Latest Insurance Wholesale Headlines
All the headlines from our Insurance Wholesale Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Business Moves – South Central
Oct 8 2012 // Texas Wholesale Insurance Coalition A group of Texas-based managing general agents/brokers has formed the Texas Wholesale Insurance Coalition (TWIC) with the goal of enhancing their markets, attracting Texas retail agency...
Business Moves – Southeast
Oct 8 2012 // Digital, Strategic Benefit Solutions Employee benefits agency Digital Insurance in Atlanta has acquired Strategic Benefit Solutions of Raleigh, N.C., and merged it with its local office of Digital Benefit Advisors (DBA)....
New Empire Group Names Jim O’Neill to Head Newly Formed Wholesale Division
Sep 27 2012 // Island Park, NY, 09/27/12 – New Empire Group, Ltd announced the formation the “New Empire Group Wholesale Division” to be headed by James F. O’Neill, the current Executive VP. New Empire Group, Ltd....
Service to Retail Agencies Is Aim of Texas Wholesale Insurance Group
Sep 26 2012 // A group of Texas-based managing general agents/brokers has formed the Texas Wholesale Insurance Coalition (TWIC) with the goal of enhancing their markets, attracting Texas retail agency partners, and gaining economic...
M&A Inks Partnership Deal With Maestro Specialty in N.Y.
Sep 25 2012 // Merger & Acquisition Services Inc. (M&A), an investment, advisory and financial services firm to the re/insurance industry, announced a marketing partnership agreement with Maestro Specialty Corporation in New...
AmWINS Forms Managing General Underwriter with Former Rockhill Execs
Sep 19 2012 // North Carolina-based insurance wholesaler AmWINS Group Inc. said it has partnered with two insurance industry executives, Terry Younghanz and Richard Parks, to form a new managing general underwriter (MGU) focused on...
First Capacity Exchange Hailed as Success by MGA’s, Insurers
Sep 14 2012 // The inaugural Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA) capacity exchange has been hailed as a success by insurers and MGA’s alike as an effective route to identifying and developing new products and scheme...
Aces Names Meeker Product Development Director
Jul 23 2012 // Managing general agent Aces Commercial Insurance Services Inc. named Ken Meeker as director of product development. His goals are on market development and expansion into the Southern California and Arizona markets. At...
RSA Is Latest Insurer to Join Managing General Agents’ Association
Jul 13 2012 // Global insurer RSA has become the latest member of the London-based Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA), which now has 50 members with a combined underwriting capacity of £1.4 billion [$2.33 billion] in...
ACES Names Meeker Director Of Product Development
Jul 2 2012 // San Diego, Calif.-based managing general agent ACES Commercial Insurance Services Inc. named Ken Meeker director of product development. Meeker’s focus is on market development and expansion into the Southern...
BMS Group’s Pioneer Names Hinman in U.S. Expansion
Jun 25 2012 // The UK-based BMS Group, an independent global broker, announced the appointment of delegated authority underwriter Gene Hinman, who will join its Managing General Agent (MGA) platform, Pioneer Underwriting Ltd, in a move...
UK MGA’s Advised on Changes in Employers Liability, Public Liability Claims
Jun 22 2012 // Impending changes in UK laws governing claims for Employers Liability (EL) and Public Liability (PL) should be a priority membersof the UK’s Managing General Agents’ Association were told at a recent briefing...
Wholesale Insurance Broker LevelFirst Opens Austin Office
Jun 18 2012 // LevelFirst a diversified wholesale broker and managing general agency headquartered in Dallas, has opened an Austin, Texas, office. Vivian Plein has joined LevelFirst to lead the Austin office. Plein has more than 10 years...
MGAA Appoints Comerford as First General Manager
Jun 15 2012 // The UK’s Managing General Agents Association announced the appointment of Jane Comerford as General Manager. She will be responsible for all operational aspects of the Association’s activities, and will work...
AAMGA President Chaffin Stresses Need for Perpetuation; Cites Effect of Revised Catastrophe Model on E&S Business
May 7 2012 // Relationships are important to the success of any insurance business, but it’s perpetuation that matters most when it comes to survival. R.C. Chaffin, president and CEO of Coral Gables, Fla.-based SeaCoast...
Outlook Revised to Positive for Texas-Based MGA Insurance Co.
Apr 26 2012 // A.M. Best Co. has revised the outlook to positive from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating of B+ (Good) and issuer credit rating of “bbb-” of MGA Insurance Co. Inc. (MGA) in Dallas. The ratings...
Business Moves – Southeast
Apr 16 2012 // Peachtree, Personable Holdings A Florida domiciled auto insurer that provides coverage to 18,000 drivers in the state and Georgia has been acquired by California equity firm looking to enter the non-standard...
Business Moves – South Central
Apr 16 2012 // Louisiana Agency Partners, The Kirksey Agency Louisiana Agency Partners (LAP) announced that The Kirksey Agency in West Monroe, La., has become the 12th member agency of the Louisiana-based network of independent insurance...
Business Moves – Midwest
Apr 16 2012 // Great American Insurance Group Cincinnati, Ohio-based Great American Insurance Group’s environmental division opened a regional office in New York City. The expansion complements the environmental division’s...
Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers Announces Staff Changes
Apr 4 2012 // Kyle Stevens, president and CEO of Western Security Surplus Insurance, announced organizational changes in the Dallas office and a new hire for WSS’ Roseville, Calif., office. Jennie Reed has been promoted to senior...
