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Central Texas-Based MGA Adds Great American Markets

Dec 3 2008 // TAGA, an independent privately-owned managing general agency based in the Austin, Texas, area, announced it is now managing general agent for Great American Insurance Group to offer admitted property and inland marine...

Retail Agents Left Wondering About Austin Surplus Lines

Nov 16 2008 // Austin Surplus Lines, a managing general agency with offices in the Austin, Dallas and Houston areas, apparently has ceased conducting some or all of its contracted business, to the surprise of at least some of its...

Retail Agents Left Wondering About Austin Surplus Lines

Nov 11 2008 // Austin Surplus Lines, a managing general agency with offices in the Austin, Dallas and Houston areas, apparently has ceased conducting some or all of its contracted business, to the surprise of at least some of its...

ProLawyer Insurance, LLC Announces New MGA Appointment for an Admitted Lawyers Professional Liability Product

Oct 22 2008 // Newtown, PA – ProLawyer Insurance, LLC is pleased to announce its Managing General Agent appointment with ProAssurance Group companies. ProAssurance Group is rated “A-” (Excellent) by A.M. Best and...

Surplus Lines: A Market in Transition

Oct 20 2008 // The Soft Market and Financial Crisis Could Lead Firms into ‘Uncharted Waters’ For surplus lines insurance providers the economic turmoil and soft insurance market means a double-hit on profitability. Some...

Industry Innovators Give Agents Alternative Solutions

Oct 20 2008 // How to Use Surplus Lines Brokers and Managing General Agents Recent estimates show that about one third of all commercial risks in the United States are placed in an “alternative market.” As producers already...

York Insurance Services Group, Inc. Acquires Site Inspections LLC, Now Offering Nationwide Loss Control Services

Oct 10 2008 // PARSIPPANY, N.J., (October 10, 2008) – York Insurance Services Group, Inc., a premier national provider of insurance services, including claims handling, specialized loss adjusting, managed care, insurance pool...

Sullivan Group Forms Sullivan Brokers Wholesale Insurance Solutions

Oct 6 2008 // The Los Angeles-based Sullivan Group has announced the formation of Sullivan Brokers, Wholesale Insurance Solutions Inc., a national wholesale brokerage firm with an emphasis on professional, management and health care...

Introducing Sullivan Brokers, Wholesale Insurance Solutions, Inc.

Oct 1 2008 // Los Angeles, CA, October 1, 2008 – The Sullivan Group has announced the formation of Sullivan Brokers Wholesale Insurance Solutions, Inc. Combining the strengths of professional broking practices from Sullivan...

People

Sep 22 2008 // Jacksonville, Florida-based Harden & Associates, an insurance brokerage company, promoted Dustin Theilacker to chief information officer. As CIO, Theilacker will continue to provide technology vision and leadership...

Wholesaler CRC Insurance Acquires Competitor Southern Risk of S.C.

Sep 3 2008 // CRC Insurance Services Inc., the wholesale insurance subsidiary of BB&T Corp., reports it has completed a purchase of Southern Risk Operations LLC. Sumter, S.C.-based Southern Risk is an excess and surplus (E&S)...

People

Sep 1 2008 // Community Financial Insurance Center, Monroe, La., hired Jeanette F. Credo as senior vice president for its new Financial Institutions Division for the states of Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi. Credo will establish and...

Lloyd’s in the 21st Century

Sep 1 2008 // The Modernization of Lloyd’s and the London Market Any institution — and there aren’t many — that survives and thrives for 320 years must find ways to adapt to changing conditions. Lloyd’s of...

A Winning Culture

Sep 1 2008 // Lots of companies claim to have a great working environment, but when a company backs up its claim with awards, who can deny it? Insurance Journal Top 100 Agency Profile The IMA Financial Group Inc. RANKING: No....

Cindy Downs

Aug 21 2008 // Dallas-based wholesale insurance broker and managing general agent Towerstone Inc. has added four new members to its team. Cindy Downs was added as a senior underwriter in the firm’s MGA unit. Downs formerly was a...

MyNewMarkets.com Announces Two More Exchange Conferences

Aug 8 2008 // Due to the success of it’s inaugural Exchange conference, MyNewMarkets.com, has scheduled two additional conferences in San Diego on Sept. 4, 2008. and Dallas on Sept. 30, 2008. MyNewMarkets.com Exchange conferences...

Beckerman Named COO of Maritime General Agency

Jul 23 2008 // Westbrook, Connecticut-based Maritime General Agency has hired Sylvia Beckerman as chief operating officer. Beckerman’s responsibilities include daily oversight of all operational segments of MGA’s various...

Jul 7 2008 // People McQueary Henry Bowles Troy LLP (MHBT) added Jim Anderson as senior vice president in the Dallas-based firm’s property/casualty group. Anderson will oversee the production and account management of...

Coronado Insurance Wholesale Services Offers Construction GL Program

Jun 17 2008 // San Diego based Coronado Insurance Wholesale Services has added online features to its admitted general liability program, Freedom. Freedom online features include online quoting, underwriting, and policy issuance, ISO 12...

Program Market to Remain Vibrant in 2008

Jun 2 2008 // Carrier Appetite Opens the Door to Programs of Almost Any Size, Survey Reports The program market continues to grow and will continue to grow in 2008, as insurance companies focus on core concerns of new business...