Burns & Wilcox Opens Modesto Service Office

Burns & Wilcox, national specialty insurance wholesaler, underwriter and managing general agent, has opened a new service center in Modesto, Calif.

The new Modesto, Calif., service center will operate in collaboration with Burns & Wilcox of Sacramento, Calif. Burns & Wilcox of Modesto, Calif., is located at 1620 North Carpenter Road, Suite D45-B, Modesto, CA 95351. Phone number is (209) 576-3300 and fax number is (209) 576-0500.

The expansion represents Burns & Wilcox’s continuing growth strategy to offer global insurance resources through local service centers.

Senior Underwriters Lorraine Iglesias and Margaret Browne are responsible for the underwriting and marketing of the new service center. Iglesias has more than 20 years of experience in the insurance industry, and Browne has 10 years of experience in the insurance industry.

Burns & Wilcox is North America’s largest independently owned managing general insurance agent. The Farmington Hills, Mich.-based company serves more than 30,000 agents through its network of 33 offices in 23 states. Founded in 1969, Burns & Wilcox, a subsidiary of H.W. Kaufman Financial Group Inc., specializes in excess/surplus lines, professional and commercial liability, personal lines, property, reinsurance and premium financing.