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A Soft Market Solution: MGAs and Risk Sharing
Jun 2 2008 // Part 2: Soft Market Benefits of Risk Sharing Extend Beyond Potential for Increased Profits Editor’s Note: The following is part two of a discussion of the risk retention options available to managing general agents,...
Survey: Program Market to Remain Vibrant in 2008
May 21 2008 // The program market continues to grow and will continue to grow in 2008, as insurance companies focus on core concerns of new business production, premium writing and rate profitability, according to a new industry survey...
What MGAs Should Know About Carriers’ Due Diligence for Programs
May 5 2008 // Proper due diligence lays the foundation for a mutually beneficial, long-term business relationship Smart program administrators know that aligning themselves with financially-strong insurance carriers can help attract...
Match-making: What Retail Agents Want From Wholesalers and MGAs
May 5 2008 // Exclusive Insurance Journal survey: successful relationships depend on markets and service in soft or hard cycle Like the love-lorn users of match.com, independent agents hunting for business partners among surplus lines...
A Soft Market Solution: MGAs and Risk Sharing
May 5 2008 // Part1: Retaining limited underwriting risk could offer MGAs a way to bolster revenue Editor’s Note: The following is part one of a discussion of the risk retention options available to MGAs, the sundry variables...
MyNewMarkets.com Announces Two More Exchange Conferences
Apr 8 2008 // SAN DIEGO – (April 8, 2008) – Due to the success of it’s inaugural Exchange conference, MyNewMarkets.com, has scheduled two additional conferences in San Diego, California on September 4, 2008 and Dallas,...
People
Jan 27 2008 // Zurich named Kevin Dunham senior vice president and global relationship leader for the western region of its Global Corporate in North America Business unit. Dunham is based in Glendale, Calif., and will manage accounts...
Momentum Strong for Broker M&As in October, November
Jan 13 2008 // Stock Prices: Aon Corp. (NYSE:AOC) continued to outperform the sector, up a remarkable 43.1 percent year-to-date. The company reported third quarter 2007 results at the end of October. Net income increased 92 percent to...
Communication is Key When Managing Program Contracts
Dec 2 2007 // The insurance industry survives on relationships built between agents and carriers. The two parties can strive for a harmonious partnership with few problems. Yet when communications break down and there are disagreements,...
Loss Control Crucial to Program Success
Dec 2 2007 // Loss control personnel are not often thought of fondly in customers’ minds, according to Steve Anderson, portfolio executive, risk engineering for the Zurich Program Business Unit of Zurich North America. “We...
Hull & Co. Acquires McFall General Agency’s Assets
Nov 12 2007 // Hull & Co. Inc. has acquired the aseets of McFall General Agency Inc., which has offices in Portland, Ore., and Gig Harbor, Wash. Bob McFall, who founded MGA in 1981 and currently serves as president,, will remain...
GAINSCO Closes Sale of Subsidiary to Montpelier Re
Nov 2 2007 // Dallas-based GAINSCO Inc. and subsidiary MGA Insurance Company Inc. completed a previously announced sale of an affiliated insurance subsidiary, General Agents Insurance Company of America Inc., the company...
NetRate Systems Introduces ‘Black Box’ Component for ISO Commercial Lines Rating
Oct 26 2007 // Okemos, MI October 26, 2007 – NetRate Systems, Inc. (Okemos, MI), a leading supplier of ISO® Commercial Lines Rating software for the MGA and carrier marketplace, has announced the availability of component objects...
Zurich Commercial Expands Group Captive Product
Oct 24 2007 // Zurich is now offering its group captive product to agency, association and managing general agent (MGA) captives using independently owned segregated portfolio companies. “With the segregated portfolio option we now...
Maryland’s Shore Bancshares Acquires Marine Insurance Agency, Wholesaler
Oct 2 2007 // Shore Bancshares, Inc. , parent company of three independent community banks and two retail insurance agencies serving the Delmarva peninsula, has closed two new acquisitions including a retail agency specializing in...
Lloyd’s MGA Joins China Platform
Sep 17 2007 // S.A. Meacock and Co. is the most recent Managing General Agent to join Lloyd’s rapidly-growing China platform, bringing the total to 11. Ian Faragher, Managing Director of Lloyd’s China Re, observed that the...
Rockwood, Hannover Offer Wholesaler, MGA E&O Product
Sep 12 2007 // Hannover Re subsidiary International Insurance Company of Hannover Limited (Inter-Hannover) has named Rockwood Programs Inc. to serve as the administrator of an errors and omissions product specifically designed to address...
GAINSCO Sells E&S Writer General Agents Insurance Co. to Montpelier Re
Aug 14 2007 // Dallas-based GAINSCO, Inc. and its insurance subsidiary MGA Insurance Co. Inc. have agreed to sell their affiliate General Agents Insurance Co. of America, Inc. to Montpelier Re U.S. Holdings Ltd. for $4.75 million. The...
Swiss Re Names Matt Leming Sales Leader for Stop Loss Products
Aug 13 2007 // Swiss Re¹s Commercial Insurance recently announced that Matt Leming was named the firm’s sales leader for Stop Loss products. Leming will be located in Swiss Re¹s Kansas City office. > Leming has more than 20 years...
People
May 21 2007 // McQueary Henry Bowles Troy named Senior Vice President Brad Van Stavern to lead the new property/casualty practice in its Austin office. Van Stavern brings experience in the health care industry, where he held positions...
