nexus Group, a London-based Specialty MGA, has announced a transaction with reinsurer PartnerRe, which covers the current core financial lines underwritten by Nexus for a term of up to five years. Colin Thompson, CEO of...
USG Insurance Services Adds Dixon in Louisiana
Jun 6 2013 // USG Insurance Services Inc., a national wholesaler and managing general agent (MGA) has expanded its Louisiana operations with the addition of Jessica Dixon as a producer/broker. She will focus on developing retailers in...
Epic-Premier Appoints Leslie Curtis as National Sales Manager
May 20 2013 // Lakeland, FL, 05/20/13 – Epic-Premier Insurance Solutions, Inc., today welcomed Leslie Curtis as National Sales Manager. Leslie possesses extensive experience within the wholesale insurance...
UK’S MGAA Begins Search for First Managing Director
May 15 2013 // The UK’s Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) has formally begun its search for its first full time managing director. The announcement explained that the “managing director’s main...
